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Street art legend Shepard Fairey showed that he is in fact a human being with flaws (gasp!) when he made a typo on his newest...

NEW YORK — On a Wednesday in mid-November, Cheyenne Jackson woke up knowing he was one of the stars of a Broadway show. Twenty-four hours later, he knew he wasn’t. Them’s the breaks in showbiz. Ah, w...

There are photos that communicate more than words ever could -- from the image of a single Greek protester staring down a battalion of riot police to the sheer power of nature that ravaged entire neighborhoods during Hur...

According to the Mayan calendar, the world is supposed to end on Dec. 21. If that happens, audiences won't get to see "This Is The...

A stunning new photo project is offering an intimate glimpse at a post-"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" world. Australian-born artist Tatjana Plitt has documented nine same-sex...

While some Americans assume that their religious freedom gives them the right to trample the rights of others, all too often the oppressor doesn't realize what true freedom can mean to someone.

There's an uproar in certain quarters over Time Warner Cable's plan to drop Ovation TV from its line-up at year-end. With Ovation currently in some...

In the design of a recent concert hall, I found myself asking "what does music look like?"

On Christmas Day in 1911, the Empire Theatre opened in downtown Baltimore as a vaudeville house. Look to the peak of its colonnaded Greek facade — the Empire is on Fayette Street, steps from Inner Harbor and aroun...

There is a state between and beyond the human and superhuman that simultaneously holds the construction of an idea and the deconstruction of a belief. It is during these times that true genius is accessible to us. Multid...

Today, George RR Martin, the famed Game of Thrones author, told Chris Schluep of Omnivoracious his favorite books of 2012. His #1 choice that was...

In the spring of 1983, Roger Plaut launched a petition drive of sorts at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. He wasn’t lobbying for a political cause or for better cafeteria food. Plaut wanted to graduate early, and...

My LA is a series of Q&A profiles with our favorite Angelenos. To see others, be sure to check out My LA. "Haim" is the...

Emma Spedding toasts six great writers with a twist on their signature drinks by Dach&Sons mixologist Jon Lister....

It's time we reclaim the arts for our kids. The benefits are just too great to ignore and it's a true win-win for everyone.

Jerry Seinfeld sat down with New York Times Magazine to explain how he writes jokes, and proved that you don't get to be Jerry Seinfeld...

Who knew that in the ancient Mayan calendar, they would have predicted so much that pointed to the end of the world? Like the exact...

We are currently coveting this amazing 2013 agenda by Julie Joliat. Dubbed the "Keep on Reading" agenda, each page features passages from your favorite classic...

The ongoing saga of New York Times art critic Ken Johnson continues. The author is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion at the Pennsylvania...

Let there be no doubt: Instagram users were very, very upset about the proposed terms-of-service changes that the company rolled out -- then tried to...

A female tuna lays about 6 million eggs, but on average only two of them will grow to maturity. I have some idea of what those odds mean. At The Washington Post, we receive about 150 books a day, but we review fewer than...

While The Master, like 2001, has meditative and metaphysical leanings -- areas that tend to unnerve audiences -- it was greeted, unlike 2001, by many rapturous reviews describing its wondrous surprises and consummate cra...