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On Tuesday night, Queen Elizabeth II and Irish President Michael Higgins were breaking bread at an historic dinner at Windsor Castle. But Irish eyes also were smiling at a far less formal affair an ocean away in Washingt...

On Tuesday April 8, 2014, the rock and roll band Aerosmith performed an intimate set with Slash at the Whiskey a Go Go in Hollywood to announce their 2014 tour dates. The artist RISK made a banner for the event outside o...

Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright once called his Darwin D. Martin house in Buffalo, N.Y. "the most perfect thing of its kind in the world -- a domestic symphony, true, vital, comfortable," but those words could easily ...

Since they premiered, MTV reality shows "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" have raised whoa-so-many eyebrows. A very vocal contingent of dismayed adults feared the shows glamorized teen pregnancy. That the young moms on th...

Since they premiered, MTV reality shows “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom” have raised whoa-so-many eyebrows. A very vocal contingent of dismayed adults feared the shows glamorized teen pregnancy. That the young mo...

More trunk shows this week in the Triangle area, plus a chance for free bra-fitting that benefits breast cancer research, a prom nail party and the annual Retail Therapy Show…

In honor of Architecture for Humanity's 15th anniversary, the non-profit is collaborating with Warby Parker. The two limited-edition frames are inspired by "streamlined angles and built-to-last-materials." A portion of e...

"Every drummer I know is in, like, nine bands right now." Ain't it the truth, Ted Leo! Leo and Aimee Mann, or as they are they calling this collaboration, The Both, released the video for their single "Milwaukee," openin...

It was surprising that there was no strong opposition to Nerdrum's Kitsch philosophy or toward Scruton's ideas of beauty at TRAC2014. Could it be that all are in basic agreement of the cultural direction in which this gr...

The newly-discovered "Heartbleed Bug" exposed millions of usernames, passwords and credit card numbers to hackers. But there's a subtler, secondary reason the security flaw is on so many minds today: Its name.

The Big Picture "I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture." - Author Steven Saylor My sister Ann passed away, without warning, on the...

David Reynolds, a historian at Christ College, Cambridge, has won the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize, for his book “The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century.” The book, which will be pu...

David Reynolds, a historian at Christ College, Cambridge, has won the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize, for his book "The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century." The book, which will be publis...

If you could purchase a magical patch that would make you feel better about your body, would you do it? In a new marketing campaign for Dove, psychologist and body image specialist Ann Kearney-Cooke presented "real women...

Legendary martial artist, movie star and director, Jackie Chan, turned 60 this week. So, how best to honor the milestone? Why, with a chopstick portrait, of course! Artist Red Hongyi recently had the opportunity to not o...

For nearly 800 years, the mystical Sufi poet Rumi's profound and empowering wisdom has inspired countless seekers, both within the Sufi tradition and beyond, with his timeless message of peace, personal transformation an...

Zach Braff's Kickstarter movie, "Wish I Was Here," has its first trailer. Things to note: (1) the YouTube comments on the official Focus Features page for the teaser are disabled; (2) "Simple Song" is the latest Shins so...

Name: OliviaLocation: Arlington, VirginiaRoom Size: 143 square feet When Kimi and George found out they were having a girl, they made one thing clear: the nursery wouldn't be pink. "We wanted to have fun with the room an...

This project brings together the cyclist and the plant lover, with all the greenery you love from those groovy 70s plant hangers, just minus the macramé. Would you believe this plant hanger is made from the inner tube o...

Alec Baldwin and Garrett Jackson, Mitt Romney's former personal aide, got into a sparring match on Twitter on Wednesday after Baldwin tweeted praise for the upcoming documentary "Above All Else," about the Keystone XL oi...

The Dark Galleries, a new book by film and visual arts scholars Steven Jacobs and Lisa Colpaert, examines the art and portraiture used in film noir during the mid-20th century.

We had a lyricist from Lebanon and an arranger from Iraq. We had a melody composed by Quincy Jones. A Libyan, Egyptian, Palestinian, Syrian, Saudi and Emirati were among 26 artists joining recording sessions in Morocco a...