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San Francisco has some of the highest rents in the nation, but this map shows just how much it'll cost you to live on the BART. Surveying 17,000 one bedroom apartments within a half-mile radius of each stop, RadPad shows...

In a recent Times piece "Therapist and Patient Share a Theater of Hurt," (NYT, 11/5/14), Robert J. Landy, director of N.Y.U.'s drama therapy program makes the following statement, "With certain forms of mental illness th...

UNESCO has added five new metropolises to its City of Design program, which recognizes contributions to the design world. The new additions are Dundee, Scotland; Turin, Italy; Bilbao, Spain; Helsinki, Finland; and Curiti...

If the man in your life oozes hyper-masculinity, sweats bourbon, and can wield an axe -- or at least wants to looks like he does -- then take a minute to consider these holiday gift ideas. They are rugged. They are styli...

No matter if you call them truffles, bonbons or just plain dessert balls, no-bake confections dipped in chocolate are some of Christmas' sweetest treats. Literally.

While recently introduced sweet spirits always intrigue - Cabo Diablo Coffee Liqueur comes to mind, as does RumChata - for the holiday season, the classic, tried and true luscious flavors…

When we talk about climate change, it's easy to get caught up in the politics and economic arguments and lose sight of what it is we're really fighting for. That's why we asked our followers on Instagram to show us one t...

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Play kitchens are a popular holiday gift and usually they're "the big gift." And for good reason - they're not cheap and they take up space. But they're very often a favorite toy that kids return to again and again (some...

Being a curator just happened. I was interested in architecture and design, and slowly, but surely, realized I became a curator because it was another way to communicate the belief that design is important and endlessly ...

The world of grand opera is generally not known for its comedies, and few are quite as grand, funny or poignant as the Metropolitan Opera's magnificent production of Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg, which returned to the ...

By Tommy Burson for ShermansTravel We all love a good art heist, don't we? They've been romanticized in films like Monuments Men, The Thomas Crown Affair and, of course, the unforgettable, but not-so-great 2004 flick Art...

DJ Earworm's annual mashup of the year's most popular songs is here for the holiday season and it'll soon get stuck in your head, just like the songs it's made from. "The United State of Pop (Do What You Wanna Do)," comp...

This Sunday, December 7, Michael Feinstein and Debby Boone welcome the holiday season at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. Under the musical direction of John Oddo, Michael and Debby will perform a variety of holiday ...

Josh Duggar, one of the titular tykes (now all grown up) of the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting," is expecting a fourth kiddo of his own with wife Anna. Duggar, who is the executive director of the Family Research...

A powerful short film hit the web this week that explores the nature of identity across the queer spectrum. Called "Emma," the two-minute short comes from filmmakers Jose Angel Saenz and Kyle Morck and examines the way t...

The Coming Golden Age of Fine Art series: Choreographers Joshua Beamish in his choreography Pierced, photo by David Cooper Marvel Comics has missed an awesome super-hero -- Choreo! Choreo speaks to anyone, anytime, and i...

A standing ovation came at an unexpected moment Tuesday night as Donny and Marie Osmond began their week-long stand at the National Theatre. A video montage during a low-key ballad chronicled the careers of these ultimat...

We all set ourselves high expectations occasionally: to be the best we can be, to put our best foot forward, to try our best, etc. But when it comes to a party, that kind of "best"-focused thinking can be counter-product...

I'm late weighing in on "Little Dancer," the Degas-based, Susan-Stroman-directed musical that played at the Kennedy Center last month and that may or may not go on to Broadway. You can read two contrasting reviews from m...

Filmed in and around Seattle, The Long Night is a gripping and honest account of addiction, sex work, and the lives of a survivor and her family. Viewers also get to know the police who are trying to change the system, a...

"Gangnam Style," the K-pop sensation that basically owned 2012, has been viewed so many millions of times that, two years later, YouTube's view counter literally broke trying to tally it. The site is upgrading that tool ...