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We hear about pollution constantly, causing health problems, killing wildlife and harming ecosystems. But what does it look like up close, in our cities and neighborhoods? We asked photographers at EyEm to share their ph...

I had never heard of La Machine before so I had no clue what to expect. But I definitely did not expect to see a 46 ton fire-breathing, smoke puffing, dragon-horse (Long Ma) made of wood and steel parading along the Olym...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen," a famous sculpture by Edgar Degas that can be seen in museums around the world, is coming to life in a new musical exploring the story of a mysterious 14-year-old dancer ...

We’re currently swooning over Hobes, an Australian shoe brand that crafts the most beautifully simple suede shoes. They’ve got the whole quality-over-quantity thing down to an art form--we want to slip our feet ...

Just about the time you least expect it the Christmasbush erupts into a yellow explosion of bloom with such staggering beauty it stuns all who see it. After all this…

With a fall crisp in the air, that summer buzz cut might not feel as appropriate as when you were enjoying the sun and sand down along the crystal coast.

Etsy has launched its own credit and debit card reader for US sellers. The Sell on Etsy reader is free and works in conjunction with the Sell on Etsy app for iOS and Android. The packaging even doubles as credit card sig...

The new season has begun -- and with it a rush of exciting cultural, charitable and social events. The challenge -- that "clone problem," wishing we could be in multiple locations simultaneously. The two theater events, ...

As much as society tells me noise is more golden than silence; silence still whispers mystery to my mind and heart. I'm continually engulfed in modern day life with beeps, vibrations, commercials, news feeds -- a variet...

Hey, highbrow literary references aren't for everyone. But then, why are you reading The New Yorker? Longtime New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff just launched a new series in which he breaks down the magazine's droll ...

The N.C. State Fair established The Exceptional/Special Needs Culinary Division for its contests last year, allowing people with disabilities to compete.

Television has never been an amazing source of three-dimensional female characters. For decades, the medium has relied on one-note stereotypes: the good girl, the temptress, the rebel, the know-it-all. But in the past fe...

Umbrellas have figured prominently in Chinese politics in recent weeks. On Wednesday, a photograph of President Xi Jinping standing in the rain, pants rolled up above the ankles, protected by the canopy of a large black ...

When painter Aaron Marable became a dad, he found it hard to carve out time for artistic endeavors while taking care of his daughter Edith. So, he decided to combine them. "I was spending my evenings with Edith anyway, s...

If you believe you have a soul, then likely you believe that Nature is a balm for all that ails it. But both are fictional constructs, drawing on ideas borrowed from religion, philosophy, poetry and the arts. Many of the...

In the game of Survivor, the sins of another can often seal your fate. Unfortunately for marketing manager Kelley Wentworth, it wasn’t just the sins of another that ended her game -- it was the sins of her father. Afte...

Get out your accordion, crank up the weirdness, and get ready to laugh because today is "Weird Al" Yankovic's birthday! Our beloved prince of parody turns 55 today, so we thought we'd share 11 tidbits about Weird Al that...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State University's fired band director witnessed more sexually charged incidents than previously reported, once proposed punishing a female band member who reported sexual assault and had a ca...

Alfred Wertheimer's intimate and candid early portraits of Elvis Presley justly earned his legacy as one of pop culture's most important fine art photographers. On a visit in July with the late photographer, who died Sun...

When Ian found this antique baluster oak armchair at a thrift store he could see it had been hastily reupholstered around 1950 (see that lumpy seat and vinyl?). He bought it anyway.

Tova Celine: Ye Olde Thrifte Shoppe | This show features thrift-store paintings from the extensive collection of Tova Celine, a Los Angeles-based clothing designer who has been haunting thrift stores, yard sales and flea...

Public service announcement: If you're thinking of dipping your toes into the wild word of graffiti art, do not turn the country's most treasured national parks into your experimental canvases. And if you are brazen enou...