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Look on YouTube for the tenor Matthew Loyal Smith, and you'll find him hitting strong high C's in the showcase aria from Donizetti's "Daughter of the Regiment." Look onstage, and you might find him at Strathmore with the...

Sure, there may be a lot of downside to the modern music festival experience. But there are a lot of plusses too, chief among them the chance to discover up-and-coming musical talents before they begin gigging at giant v...

Soprano Tony Arnold is a luminary in the world of Chamber Music and Art Song. Today's classical composers are inspired by her inherently beautiful voice, consummate musicianship, and embracing spirit. Audiences everywher...

RETURNING SHOW: After it was canceled more than a year ago, "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" (Logo TV at 10 p.m.) has been resurrected and will ream off its last eight never-before-aired episodes. The critically m...

Looking back on history often allows people to get a clearer picture of what's wrong with the world. For example, not everyone is as wealthy as Mitt Romney. Following her infamous statement during the 2012 Presidential e...

What was already a global tragedy has now also developed into a heartbreaking loss for the scientific community. The Malaysia Airlines commercial jet that was shot down over eastern Ukraine yesterday--killing all of its ...

Magic!'s "Rude" kicked Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" from the throne atop the Billboard Hot 100, but the song has inspired more backlash than loving remakes. "Rude" tells the dumb tale of a dude who asks for a dad's blessing to ...

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Q: I love when Kellie Pickler tweets photos of her dogs. Do they ever go with her on tour?--Fay S., Little Rock, Ark. A: "They're not big fans of the city--they like to have grass. But when we're in the country, they com...

"It all started at breakfast," begins the aptly titled "Feisty Old Jew," a wry bit of storytelling from San Francisco-based solo performer Charlie Varon about an elderly man named Bernie. He's a fight-picker, and before ...

Last week, Nigel Redden, the director of Lincoln Center Festival, stepped out onto the stage of the David Koch Theater and greeted the company of dancers assembled there. Twenty artists of the Bolshoi Ballet, dressed in ...

Pencils on desks. High-pitched giggles. Balls launched (briefly) into the air. We bet you've never heard the sounds of a school quite like this before. Edgar Camago is a San Francisco third grade teacher and also a music...

A moving photograph that showed strength and community in the face of adversity, now has another message to share -- triumph. Earlier this year, this touching image of three young girls who were all battling cancer went ...

From the neck up, Hideaki Kobayashi is a middle-aged, bald man with a bushy mustache. From the neck down, this Japanese man could pass for a Japanese schoolgirl as he parades all over Tokyo dressed in "Seifuku," the name...

Inside/Outside: Images of Los Angeles | Manny Silverman Gallery breaks from its Abstract Expressionist focus with "Not the Usual Suspects 2," featuring an exhibition of paintings by Jamie F. Adams and photographs by Todd...

Students from the Warwick women's rowing team decided to strip down for charity -- and found themselves held up to a double standard. This week, Facebook banned the group's page citing "inappropriate content" -- but allo...

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Ah, beige carpet: the scourge of the rental, the never-quite-clean enemy lurking underfoot. If you're stuck with the stuff, here are nine coping strategies pulled from the Apartment Therapy archives...

Not enough bike racks to go around? Norway is solving the problem by transforming a nineteenth century railway station into a "bike hotel." The converted space has secure parking for 134 bicycles, including two spots for...

Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills are among the most iconic contemporary artworks. Characteristically when they're discussed and analyzed, they're considered as a series. (This is also how I have taught and written ab...

We crave it on hot sunny days, cool fall nights, and after nearly every meal. Our addiction to sugar is at an all-time high, and for the sake of our health; we need a program to break that desire! But it's so hard to do ...

"I'm making a vow. I'm going to take a break from french fries." -- FLOTUS told her surprised husband and a crowd of youngters on Friday that she is giving up her guilty pleasure. Despite her healthy eating campaign, the...