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By Phoebe Farris As Virginia institutions celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Pocahontas-Rolfe marriage this year, a crucial event in the Commonwealth's venerable self-image, we should recognize that existing Native t...

Name: Paige & Dwight Location: Denton, Texas Our little home is located just north of downtown Denton, Texas. The 1100 square foot, 1940s home is one that Dwight bought over a decade ago and he gutted it a couple of year...

Want to make a more pleasant impression with your porch? You might find inspiration in this subtle but effective porch makeover, involving some bright paint and new pattern!

NEW YORK -- It's kind of wild, if not entirely wonderful, what Cate Blanchett and her co-conspirators achieve in their revival of Jean Genet's louche tragicomedy, "The Maids." With cameras perched behind every mirror on ...

NEW YORK -- It’s kind of wild, if not entirely wonderful, what Cate Blanchett and her co-conspirators achieve in their revival of Jean Genet’s louche tragicomedy, “The Maids.” With cameras perched behind every mi...

1. Put cooled lobsters on a cutting board set in the sink. Twist tails from bodies, then twist knuckles and claws from bodies, then twist claws away from knuckles. Discard bodies or save to make stock. 2. Shell tails: Pu...

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We think life at home should be fun and light-hearted for maximum enjoyableness. That's why a few kind pranks pulled on guests or roommates could be a fun way to lighten the mood at home. Emphasis on kind.

Tea and Miami may seem an odd couple, but the city has discovered a new interest in the old beverage.

Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this week. 1. A Palestini...

Guys, we can all breathe now. It took several days, but finally, there's a Schmoyoho auto-tune of "Apparently Kid." Clearly, we live in the best of all possible worlds. Via Tastefully Offensive

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We've all been there. Chores are piling up around the house. As are dishes and bills. A light bulb that burned out weeks ago mocks you from across the room. You know you need to clean your fridge but the thought of havin...

Give it up for Anna Fishbeyn, who manages to turn painful memoir into an insightful, entertaining show. As noted in My Stubborn Tongue now off-Broadway at the New Ohio Theatre, such efforts come at great personal cost. B...

Stef stumbled on this $7 chair in a thrift store in Iowa while visiting her little brother in grad school. As a resident of California, she didn't quite know how she was going to get it back home, but for $7, she'd find ...

Do you lack a fabulous focal point for your living room? Or -- is your current focal point just plain lacking? Picking one element in your living room design to grab the most attention and be the thing that the rest of y...

What does it mean to love a book? Should it be relatable? Beautiful? Must you share common interests? Is it not just as exciting to curl up with one you don't fully understand? Today is National Book Lovers Day, so what ...

DIY treehouses tend to, well, look it. That's not the case for this incredible home in Seattle, Washington, featured in the video above. It is closer to being a mini-mansion in the tree. Perhaps we need a new term for a ...

Attention queer women: there may very soon be emojis just for you! From designer Kimberly Linn comes a series of humorous emojis intended to be used by women who have sex with women. While not necessarily available on a ...

Gay men and vaginas -- historically, the two are worlds apart. So what happens when you ask a gay man to sit down and draw one? This is the question that led Keith Wilson and Shannon O'Malley to curate an ongoing public ...

There are many amazing characters and creatures described in the Hebrew Bible, but elephants are not among them. Imagine the surprise of a team of archaeologists who were in the midst of their fourth summer of excavation...

This past week, an Indian fashion photographer by the name of Raj Shetye released photos of a new series called "The Wrong Turn" and well, it definitely took a wrong turn. The photos depict a bus gang rape that unintenti...