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We're nearly at the dawn of a new year and you know what that means: time to get organized! We're here to help you get a jump start on that resolution. We've talked a lot about organization in the past year and to celebr...

Sequins are our go-to embellishment when it comes to holiday dresses and festive skirts. This season, we're all about styling them in a fresh way--and that means sequin pants! We've ...

Outgoing Atlas Performing Arts Center chairwoman Jane Lang, who was recently profiled in The Washington Post, said this week that her husband, Paul C. Sprenger, died Dec. 29 while they were on vacation in Curaçao. He wa...

Food writers Kathleen Purvis and Andrea Weigl identify the state's food trends that will likely continue into 2015.

By Charles M. Sennott BOSTON - The Spanish master Francisco Goya painted 200 years ago at a time not unlike the age of disruption, revolution, barbarity and torture that defined the year 2014. The last 12 months have pre...

Like others my age, I remember the moment when I heard about the death of Karen Carpenter, the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, and Princess Diana's fatal car crash. I also remember when I watched Dynasty's Steven Car...

Singers come and go... and then there's Aretha, the undisputed Queen of Soul, still playing to audiences who clamor to hear her iconic hits from the '60s, but know she has always has something more to say musically. Fran...

In 1997, a hauntingly beautiful and richly uncommon musical called Side Show opened on Broadway to critical acclaim. The show was based on the lives of Violet and Daisy Hilton, the famous conjoined real-life twins who we...

Edward Herrmann, the famed character actor best known in recent years for his starring role in "Gilmore Girls," died on Wednesday at age 71, his representative confirmed to Buzzfeed. His family told TMZ that the actor wa...

People around the world welcomed 2015, ringing in the new year with parties and well-wishes. From Asia to Europe, cities celebrated in style with fireworks that lit up the sky in bright colors. Take a look at some of the...

Our Renovation Diary alumni are an unshakable bunch. Even with schedule, budget, and a host of other setbacks along the way to their new spaces, they're willing to get back on the reno horse and ride again. Here's what t...

A good foundation in interior design basics and principles can have a huge effect on the look and feel of a space, and this year we covered a lot of tips and techniques to help you improve your home. From color palettes ...

In 2014, much ink was spilled debating whether or not rapper Nicki Minaj was making a bold feminist statement with her controversial song (and album cover) "Anaconda."That this conversation was happening around her music...

It's been a banner year for architecture your ten-year-old self dreamed of -- from 3D printed homes to buildings grown from trash. Below, we've compiled our favorite buildings of 2014. 1. a21studio's Rainbow Chapel: This...

MARTIN FACEY, Ink Ginkgo, 2013, Acrylic, mixed media, fabric on panel, 68 x 42 inches Martin Facey was long known as a colorist, straddling figuration and abstraction in the realization of large, intricately mapped paint...

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A waffle is a delicious breakfast food that's usually served with maple syrup, but in its verb form it means to be indecisive or titter on the brink of one action or another. The gerund constructed from the verb refers t...

Today is the birthday of French painter, printmaker, sculptor, and scissor-wielder extraordinaire, Henri Matisse. The Fauvist artist and original sporter of round spectacles would turn 145 if he were miraculously alive t...

Most of the world is mere hours away from the dawn of a new year, welcoming 2015 with a slew of fireworks, champagne toasts, resolutions and awkward renditions of Auld Lang Syne. Here on the Huff Post Arts&Culture page, ...

A Measure for Happiness/Armour White, 2013-2014, 17 x 20 x 4 inches Oil and egg emulsion, wood Helen O'Leary's show, up at the Irish Art Center on 51st St through Jan. 5th, is titled The Geometry of Dirt. It is comprised...

Owner Holly Mohajer will close Mo's Diner on New Year's Day and reopened Jan. 6 as Holly's on Hargett.

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