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"Dear White People" writer-director Justin Simien won Best First Screenplay at Saturday's 30th annual Independent Spirit Awards, and used his acceptance speech to call out the importance of having more diverse voices in ...

Not slushy streets nor icy sidewalks nor deceptive puddles could stay Alvin Risk's show at the U Street Music Hall on Saturday night, as the D.C.-bred, L.A.-based musician returned to the subterranean venue for the first...

"The Mother Jones piece, ultimately if you boil it down, comes down to this semantic question. You said you covered a combat situation in Argentina during the Falklands War....Looking back, do you wish you had worded it ...

Name: Taylor Location: Upper West Side - Manhattan, NYC I moved into a studio apartment in August. It was a very nice space with good fixtures and great floors, BUT small for someone who works from home and needs the spa...

Somewhere in the evolution of the American home, the kitchen and dining room became separate things. We started out cooking over a hearth, right in the middle of the home, and wound up with the kitchen as a sort of utili...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Oscar movies this year may be small, but they're packing a lot of drama. When the 87th Academy Awards kick off Sunday night at 8:30 EST, the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles will be buzzing with somet...

U.S. relations with Cuba may be warming but it was all snow and cold greeting the D.C. debut of the Cuban chorale Camerata Vocale Sine Nomine Saturday at the downtown Church of the Epiphany.There, the vaulted Gothic Revi...

When Charles Dutoit filled the leadership void at the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2008, he came to Washington for four consecutive years with that ensemble, always to great acclaim. On Saturday afternoon, Washington Perfor...

NEW YORK -- The Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera never lacked for champions in his lifetime, and since his death in 1983, several of his works -- most notably his keyboard music -- have remained in the repertory. B...

Photo by Craig Schwartz A Noise Within, one of the nation's premier classical repertory companies, has mounted an ambitious, if somewhat tame, revival of the Brecht/Weill classic. With a solid ensemble cast under the dir...

This year's Oscar nominees feature six book to movie adaptations in the Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Actor categories. These titles, American Sniper, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything, Still Alice, Unbr...

Darren & Preston's Castro Home With a View Ten minutes: you've waited for elevators longer than that! Everyone can carve out a little extra time here and there to make a major change in their home. Try these ten today.

In celebrity real estate news, Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan Tatum just bought in 90210. The couple purchased a six-bedroom, six-bathroom Cape Cod-style home in Beverly Hills for $6 million, where basically every r...

Saturday was a rough night for the Camerons in Hollywood. Cameron Diaz and Kirk Cameron were both publicly shamed (with golden, fruit-shaped trophies) for their lackluster contributions to the big screen at the 2015 Razz...

Saturday was a rough night for the Camerons in Hollywood.Cameron Diaz and Kirk Cameron were both publicly shamed (with golden, fruit-shaped trophies) for their lackluster contributions to the big screen at the 2015 Razzi...

Outdoor space is the holy grail of New York real estate: incredibly desirable, incredibly hard to find. The owners of this Tribeca loft already had access to the roof, something that plenty of New Yorkers would kill for,...

Name: Alisa Rabinovich and Jared Thomson Location: Arlington, Virginia Size: 900 square feet Lived in: Seven months; Rented Alisa and Jared haven't lived in their apartment very long, but nevertheless, the small space ha...

Think something small and easy can't make a big impact on the look and feel of your space? Think again! Bookshelves are often a large focal point in a space, and the addition of bookends can not only organize and straigh...

This little guy may look cute -- but that doesn't mean you want him (or his little mouse buddies) in your house. If you happen to have a little furry visitor, you might be interested in this series of three videos from A...

Dani and Dave's Scandinavian Minimalist Home Sticking with all-white in an interior space has a lot of advantages. Light and airy, you'll be left with bright spaces that feel refreshing and peaceful. Those who rent will ...

How does your bedroom look? Good? More importantly, how does it feel? If you want your bedroom to look and feel its very best, consider perusing this list of dynamic design elements you may not have realized your bedroom...

YouTube Kids is a new app designed to make the search for online video more child- and parent-friendly. The simple-to-use interface rids the screen of distracting elements such as viewer comments while offering unique fe...