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'Tis the season for pretty wreaths. Last year I did this roundup of pretty twig wreaths, and this year I went searching for some easy and natural wreath tutorials. If you're looking for inspiration for making your own wr...

This week we visited some wonderfully colorful and creative spaces, from the Houston home of two architects to a glassblowing studio in New England to a covetable West Village apartment with its own private roof deck (yo...

Thanksgiving may be the perfect time to give thanks for and celebrate all that you have, but it’s also the perfect time to help out those in need. So ...

One should tread lightly when covering Led Zeppelin, especially "Since I've Been Loving You," one of the most difficult cuts from "Led Zeppelin III" (according to the band). For the fresh New York act Heavy English, this...

If you're looking for an education in science (that's mixed with pure amazing), then you absolutely need to take in this course taught by the Wu-Tang Clan's GZA. GZA recently gave a lecture on "Consciousness, Creativity ...

Before the dreadful news clattered over the teletypes that day, before it hit TV, even before the president reached the Dallas hospital, a 58-year-old Russian immigrant named Abraham Zapruder knew John F. Kennedy was dea...

A British man popped the question to his American girlfriend earlier this month with a proposal that was both kick-ass and totally romantic at the same time -- no easy feat. Adam Felman (a.k.a Mos Prob) and his girlfrien...

Anyone can use the healing power of art to reach a loved one living with Alzheimer's disease. The results can be astonishing. A student in my art and healing class wanted to reach his beloved grandfather who had been com...

I'll admit it: When I look at an artist's work, I imagine what the artist I'm meeting is like. Most of the time, the artist matches the work. But with David Meanix, that isn't the case at all. I was expecting someone dar...

I think it's fair to say that among the top reasons people visit New Orleans, setting aside food, booze and certain anatomical parts of women that also begin with B, is our music. New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz an...

Simple in form yet layered and luminous, color-field painting is minimalism at its most romantic. The pictures that are Carol Miller Frost's contribution to "Flow and Shift," at VisArts Kaplan Gallery, evoke times of day...

Men at Twerk The Toronto mayor's latest revelationThe Two and a Half Wise MenThe Wicked Witch of the Waist140 characters on baloney Foie gras ice cream RGXA panini, a pineapple and a pincushion 4 miles, 27 pounds Omaha b...

The first recordings of samba occurred nearly one hundred years ago and of bossa nova more than fifty years ago. Neither genre has ever been associated with the harp, but lately the venerable stringed instrument has expa...

Don't you wish you could know the full story behind your favorite film and TV characters? What was Walter White's real endgame? How did "Twin Peaks" special agent Dale Cooper keep his cool? Why did Kenny from "South Park...

In a small bar in Queens where everyone seems to know everyone else's name, a Frenchwoman is crying. She's Marie Cecile Flageul, one of the lead supporters of the sprawling, 200,000-square-foot complex around the corner ...

I usually barely decorate for Halloween and only slightly more for Thanksgiving -- not because I'm not festive, but because I save my energy for Christmas. Erin Souder of House of Earnest offers tips for creating holiday...

I have to admit, I'm bored with my space. I love our condo for sure, but my experience with moving so frequently as a child has made seven years in one spot feel stale. Obviously, it's not always a possibility to just pi...

"The Simpsons" is paying tribute to the music-themed animated shorts of the 1930s on the Sunday, Nov. 24 show with a new couch gag titled "MusicVille." In the opening above, "The Simpsons" characters are all musical inst...

Welcome to "Moving Image," our roundup of the best photos from around the world this week. The following images tell the story of the past seven days' most compelling events, capturing happenstance moments and monumental...

A traveling exhibition of works by Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí is a great undertaking for a prominent Kansas City gallery. It also introduces conflicting ideas on how to absorb the intent. The Leedy-Voulkos Art Cen...

What would the trailer for "Marvel's The Avengers" look like if it were comprised of the film's blooper-reel footage? That question gets answered in this video from Slackstory, which combines Joss Whedon's 2012 blockbust...

Who would have guessed that Shakespeare's The Tragedy of King Richard the Third could be so funny? Mark Rylance for one. Playing in repertory with its magical and hilarious production of Twelfth Night, the Shakespeare's ...