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As fans of contemporary dance know, you can try to have a conversation about leading young American female chore­ogra­phers, but talking about leading North American female choreographers is much more interesting.

The American labor movement today is faced with two dire threats - one from right-wing politicians like Governor Scott Walker who are out to bust them, and the other from the labor unions themselves. As a long-time union...

Whatever else Neil Gaiman had intended to talk about with fellow writer Michael Chabon onstage at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Thursday night, it was upended by the death of his close friend, the English ...

Top 10 Films"Cinderella" takes down Liam Neeson's latest, as the fairy tale trounces his action film, "Run All Night." The number of weeks open for each film is in parentheses.WeekendTotalin millions of dollars1. Cinde...

Name: Judith Cossette and Benjamin Dupont Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada I'm a photographer from Montreal. My boyfriend Benjamin is an industrial designer. We've had this amazing 1100 square feet loft in Montreal for...

Hindsight is always 20/20. An irony that isn't lost in the pre-WW 2 drama A Happy End, about affluent Jews enduring the first signs of Nazi violence in the early 1930s. The Erdmann family -- the gifted scientist Mark (Cu...

Nothing makes a room quite like a big, bold piece of art -- and nothing makes a room look frumpy quite like a lonely, undersized print floating in a big expanse of white wall. But the problem, as you probably know, is th...

Mike Bartlett's verse play King Charles III, which finished an extended run at Wyndham's Theatre in London this past January, stages a near-future crisis for King Charles III. Parliament has put forward a bill that will ...

In 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright appeared on an episode of "What's My Line?" A panel of four blindfolded contestants had to try to guess the identity of the famous then-89-year-old architect by asking him general questions ab...

After the chintz overload of the 80s, wallpaper fell out of fashion for a long while. But now it's staging a comeback, as decorators slowly begin to embrace pattern once again. But what can you do if you're in love with ...

Maybe the small screen isn't the best medium for former congressman Anthony Weiner's third comeback? But what do we know?As our colleague Scott Allen reported Friday, Weiner (D-N.Y.), who hightailed it out of Washington ...

This is the living room of my most recent home, at the point where I started to get things right. Sort of. I was an architect in a former life, and as a result I probably care more than is emotionally healthy about how m...

Sophia's Rooftop View Over Paris If you have a collection of lovely things, why keep it hidden? We've dug through our video archives to find three great ideas for displaying your favorite things, so you can see them and ...

Name: Melisa & Julien Location: Little Italy; Montreal, Canada Size: 850 square feet Years lived in: 5 years "I love the fact that our style keeps evolving and changing --just like us," Melisa said when I asked what thei...

Really, you can't get more romantic than Rascal Flatts. Just ask 24-year-old Bristol Palin, the eldest daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who on Friday got engaged during a country music concert ...

Havalah's family room fireplace featured an extra-long mantel that also spanned some strange built-ins. With an update, this focal wall becomes much more functional.

Note: The images below may not be appropriate for viewing in work or other sensitive environments. A steamy new book from Petra Mason and published by Universe brings you some of the hottest vintage male imagery from the...

If you're always on the hunt for bold ideas to add to the rooms of your small home, you'll like these six. They're daring details -- but they're not terribly difficult to implement. And what makes them perfect for small ...

Laura & Tyler's Organic Modern Heritage Apartment Rugs can be a major factor in your home looking stylish and rad. So how do you make sure you're using them their most effectively? We've got four common rug issues that o...

It's been a pretty chilly winter, and not everyone in has reliable heat. Heat Seek NYC is a nonprofit that uses Internet-connected thermostats and a companion web app that logs the temperature every hour. Using $25,000 t...

Q: We live in an inner-city apartment. While it's a great old building, we've got a mouse problem. We've talked to building maintenance, they put out traps and bait. We've put out traps and bait. We've caught a total of ...

10:05 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Please have a seat. Thank you so much. What a beautiful evening. Everybody looks wonderful. It's like Downton Abbey, except less funny. (...