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NSO review: Contemporary percussion staple hits NSO
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 06:33
On paper, before the show, the National Symphony Orchestra's program this week looked like a piece of programming timidity. There was a new work, yes -- Avner Dorman's percussion concerto "Frozen in Time" -- but it was s...
The Alfalfa Club: still a place for the powerful to see and be seen
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 23:32
On Saturday night, a Supreme Court justice, two senators, and the chief executives of McDonald's and Lockheed Martin will officially join a secretive private club that meets just once a year, has no official purpose, and...
The Horne Legacy: mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne turns 80
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 22:01
Not every singer lives to see her legacy formally presented while she's still alive. "Carnegie is calling it the Horne Legacy at Carnegie Hall," says Marilyn Horne. "It's a whole week devoted to the art of song. Master c...
Tara's Cure: Off to Goodwill -- Liveblogging the January Cure 2014
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 21:45
Today's the day! The outbox gets emptied! I'm so thrilled to get rid of all this extra stuff, and glad it can go to raise money for a great cause. You know, just one of the things Beyoncé and I have in common.
Make It Organized: DIY Magazine Racks & Storage Project Ideas
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 21:30
Many of us not only collect ideas, but we also collect the magazines they come in. But having random stacks of magazines in every corner of the house is not always conducive to tidy living or to making the most of the ma...
Carolyn's Cure: Out with the Outbox -- Liveblogging the January Cure 2014
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 21:15
Today's assignment makes for an unglamorous photo but an oh-so-good feeling. This is only a sampling of the stuff that we parted with during our month-long purge, and now that it's gone, there's a another pile taking its...
Weekend Guide: Sales & Events Calendar -- January 24, 2014
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 21:00
If you haven't taken advantage of the January white sales, there's still time to save 20% at West Elm, 40% at John Robshaw Textiles, 15% at Unison and 30% at Marriott. This weekend in Chicago, hit up any Room & Board loc...
Kim's Cure: Emptying the "Outbox" -- Liveblogging the January Cure 2014
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 21:00
When I first saw the assignment for setting up an outbox I thought that I wouldn't have much need for one. With such a small space I run a pretty tight ship, and keeping things pared down is a daily exercise.
A programmer made a plug-in to tone down Upworthy-style headlines. What happened next will restore your faith in the Internet.
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 20:15
Alison Gianotto is sick of the Upworthy-style headlines that have made CNN a laughingstock in recent days. So Gianotto, a programmer, did something about it. Enter "Downworthy," Gianotto's brilliant and hilarious Chrome ...
Style Blog: Hunter Moore is in jail, but that just means some other despicable character is "the most-hated man on the Internet" now
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 20:04
Hunter Moore -- revenge-porn emperor and morally bankrupt human being -- was arrested yesterday in California, to the endless joy of long-suffering Internet-users everywhere. Moore, the 27-year-old creator of the now-def...
Hunter Moore is in jail, but that just means some other despicable character is "the most-hated man on the Internet" now
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 20:04
Hunter Moore — revenge-porn emperor and morally bankrupt human being — was arrested yesterday in California, to the endless joy of long-suffering Internet-users everywhere. Moore, the 27-year-old creator of the now-d...
The New Bathroom: 5 Top Trends
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 20:00
People spend more and more time in their bathrooms these days, and are thinking more and more about their design. As a result, the look of these rooms is changing. If you're thinking of renovating or building a house (or...
Five "Grammy moments" that never should have happened
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 19:43
If you watch the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, don’t expect to see too much hardware. Over the years, the telecast has been reducing the on-air trophy presentations in favor of “Grammy moments” — tho...
10 Beautiful Real-Life Closets of All Sizes
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 19:30
We talk a lot about closets here on Apartment Therapy. Closets turned offices. Closets turned nurseries. Even a kitchen in a closet. But what about looking at closets as, you know, just closets?
On Love: 'I kept trying to refill his shoes'
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 19:03
It all started in the summer of 1984. Terri Seymour was only 19 when she locked eyes with the handsome Marine across the dance floor of the Virginia Beach campgrounds pavilion. Robert Clark Thomas, then 26 and visiting f...
Bianca & Craig's Moody Glam Apartment -- House Tour
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 19:00
Names: Bianca Sotelo, Blogger at A Fabulous Challenge and Editorial Manager for Apartment 34 & Craig King, Assistant District Manager G-StarLocation: Alameda, CaliforniaSize: 750 square feetYears lived in: 3 years; Rente...
Eleanor's Cure: Out with the Old... -- Liveblogging the January Cure 2014
Apartment Therapy - 24 Jan 2014 18:45
Yeeaaah... so my Outbox sort of took over my living room this month. I didn't plan for this to happen; it started life completely respectably in a downstairs closet, but eventually grew into something I couldn't contain....
D.C.'s companies band together to showcase women's plays
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 18:36
Forty-four theater companies in the Washington region have signed on to the Women’s Voices Theatre Festival, which will present 44 world premieres by women over an eight-week period in the late summer and early fall of...
Style Blog: D.C.'s companies band together to showcase women's plays
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 18:36
Forty-four theater companies in the Washington region have signed on to the Women's Voices Theatre Festival, which will present 44 world premieres by women over an eight-week period in the late summer and early fall of 2...
D.C. galleries: 'Form Transformed,' 'Kaddish and Narrative,' 'Play by Play'
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 18:33
The traditional idea of sculpture is of shapes chiseled out of -- or, more poetically, discovered within -- blocks of stone. There are a few modernist examples of that approach in "Form Transformed: Five Sculptors," at T...
Race and casting's recurring role
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 18:30
Can a white actor play an Asian character? Never. Sometimes. Maybe. It depends. "Yellow Face," by Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, wrestles with this question under the direction of Natsu Onoda Power at T...
Ballet, modern dance separated by blurred line
Washington Post - 24 Jan 2014 18:29
There are many ways you can measure the high-water mark of modern dance, but one method might be to pinpoint the moment at which its European predecessor, ballet, started inviting the distinctly American artform into the...