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A picture's worth a thousand words, so the irritatingly overused adage goes. But sometimes, about one to three words will suffice, as is the case with these clever, minimalist band posters. We have the team at Tata & Fri...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: "A book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat." -Mark Twain Recently, in Concord, New Hampshire, I saw Hal Holbrook perfor...

So you don't have a lot of time (or energy, patience) to work on a really long and involved DIY project that might leave you with more stress than results, but you do want to make something this weekend that really makes...

After seven decades, North Raleigh's Deva Buttram finds the sister she lost in Montana, thanks to Internet databases and a little legwork.

No, that's not a typo. It is "Hillywood." Which is a thriving creative movie-making center set in the hills of Rwanda--hills, as this inspiring documentary shows, whose astonishing beauty stands in stark contrast to the ...

Actress Anjelica Huston has parted with the five-story contemporary live/work home in Venice, Calif., that she shared with her late husband, sculptor Robert Graham, for $11.15 million.

The otherworldly sight of African migrants, lit only by the moon and the light of their cellphones, held aloft, trying to grab signals from nearby Somalia to call their relatives. The terror of a mall turned battleground...

Martha Millichip, 44, a wife, mom and part-time cooking instructor at Whisk in Cary, needed an intervention. "After 8 years as a stay-at-home mom, and five of the last 10…

"Say it ain't so, Joe," I thought when I heard the news.

Triangle Buddhists chanted, prayed and noshed at Raleigh's Fo Guang Shan Temple on Sunday in a celebration of Earth Day, blending a Western ecological movement in its infancy with an…

Project by: Anna WilliamsLocation: Townsville, Queensland, Australia We love examples of homes that can mix a stylish look for grown-ups that still have room for kids to be comfortable and happy. The designer Anna Willia...

The Pixies released their first album, "Indy Cindy," in 23 years yesterday, April 19, on Record Store Day. While the LP is actually a collection of songs from their recent string of EPs, Record Store Day participants rec...

The Berkeley Repertory Theatre, dedicated to provocation, has produced an excellent version of Nina Raine's Tribes. It might appear to be a play about an "issue," deafness in this instance. But it is a drama about the su...

A weekly feature in which we discuss the most confusing moment on the most recent episode of "Orphan Black." There are always many to choose from, so this could get divisive. Looking back at the Season 2 premiere of BBC ...

A weekly feature in which we discuss the most confusing moment on the most recent episode of "Orphan Black." There are always many to choose from, so this could get divisive. Looking back at the Season 2 premiere of BBC ...

Hey, isn't that Comedian Jay Leno, dropping by the Hay-Adams hotel Saturday night to perform at a joint birthday party for local businessman and author Tom Blair and his wife, Alice. The candle-blowing couple surprised t...

Amongst a multitude of media over the years, there is one entity spanning almost two decades that has united generations in a single cause: Gotta catch 'em all! We are, of course, referring to "Pokémon," whose franchise...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Captain America continues to vanquish box office foes, triumphing in ticket sales for the third consecutive week and dominating over megastar Johnny Depp's new movie. "Captain America: The Winter Sold...

When Gretchen finally got down to finishing her bedroom space, she added wall color, fresh art and affordable flea market finds to fill out what has now become a very calm and sophisticated space.

Hey, isn't that Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, lunching at Le Pain Quotidian at Eastern Market on Saturday? Casual in a leather jacket, the money man was seen chowing on a salad at an outdoor table with a ...

Pruning is tricky, and it is hard to keep track of when to prune what. I am constantly referencing books myself. The best pruning times generally fall into two categories -- early spring/late fall, or right after the pla...

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, newly inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, have been touring across North America in support of their new album, "High Hopes." Last night, April 19, the group stopped at Ch...