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If you're watching this show and you're not aware of titles of the episodes, then you really are missing out. I recently noticed these gems in my DVR and have been enjoying them almost as much as the show itself. This we...

The Bright Light Social Hour, an Austin-based psych-rock quartet, brings their Southern charm and adept live talent to their new album, Space is Still the Place (out March 10th on Frenchkiss Records). The album was writt...

Yes, the movie was better than the book. Of course, if you've read the book, then you know that's not saying much. The bar was pretty low to begin with. And one would hope that with a 40 million dollar production budget ...

If you're a child of the 1990s and a musical-theater fan, you probably grew up singing songs from "Pocahontas," "Wicked" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" -- which means you were raised to love songs written by Stephen S...

I am stuck finding more information about my grandfather, Leland Wright. From a 1930 U.S. Census I know he lived in Florida and was born in Ohio about 1883. Can you help me? ~ Edmund ________________ It's a safe bet that...

On Kawara, Telegram to Sol LeWitt, February 5, 1970, From I Am Still Alive, 1970-2000. LeWitt Collection, Chester, Connecticut. February 6, 2015. This date marks the opening of the exhibition On Kawara--Silence, at the S...

Before Taye Diggs was following you (and everyone else) on Twitter, the actor had a home on the Great White Way, starring in the original production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Rent." And while Diggs' characte...

A Well-Traveled Room for Twins So, you've decided your kids are going to share a room which means you have two beds (or a bed + crib) to fit into the room. The size and shape of the room may guide or dictate where you pl...

The PBS Digital Studios series Blank on Blank recently unearthed an old interview with Lou Reed where he trashes two of your dad's favorite bands: The Doors and The Beatles. In the interview, which was recorded in 1987, ...

Name: Michelle Location: Los Angeles, CA I've lived in my rental apartment for almost 5 years (I'm the building manager) and hadn't changed much of the hand-me-down furniture that i scrapped together when i moved in. I r...

On Nov. 7, 2013, Carles wrote one of his last articles on Hipster Runoff, what was arguably the most influential site for '00s indie rock criticism. Its title: "Is the scene still alive?" Amongst other popular loving dia...

On Thursday, a Boston auction house will offer a 400-piece archive of the building of Wexford in 1963, Jackie Kennedy's dream home for her and John in Virginia. Other items on the block include a White House wallpaper sw...

Six months ago, Amber Gordon, Gabriela Barkho, Jeanette Fabre and Jacqueline Mirell were four Twitter friends living in New York City. When they finally decided to meet in real life last fall for dinner, they got to talk...

"There's something bizarrely liberating about being able to stand up on stage, as a character, and say 'I was raped.'" Perhaps not many actors would agree with this statement, but Gemma is telling me this after a rehears...

This high-spirited dance is part prank, part street fight. The woman in the flared party dress and the guy in motorcycle-gang attire are twisting and bopping to 1950s rock, but a pugnacious edge keeps creeping into the s...

Perhaps the best word to describe Toby Harriman's new time-lapse, Gotham City SF, is "Intense." Dark, moody, gripping, and unlike any big city time-lapse we've seen before, Toby's latest creation boils over with intensit...

It is always a special occasion when the Metropolitan Opera stages a premiere and its first production of Rossini's melodious and stirring La Donna del Lago boasts the exquisite Joyce DiDonato in the title role and Juan ...

People often compare swaddling babies to rolling little burritos. Now parents can visualize that quite literally with the "Burrito Baby Blanket" from Etsy shop Awesome Sauce Designs. Feast your eyes on the cute! The shop...

As soon as you spot the bathtub right next to the kitchen sink, you'll know this is no ordinary apartment. That's right -- this is not, in fact, a picture of a bathroom, as I thought when I first saw it. It's the kitchen...

The southwest has its own particular energy. The Sonoran Desert, the crossroads between north and south, Native American history that goes back a thousand years and the confluence of art and culture in a winter destinati...

We apologize for getting “Happy” stuck in your head again. But Pharrell Williams is going to author four picture books — and the first will be based on this hit song. The books will be published by Putnam, a divisi...

We apologize for getting "Happy" stuck in your head again. But Pharrell Williams is going to author four picture books -- and the first will be based on this hit song.The books will be published by Putnam, a division of ...