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Warning: This post contains all kinds of NSFW images. Read at your own risk. We can only imagine what it would be like to be young and in love -- or just young and making love -- in the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Un...

If you've ever seen August Wilson's bleak and angry "King Hedley II," you remember its central image: an ex-con with a terrifying scar on his face trying like mad to get flowers to grow in a meager patch of Pittsburgh di...

Five years ago, I was flat out flattened by my discovery of a band called The Carolina Chocolate Drops and their album, Genuine Negro Jig. I was not alone; the album wound up winning a Grammy. Still, my longstanding fasc...

Facebook added a "legacy contact" option yesterday, which allows you to designate someone to manage parts of your account after your death (or you can choose to have your presence deleted entirely). Legacy contacts can d...

The New York Times's data-driven site The Upshot published an item called "What 2,000 Calories Looks Like" that had Facebook and Twitter buzzing in late December. The piece focused on how customers could easily eat a ful...

Joe Abriatis, 31, who worksfor the Architect of the Capitol, is the construction manager for the U.S. Capitol dome restoration project. He andhis wife live in Arlington.We can all see the scaffolding on the Capitol, but ...

When it comes to getting advice from the elderly, gerontologist Karl Pillemer has done his research. As professor of human development at Cornell University, he created The Legacy Project in…

Southwest Airlines is the latest airline to reduce the value of loyalty rewards.

The music of JMSN (pronounced Jameson) is that of embracing a sensual vulnerability as a mechanism to evolve into who you truly are, even if you're still on that journey. The singer/songwriter and producer born Christian...

I was recently informed that it is apparently not reasonable to keep the bedroom thermostat set at 45ºF (7ºC) in the winter-- to which I could only retort, "But it's the best!" Blame my Norwegian heritage, but I can on...

"Fifty Shades of Grey," a terrible movie based on a terrible book, gives the world one of the least sexy characters of all time: Christian Grey. Just how unsexy is Mr. Grey? Jamie Dornan, who plays the controversial bill...

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Like all detectives of his literary ilk, Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch isn't easy to warm up to. Brought to life from the pages of Michael Connelly's crime novels ("City of Bones" and "The Concrete Blonde" among the many of t...

Four flawed characters, each of them blazingly human, populate John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "Doubt, a Parable." A maelstrom of life-shattering events in a Brooklyn parochial school pulls the chara...

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Kindness doesn't have to involve a grand show of affection. Whether it's making dinner for a friend, or complimenting a stranger, small acts of good can put a smile on people's faces. This year's Random Acts Of Kindness ...

The Philadelphia Theatre Company is marking its 40th anniversary season and weathering a rough season of solving ongoing fiscal problems. Meanwhile, the shows must go on, Sara Garonzik, PTC's artistic director said this ...

"Bosch" is a pretty good cop show, but it's emblematic of the potential and limitations of Amazon Prime as it gears up to become an even bigger player in the television game. I wrote recently about the plight of the pret...

Choreographed fight scenes are one thing, but slapping a child in the face? Highly unusual on prime-time TV. However, that’s the basis of NBC’s new drama. An unhappy family gathers around a barbecue; an obnoxious lit...

Choreographed fight scenes are one thing, but slapping a child in the face? Highly unusual on prime-time TV.However, that's the basis of NBC's new drama. An unhappy family gathers around a barbecue; an obnoxious little b...

Whether you're an aspiring songwriter trying to get in the game, or a seasoned pro trying to stay in the game, or for that matter, any hopeful fill-in-the-blank with an eye on a prize, it helps to have a passion on the s...