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Greek Garden restaurant opens in former Yummy Yogurt space in downtown Apex.

Big box, luxury vacations got you down? If the thought of whiling away another uninspired vacation under an umbrella is less than motivating, you may need to rethink your travel…

Dear SOS: My wife and I have spent a number of years trying to duplicate the wonderful beans commonly found at the many Basque restaurants in Southern California, such as…

From The Kitchn 'Maker Talk Quick Clip: Kelsey Nixon's Cooking Crush

One of the largest annual queer community efforts in New York City is slated to open to the public tomorrow, Nov. 11, and it's a week-long event that you don't want to miss. The MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival i...

George W. Bush has worn many hats over the years, and lately, the former president has been trading in his Stetson for a beret. The result of his latest artistic endeavor is a portrait of himself with his father, former ...

As my kitchen makeover continues my mind is now on lighting. It's truly amazing how much lighting can add to a space. It's like a piece of jewellery that can add the perfect finishing touch to a look. There's the practic...

George Plimpton once wrote, "From above, the city looks empty: so little moves that is discernible. All the descriptive adjectives about New York -- 'teeming,' 'bustling,' 'cacophonous,' and so forth -- are pertinent onl...

Feature Flash/Shutterstock.com Last week was a convenient window for Taylor Swift haters to come out. She pulled her songs from Spotify and now has the only debut album of 2014 to go platinum in one week. This decision r...

Maybe it's the slow change to cool, deep-autumn weather that has me thinking of Lars von Trier's film, Melancholia. The beautiful, surreal (or too-real?) film features a wedding taking place at a beautiful home and its g...

On paper, it seems like Stevie Wonder should be older. He's been in the public eye since getting his first Motown deal more than a half-century ago, when he was an 11-year-old billed as Little Stevie. But Wonder is, in f...

Molly Shattuck once led the most public of lives. The calendar of the former Ravens cheerleader was filled with charity events, appearances to promote her diet-and-exercise book, and a constant social-media patter of upb...

Still confused by "Interstellar"? Is your brain hurting in an attempt to piece together the time-warped timeline? Have no fear, because this simplified chart will blow away all that mental dust. Spoiler alert: If you hav...

By now, you may have heard of the viral video "Too Many Cooks" and wondered how something include the phrases "'80s sitcoms," "puppets" and "serial killer" in the same description. If you're curious but still a little sc...

By now, you may have heard of the viral video “Too Many Cooks” and wondered how something include the phrases “’80s sitcoms,” “puppets” and “serial killer” in the same description. If you’re curious b...

Beck Bennett has been one of the biggest bright spots on "Saturday Night Live" during his first two seasons, appearing in a bevy of sketches, both live and pre-produced. (Bennett's Good Neighbor team of cast member Kyle ...

After six years of renovations, Harvard Art Museums' newest building will open to the public on November 16. The Renzo Piano-designed space will bring works from Harvard's three museums under one roof.

I've written a lot about the struggles of keeping a house in order. I let certain things go and try not to feel remiss about not having a pristine house at all times, but truth is, I am usually in a much better state of ...

Casting calls for women can be incredibly sexist -- and one woman is sick of it. Katrina Day, an aspiring actor in NYC, created the "Some Lady Parts" Tumblr in response to her experiences facing sexism in the acting indu...

Recently on a visit to family in Chicago, I bought a ticket over the phone for the quite wonderful Writers Theatre in suburban Glencoe, where they currently have the Midwest premiere of an intriguing-sounding play, Isaac...

The borough may be best known as a hub of hip-hop and artsy indie rock, but Kings County is also home to a vibrant country music community, made up of both urban musicians with Southern roots and city-slickers who just h...

It was 1987. I had just gotten off work and walked across the Kitsap Mall to Sam Goody to look for this album. I heard that it had just got out and I wanted to be the first of my friends to have it. I walked in with mone...