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R Street Institute recently released a report on copyright duration entitled: "Guarding Against Abuse -- Restoring Constitutional Copyright." The report examines how copyright terms today are completely unmoored from the...

ALERT! ALERT! Solange Knowles' big, beautiful hair is missing from the 2014 Met Gala red carpet, and we don't know where it went. Our jaws literally dropped as Solange arrived in a sherbet 3.1 Phillip Lim gown, with a ma...

Miami food blogger Sef Gonzalez, aka Burger Beast, hosts his first Burger Brawl on Friday

Judging by the number of Audi town cars crammed into the corner of Pioneer and Imlay Streets in Red Hook, Brooklyn, this was not your ordinary Sunday night. On the evening of May 4, the fundraising party for artist Dusti...

Levity Tomkinson is a Kentucky artist and dog lover who's about a fifth of the way through painting every single one of the 51 dogs seized from Michael Vick's dog fighting operation in 2007. "One of my main goals is to r...

The League of American Bicyclists have spoken: Washington keeps it's top spot as the best state for biking in the US. Minnesota and Wisconsin come in second and third, while Alabama, Montana, and Kentucky are the worst.

A book is a mirror: if a fool looks in, do not expect an apostle to look out. -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) Reading literary fiction can be highly pleasurable, but does it also make you a better person? Conv...

As if the physical demands weren't enough, the castaways now have to worry about their mental health on "Survivor" (CBS at 8 p.m.) after one finalist is stricken with paranoia. The Top 4 vocalists, which is made up of Je...

Anthony Vincent is versatile. That's the takeaway from his most recent "Ten Second Songs" video, in which he imitates different artists while singing a hit song. This week, Derulo dropped "Talk Dirty To Me" in every voic...

Most film festivals feature a selection of documentaries (some festivals are devoted entirely to documentary film). What I have always loved about San Francisco's Asian-American International Film Festival (CAAMFest 2014...

Dave Grohl is a rocker a talker a potty mouth and an overall rock mensch which means he had plenty to say at the surprise Foo Fighters gig at the 9:30 Club Monday night much of it garnished with exuberant profanity.

Dave Grohl is a rocker, a talker, a potty mouth and an overall rock mensch, which means he had plenty to say at the surprise Foo Fighters gig at the 9:30 Club Monday night, much of it garnished with exuberant profanity. ...

[NOTE: This post has been changed to reflect the fact that a few minutes after it was published the Verizon Center announced the Lady Gaga concert will be rescheduled to Monday May 12 to accommodate a possible Game 6 NBA...

I grew up in Connecticut where I had the luxury of hopping on a Metro North train and arriving in Grand Central Station in about an hour. When the train door opened and the stale stench of Grand Central Station greeted m...

Raise your hand if you've ever wanted to run wild in your favorite art haven, taking in masterpieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat or Christopher Wool like a free wheelin' kid let loose in an amusement park. Well, be prepared ...

AN OCTOROON *** 1/2 out of **** FORBIDDEN BROADWAY COMES OUT SWINGING *** out of **** AN OCTOROON *** 1/2 out of **** SOHO REP An Octoroon is precisely the sort of play you hope to catch when venturing Off Off Broadway t...

Everything you needed to know about Sunday's Kennedy Center's Spring Gala was wrapped up in one word: Nostalgia. The party was outgoing president Michael Kaiser's last public hurrah and he selected the night's theme: "Ca...

NEW YORK -- Nostalgia for an august institution of Georgetown runs rampant in "The City of Conversation," the splendid new comedy-drama by Anthony Giardina at Lincoln Center Theater. No, not for the institution that give...

This quote refers to both plays infused with Irish sensibility. A lovely revival of Sea Marks has opened at the Irish Repertory Theatre. The play was written by one time television god, Gardner Mckay, star of the sixties...

Rugs are a double edged sword. They can absolutely give a finished look to a room, but on the same note, it can really ruin the look if is dirty or dated. I host a lot of parties and have a dog that thinks the rug is his...

Name: Kathie NarcizoLocation: Newport, Rhode IslandSize: 1,100 square feetYears lived in: 13 years; rented When Kathie moved back to her hometown of Newport 13 years ago, her brother Dave knew he had found the perfect sp...

Earlier this year, California became home to the world's largest solar plant. On 2,400 acres of desert near Yuma, the plant has a capacity to power 140,000 homes with clean energy, preventing around 324,000 tons of CO2 e...