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Warning: This recap contains spoilers. Papa Pope said it best (or at least first): Cut the head off a snake and another one grows in its place. The winter finale of "Scandal" was like a snake revival -- for every truth r...

The Ninth Street Bakery in Durham specializes in sandwiches and vegetarian fare, while Virlie's Grill in Pittsboro offers delicious diner comfort food.

Don't be surprised that a new Beyoncé album just fell out of the stars without warning. Be surprised that it's the splashiest cannonball of her career. Be surprised that it's quirky, and candid, and weird, and raunchy, ...

Gag gift of the year? That Ted Cruz coloring book is selling like crazy. The first run of the books (approximately 10,000) sold out in one day; the publisher calls it a "phenomenon." (AP) Julia Louis-Dreyfus has clarifie...

The Detroit Free Press reports that the Detroit Institute of Arts is now working with federal mediators to diffuse one of the most troubling crises in the art world in recent years. The bankrupt city's creditors are tryi...

The Detroit Free Press reports that the Detroit Institute of Arts is now working with federal mediators to diffuse one of the most troubling crises in the art world in recent years. The bankrupt city's creditors are tryi...

We're solidly into the season of shopping madness. Not to fear, we have tons of sales to help you tackle your list. 'Tis the season for pop-up shops in NYC and save big bucks with a Ligne Roset sample sale running all we...

You've been good this year, right? Since we are absolutely sure that you would never be on the "naughty" list, we're hoping you join us throughout next week for our big, blowout Holiday Giveaways. We'll be opening up a n...

If it were Llewyn Davis doing interviews here at the Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, he'd be late, distracted or desperately looking for an exit. But instead of the fictional '60s folkie he plays in the acclaimed new Coen broth...

Several key players have lined up in support of a local art collector's plan to convert the Franklin School, at 13th and K Streets NW, into a space for temporary art exhibitions--a local version of the "kunsthalle" idea....

Several key players have lined up in support of a local art collector's plan to convert the Franklin School, at 13th and K Streets NW, into a space for temporary art exhibitions–a local version of the “kunsthalle” ...

Tila Tequila, erstwhile reality star, model and self-destructive exhibitionist, once again bulldozed her way into the limelight this week with a series of paranoid Facebook rants about Nazis, Paul Walker's death and her ...

Tila Tequila, erstwhile reality star, model and self-destructive exhibitionist, once again bulldozed her way into the limelight this week with a series of paranoid Facebook rants about Nazis, Paul Walker's death and her ...

What do you get for the friend who has everything? Maybe one of these luxe versions of a thing they'll use every day.

It's only December and the chilly temps are already keeping our family home more. In the past year or two I've noticed more and more kids spaces that include climbing walls. Will I ever have a climbing wall in my home fo...

Name: Kim Knoll and Kyle Eertmoed, graphic designers at Knoed CreativeLocation: Ravenswood Manor; Chicago, IllinoisSize: 800 square feetYears lived in: 7 years; Owned Kim and Kyle know a thing or two about space. As grap...

It happened a long time ago, but Lucille Bullock can remember sitting in her father's green 1940 Ford on the side of the road and seeing the trains down the…

Drawing on several centuries of oil painting, Carlton Fletcher makes pictures that meld classical and impressionist techniques. If the results seem detached from any particular age, they're often place specific. The Wash...

You might expect a drummer to take a leery view of tap dancers. After all, tap dancers create their own crisp rhythms from floor and shoe leather -- sort of infringing on a percussionist's turf. But Sherrie Maricle exude...

When I was a child, I scorned children's operas. I looked down on people who went to them. I had attended a few operas, and I felt I was ready for the big stuff. I therefore disdained Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel," a...

The next secretary of the Smithsonian will face serious challenges including a decaying campus of buildings that needs major renovation and fundraising concerns that may complicate the opening of the National Museum of A...

Can the Kennedy Center dream bigger? For an institution striving to be America's premier showplace for the performing arts, the pressure to be all things to all constituencies has to be enormous. To be a center of both e...