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Stacey Singer, a health reporter for the Palm Beach Post in Florida, was perusing a medical journal in 2012 when she came across something startling: a federal epidemiologist's report about a tuberculosis outbreak in the...

If anyone deserves to be called a real-life King Midas, it's jewelry designer Hugh Power. The Beverly Hills-based artist runs the House Of Solid Gold, a business that turns everyday objects into gold -- everything from e...

If the sound of waves lapping gently onto the shore puts you in a trance, then it's time you listen to the Morske Orgulje -- or, the Sea Organ. The crooning structure in the video above is a 230-foot long instrument on t...

It's a nice sensation when you realize how objects and ideas intended for one path wind up taking you through a different landscape entirely. These uniquely (and obliquely) connected points of view are what's happening a...

The smell of fresh paint wafted about late last week as a panel convened to interrogate the worlds of art and activism. Recently situated in a new location near Union Square, the Goethe Institut hosted an event Thursday,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "The Wiz" is coming to TV and back to Broadway with productions from NBC and Cirque du Soleil. NBC said Monday it will air a Dec. 3 live production of the hit 1970s stage reinvention of "The Wizard of...

Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright is recognized for designing incredible houses, museums and offices, many of which double as works of art. And that might just be how he wanted them viewed by the public. According to a ...

Deadline Hollywood has issued an apology for a story it ran last week with the headline "Pilots 2015: The Year of Ethnic Castings -- About Time or Too Much of Good Thing?"In it, Deadline co-editor Nellie Andreeva staked ...

Deadline Hollywood has issued an apology for a story it ran last week with the headline “Pilots 2015: The Year of Ethnic Castings - About Time or Too Much of Good Thing?” In it, Deadline co-editor Nellie Andreeva sta...

Twitter was hardly the only water cooler boiling over with the news of "The Daily Show's" hot new host, South African comedian Trevor Noah, also known as "Who?" among fans not in the know. On Monday, the halls of the Hil...

Here's why some people who go to comedy shows should be held to a two-drink maximum. In a video uploaded to YouTube on Sunday, comedian and "Broad City" star Hannibal Buress shows us the best way to deal with a heckler i...

In a project called the Urban Type Experiment, a Chicago art director is redesigning homeless people's signs help raise awareness about homelessness as a larger issue. The art director, who chooses to remain anonymous, h...

Love patient. Love is kind. Love is colorful. A new ad campaign for Brazilian company Zim showcases three couples covered in the vibrant hues of Zim's non-toxic and non-staining colored powder, BoredPanda reports. Two of...

The best deli in town may be a movie. Deli Man is as wistful as it is exuberant since it deals with both a vanishing cuisine and institution that once comprised a world. The movie comes complete with a glossery of terms ...

The postponement of a decision last week by the District's Historic Preservation Review Board is troubling. At its monthly meeting, the board heard testimony about the Corcoran Gallery and whether historic landmark prote...

If you think about it, nesting tables are basically the perfect solution for a small space: available to hold drinks or magazines when you need them to, neatly tucked away when you don't. We've scoured the web and found ...

It's difficult, if not entirely impossible, for today's artists to ignore the growing influence of technology on their respective fields. As tools both digital and physical become more and more sophisticated, from 3D pri...

Nathan Lewis, whose work is now on view in a solo exhibition in Stamford, Connecticut, is a painter with a strong feeling for the cycles of history, but no desire to reach back towards a "Golden Age." Lewis finds more th...

On Quora, the social question-and-answer site, we asked, "What are some practices parents use to successfully foster creativity and creative thinking in their kids?" Two of our favorite sets of answers came from moms/Quo...

IN JANUARY, when "How to Train Your Dragon 2″ scooped up a half-dozen Annie Awards, director Dean DeBlois said he hoped the industry laurels might provide a moment of hope, pride and positivity for the beleaguered Drea...

Irish Band Moxie. Photo by Colin Gillen. Courtesy Moxie. Before Irish-American Heritage Month ends, I should mention some recent albums and activities with Irish connections. My own onstage activities on St. Patrick's Da...

Will "Mercy Street," the PBS Civil War drama set to film in Virginia, eventually fill that "Downton Abbey"-shaped hole in our historical-soap-opera-loving hearts?Perhaps, when the network's first attempt at original dram...