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I didn't sleep last night. Granted, I've had a history of insomnia, so it is not unheard of for me to stay awake until five or six in the morning. Last night, however, was not that sort of aimless wakefulness. No, it was...

Most cinephiles and comic book fanatics know Mondo for its illustrated film posters, vinyls and toys. Based in Austin, Texas, the gallery and online store is famous for releasing limited edition, pop culture-inspired col...

Faith Prince. Those two words served as the motivation for me to visit this pre-Broadway tryout of The First Wives Club: The Musical. I consider Prince among the very best musical comedy stars -- right up there with Caro...

It was a weekend of wins for Redskins defensive lineman Chris Baker.On Friday, he helped recruit childhood friend, Terrance "Pot Roast" Knighton, who signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the team. Then on Saturday...

Photographer and mother-of-three Ginger Unzueta has a knack for capturing her children's enthusiasm for life. In a photo project titled, "An Artist Unfolding," the creative mom focuses the camera on her youngest daughter...

I did not invent that saying. I heard it from master storyteller Donald Davis during a storytelling workshop where deep listening was the centerpiece. Not listening in the background. Not listening while washing the dish...

Launching yesterday, Target Collective is the brand's first male-focused collection. The USA-made clothing, accessories, and stationery come from Billykirk, Owen & Fred, Taylor Stitch, Duluth Pack, Locally Grown and Terr...

Forget pratfalls and pies in the face, though Beth Henley's oddball new "Laugh" certainly goes in for both. The bizarro sights in the premiere production at Studio Theatre include a corpulent man who keeps his tush welde...

This story is not just about Ferguson. It is about St. Louis. It is about Madison, and Cleveland and New York. And why the steps taken here can be a roadmap for the rest of the country. The issues may be different. But t...

One of my favorite blog features, unexpectedly, has been my occasional series of interviews with musicians traveling through Pittsburgh. I'm not a huge live music fan, but I do enjoy the chance to engage performers aroun...

Almost a million people a year flock to Stonehenge to marvel at the mysterious prehistoric monument. But what if those massive bluestones were just the foundations of an enormous platform where worshippers came to perfor...

When I was 10 years old my family moved to Houston, and my mother took us along while shopping for new houses. There was one house that my sister and I found particularly inspiring -- it was two stories (we'd only ever l...

The "Twin Peaks" reboot was officially announced last October by Showtime with nine new episodes expected to premiere in 2016. Kyle MacLachlan confirmed he would return as Agent Dale Cooper, along with co-stars Sheryl Le...

Tall buildings can be beautiful, but the big gloomy shadows they cast can leave urban centers starved of sunlight. Now a London-based architecture firm says it's hit upon a way around that problem. The firm devised a pla...

Paul Cézanne famously declared "I seek in painting." He spoke of his art in almost spiritual terms, as a quest to reach the distant goal he referred to as "realization." In a letter of 1904, the 65-year old master wrote...

Hey, isn't that ... Supreme Court Justice/cultural icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg celebrating her 82nd birthday like a rock star, dining at the restaurant in the trendy Capella hotel in Georgetown on Sunday night?

What was shopping like in 1965? This! Check out the wonderfully wacky vintage gems we found for sale in this weighty tome (I can barely lift this thing!). Like the cover advertises, they really do have everything.

Tulsa might have a twister on the way, but it's not dangerous. The Tornado Tower, a project to revitalize downtown, will be home to headquarters of the very first Oklahoma Weather Museum, as well as a revolving restauran...

Art Spiegelman and his friend, the jazz composer Phillip Johnston, have collaborated on a project called "Wordless!" It's an unusual live performance that matches Spiegelman's passion for wordless novels (a genre that fl...

With shag carpet, vintage wallpaper, and a mustard counter, this bathroom was firmly planted in the 70s. Rosalind decided to bring it into this century with a dark and dramatic makeover.

Art is expensive to buy, but it also may be costly to make. Artists make objects that they hope others will appreciate enough to purchase, and sometimes the making of those artworks can run into the thousands of dollars....

Justin Bieber was technically the star during the taping of his "Comedy Central Roast" last weekend, but there was also a runner-up: Bill Cosby.What else did you think would happen when you get a bunch of comedians in a ...