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LACKAWANNA, N.Y. -- The religious scenes playing out on the interior walls of St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church could have been painted centuries ago: Saints...

With enough imagination you can make a puppet out of anything -- a kitchen whisk, steel shoe trees, even a leather belt. That's the chief fascination of "The Amazing and Marvelous Cabinets of Kismet," the new hour-long p...

Butterflies, 40"x39", mixed media on book pages glued on to paper, will be in the show, Nature in Translation at Gallery Mercury 20 in Oakland,...

Two, 2012, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 195 x 215 cm, Courtesy of Green Art Gallery, Dubai This work was part of my recent solo...

The brilliance of the design of the American Folk Art Museum building is evident both inside and out.

NEW YORK -- "The Testament of Mary," which earned three Tony Award nominations, won't be around next month when they're handed out. Producers said the...

On May 1, 1931, President Herbert Hoover pressed a button in the White House that "turned on" the lights of the world's then tallest building:...

Harvey Fierstein was wearing kinky running shoes by New Balance because, according to him, "I have fat feet." Yes, but where was it that he...

From Steve Jobs to the Beatles, many of Western culture's most brilliant minds hold a special place in their hearts for LSD, the psychedelic substance...

Ralph Eubanks has been named the new editor of Virginia Quarterly Review, a year after the acclaimed Charlottesville literary magazine lost its last boss amid turmoil over a staffer's suicide. Eubanks, 55, a scholar know...

Yis Goodwin creates totemic art, which is the only way to put it. Some call it whimsical, but I would not call a roaring lion head forcefully emerging from the open mouth of a cartoonish crowned animal head whimsical.

Dogs are some of the most loyal, talented animals out there and can be the perfect pal to have around after a long day. That's...

Just days after Richard Prince triumphantly won his copyright lawsuit, just when we supposedly established that "law does not require that a new work of...

Frontier Airlines is adding a fee for carry-on bags, and plans to start charging $2 for soda and coffee.

It's official, dear readers. The month of May has finally begun, ushering in a period of blossoming flowers, warm(ish) weather and the annual exodus of...

Expecting: Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler and husband Daniel Beutler. The Washington State Republican -- at 34, she's one of youngest women in Congress -- announced the big news Wednesday: "This fall, there will be yet anoth...

Washington TV station WJLA, the crown jewel in the late Joe L. Allbritton's television empire, is for sale, Allbritton's son and heir announced Wednesday. The station, as well as the NewsChannel 8 cable operation in the ...

Paula Broadwell is finally talking -- the first time since her affair with former CIA director David Petraeus went public last year. In her first public remarks since the scandal, Broadwell spoke briefly to a Charlotte T...

It's no secret that having children changes a person. You might start saying things that make no sense out of context. Or, repeat clichés you...

It still rains a lot. But everything else has changed in the damp and deadly world of AMC's "The Killing" for season three. Sarah Linden...

Canadian painter Rob Gonsalves's optical illusions remind us of M.C. Escher's impossible constructions and Salvador Dali's surreal worlds. We originally found Gonsalves's painting on Reddit...

The religious scenes playing out on the interior walls of St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church could have been painted centuries ago: Saints with gilded halos, winged angels hugging curved arches,