Life Style News

I was listening to Wayne Dyer's The Power of Intention the other morning on the drive to work. The program ended and I was just about to turn off the car when the CD continued with some bonus material. Wayne began tellin...

You frequently hear that painful and difficult experiences are opportunities for spiritual growth. Rejection in the form of being let go at work or being left by a lover who decides he or she is enamored with someone els...

Menagerie by Naomi Wilkinson Previous On the Wall print

There are some opulent pads in New York, and this one is sure to rival the best. Owners of 71 Franklin Street in Tribeca are converting the 5-story apartment building into one 20,000 square-foot home; crazy amenities to ...

The playful teasing commenced before Adam Kroll even stepped foot on the University of Maryland campus. In fact, it began as soon as his parents learned that he had been assigned to Cumberland Hall his freshman year.

Greg & Deirdre's Guest House Did our style quiz return your results as Eclectic Collector? Welcome. Here's a primer on you! Didn't take the quiz yet? Get it right here.

America claims Yasuo Kuniyoshi as one of its great artists of the past century, but we really have no right to. Kuniyoshi, a Japanese-born painter who was one of the most idiosyncratic and expressive artists of his time,...

From the files of what might have been: Page Six reported this week that Jon Hamm could have starred as Nick Dunne in "Gone Girl" were it not for his "Mad Men" contract. (Reps for Hamm did not respond to requests for com...

Would the 21 dancers of Flexn, directed by Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray and Peter Sellars, object to their movement styles being described as break-dancing hiked to another level? Surely, what they're engaged in doing througho...

There is nothing about feeling lonely in Lonesome Traveler, a musical playing at 59 E59 Theaters that spans the history of American folk music from the dust bowl days to the present. It's the kind of music that represent...

A gallery wall, done right, is a great way to add a little pizazz to a plain room. But gallery walls can be really hard to get right. Variety is very visually appealing, but it can be really easy for variety to spill ove...

David Hare writes political plays, so if you go to see Skylight, be prepared. But he also tries to write about real human beings, and that's not easy. How much you appreciate this current Broadway production of Skylight ...

Yasmine and Jahan Yousaf -- the Chicago-raised sisters, vocalists, songwriters and DJs who make up EDM superstar duo Krewella -- have a stronger bond than most, and not just because they're related. "There are so many mo...

Emma & Mike's Whimsical Home in Brooklyn Ah, spring: when a young man's fancy turns to beating rugs and scrubbing the crisper. And no, those aren't euphemisms, but chores that are infinitely easier to accomplish now that...

It's hard out there, right? If you’ve been single in D.C. for a while, you’ve probably wondered, "Why is this so freaking difficult? I'm pretty great. Why can't I meet someone?” To try to answer these questions for...

Artist: Delilah Record EP: Sarah +1: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan Genre: American Standards, Jazz Release Date: February 2015 Reviewer: Brandi Andres Find it at: Soundcloud The problem with reviewing a set of songs recorde...

Longing for the low-fi days of past decades, one Parisian hipster decided to take a stand: He would only watch modern television and movies on VHS. At least, that's what artist Julien Knez wanted us to believe on April F...

My daughters, Lea and Sara, ages 9 and 12, were very skeptical about On the Town as a revival. MGM's 1949 movie version is one of their absolute favorites. As Sara said, when I asked her if she cared to see On the Town o...

Here's a new way to shop for kitchen appliances: check out a whole kitchen on tour. Dwell and Monogram partnered with Method Homes to build a custom 1,100-square-foot home to showcase Monogram's newest and most popular a...

Like the Beatles song goes, we've just seen a face we can't forget. But it isn't one of the Fab Four -- it's all of them mashed together. Below are famous rock bands, each blended into one composite facial image of its m...

Photo by Kyer Wiltshire Check out my Exclusive Interview With Alex Grey - Part 1 if you missed the first installment. In this second installment, we learn about music festivals, his next big adventures and much, much mor...

Photo by Eileen Rose Artist, author, teacher and public figure, Alex Grey, has led a revolution in the world of visionary art. He studied human anatomy at the Harvard Medical School, giving him a great knowledge of physi...