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A stylish mom-entrepreneur from Cary aims to branch out with an upbeat new look.

Barcelona, Spain, is a seaside city to savor, with fresh markets, great Catalan food and culture…

Kevin's Cruisers aim to raise money, awareness for Muscular Dystrophy Association with March 15 Muscle Walk at Streets of Southpoint in Durham.

There is no Sugarland without Jennifer Nettles. So what is Jennifer Nettles without Sugarland? Nettles delivered the answer during the first concert of her first solo tour, which kicked off at the Lincoln Theatre on Vale...

Lauren and her husband both have great opinions about home decor, which at first meant it was a bit of a journey finding their shared style. But after tackling their bedroom together and combining both their ideas and ta...

Richard Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos" is an irresistible challenge for a director. This opera-within-an-opera cues up tedious bloviating about the nature of art directly alongside lowbrow slapstick. Which side "wins" is,...

An important mission of the concert series at the Library of Congress is to commission and present new works of contemporary music. Both aspects of that role were showcased Friday night, as the JACK Quartet, leading spec...

Blue -- it's a versatile color that in its darkest hues is dramatic and moody. It can be bold, uplifting and energizing. It can mix with other hues to create stunning teals, turquoises, dusty bluish grays and more. Barel...

It’s sort of like the Chekhov's gun TV trope: If there's a picture of a political figure's illegitimate child in the first act, you better believe it's going to be used as blackmail in the third. That's exactly what ha...

Along with looking super cool and casual, leaning art -- instead of hanging it on a wall -- also makes for a flexible home. You don't have to whip out the hammer and nails every time you want to rearrange the look of you...

Pianist Lisa Emenheiser earned every decibel of the ovation that erupted as she ended her marathon one-hour performance of Frederic Rzewski's variations on the Chilean protest song "The People United Will Never Be Defeat...

Name: Antena and Miles DavidLocation: Newport, Rhode IslandSize: 1900 square feetYears lived in: 11 years; owned When Miles and Antena bought their Newport home eleven years ago, they loved the bones of the traditional V...

On the hunt for clever "what a great idea" projects that could make your life easier? We've got 10 favorite ideas for organizing your bathroom that are small and in some cases cheap -- ideas you could quickly incorporate...

We saw lots to like and be inspired by in the rooms of the professional project A Modern & Bright All-Over Remodel. So we just had to source some objects that could help craft a similar feel for a living room. We found r...

Sarah had been knee-deep in a pile of plywood scraps while tackling a year-long kitchen renovation. There were scraps that were too big to toss, but too small and damaged to make anything of use. Except that Sarah totall...

Two professors at the University of Virginia -- Alan Taylor and Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy -- are among the three finalists for this year's George Washington Book prize. The $50,000 award, one of the country's most luc...

Two professors at the University of Virginia -- Alan Taylor and Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy -- are among the three finalists for this year's George Washington Book prize. The $50,000 award, one of the country’s most l...

Keeping your home clean is less about being born naturally obsessed with cleaning and more about finding the schedule that works with the way you live in your home. Though there are a number of methods to keeping one's h...

Perhaps not realizing they would receive so much media attention, singer-songwriter superstar Mariah Carey and her husband, Nick Cannon, pulled their Bel-Air home from the Multiple Listing Service only four…

Hollie Young is trapped in a health care twilight zone that has vexed and confounded her since the beginning of the year.

Apparently, it wasn't the skin suits.

Drinking milk from a fast-food souvenir glass is a nostalgic experience.