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Jacques Bastien is the founder of social media agency, Boogie. He's also one of most persistent marriage proposers ever. It took Bastien four ambiguous proposals to his girlfriend Dachia Lyons before really going for it ...

It is fiscal year 2015 budget season for the City of New York and time for all of us to make the case for arts and culture funding. The year began with the release of a Financial Plan, Fiscal Years 2014-2018, which inclu...

Whether you're throwing an impromptu party or just trying to avoid getting pinched, it's not too late to get a little green. Try out one of these easy crafts that celebrates St. Patrick's day and decorate your table, man...

First writing on trains, now painting: A length of Parisian railway tracks have been abandoned since 1934, and two architects propose to bring the train back -- as a traveling art market. They muse that each car could be...

In a moment that surely captures, more than any other, how far his technology's come, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee took to Reddit this afternoon to answer questions about where the web came from — and more importantly,...

In a moment that surely captures, more than any other, how far his technology's come, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee took to Reddit this afternoon to answer questions about where the web came from -- and more importantly, ...

The Tribeca Film Festival has announced that a documentary short produced by Chelsea Clinton will hold its world premiere during the festival at the end of April. Directed by Linda G. Mills, with Clinton as its Executive...

Every fan of the "High School Musical" trilogy clutched their pom poms earlier this week when Zac Efron (aka Troy Bolton, duh) said he would be up for a reunion movie. So as we anxiously await the inevitable "High School...

Mattress shopping is daunting. It's a major purchase and can often be accompanied by a major sales pitch. A while back, Maxwell took one for the team and spent a year sleeping on a different mattress every month to find ...

Check out this utterly charming animated short from Vulture and McSweeney's featuring the brilliant H. Jon Benjamin ("Bob's Burgers", "Archer") narrating a story by Mike Lacher. In it, our wifi hero must conquer the dast...

Former boy-bander Lance Bass is in town to talk health-care reform at the White House. But perhaps Team Obama should have briefed the 'N Sync singer before his visit to 1600 Pennsylvania: Bass got the health-care Web sit...

Photo (c) Jean Pigozzi/Centre Pompidou-Metz Was it rape? Or was it art? And when? A strange and strangely provocative spring exhibit on the century long history of Star Photography and photographers -- or Paparazzi as Fr...

Scarlett Johansson is currently promoting the upcoming sure-to-be blockbuster "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." Though, with her recent announcement of her upcoming pregnancy, there have been some questions about an...

The New Mongrels, a collective musical society, have a long history that goes back to the Civil War. As the story goes, a soldier named Henry Brooke who came back from the bloody war shell-shocked and deaf in one ear had...

I don't know about you, but I sleep a lot better when I have clean, pretty linens on my bed. This goes beyond looks and style, to how you feel at home. With that in mind, here are ten of my favorite projects for duvets, ...

Name: Robin and Jeff JonesLocation: Georgetown; Washington, DCSize: 2,500 square feetYears lived in: 5 years; Owned Robin opened her house up to us on the first spring-like day of this endless winter, and how appropriate...

When the Commonwealth Club's Inforum division hosted a town hall meeting to discuss race relations in the Bay Area, the lineup of speakers included various performances by Bay Area poets. Using words, voice intonations a...

We're happy just browsing the photos of artist/producer Pharrell Williams' fun Miami home, recently listed for $10.999 million. The 9,000 square-foot home has 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, a rooftop pool, and 360 degree views...

Are you the thief? Probably not. But, maybe, you know a guy who knows a guy who took James Gadson's drums. Or, maybe, you bought the drums...unaware that they were stolen -- stolen from a legend. "They took all the punch...

As regular Scrabble players know all too well already, the classic game suffers from a certain ... outdatedness. The Oxford Dictionaries update every year. Merriam-Webster employs a team of people to track modern word us...

As regular Scrabble players know all too well already, the classic game suffers from a certain outdatedness. The Oxford Dictionaries update every year. Merriam-Webster employs a team of people to track modern word usage....

Two days after the trainwreck, extremely tense “Bachelor” finale — during which universally-disliked star Juan Pablo Galavis infuriated producers by refusing to play the show’s game and spill details about his re...