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FOREWORD. As I'm writing this, I'm sitting on a plane, where screens in the backs of seats compete with screens in hands. A plane was once a quiet place for reading or dozing, a liminal space where conversations among st...

Name: Stanley Location: Washington, DC I live in a new studio apartment in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. The apartment is 525 square feet in a modern design building that I have furnished with a mixture of Sha...

Still from Girls Girls Girls; New Jersey Crüefest Tailgate Party, 2012 Rachel Rampleman introduced me to the NYC-based, all-ladies Mötley Crüe tribute band, Girls Girls Girls one Saturday night in early 2014 during a ...

When King Philip II of Spain faces off against the Grand Inquisitor in Verdi's "Don Carlo" at the Academy of Music, they won't just be portraying history, they'll be making a bit of it, too. In what's believed to be a fi...

We’re all more than ready to welcome the abundance of newly available spring products into our closets. From colorful dresses (with shrinking hemlines!) to breezy accessories to punchy prints and patterns, it’s ...

Disclaimer: This post may contain NSFW images. The first time I ever saw what my own bare ass looked like in its entirety was more than a decade ago after visiting a men's gay clothing-optional resort in Fort Lauderdale....

A LOOK BACK, AND FORWARD, WITH THE MAN WHO BROUGHT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM INTO THE 21ST CENTURY The Brooklyn Museum is one of the nation's major cultural institutions, and an important cultural attraction for NYC tourists. ...

Warning: This interview contains spoilers for "The Forecast," the 10th episode of the final season of "Mad Men." When we sat down with January Jones on Monday to discuss the new movie "Good Kill," which premiered this we...

There's nothing better than a bouquet of spring flowers... unless you live near the tulip fields in Holland. For a month and a half ever year, millions of brightly colored blooms turn the landscape into a panorama of col...

I love you. @HereIsGina pic.twitter.com/ERbr3bK4pRWho knew a hot Hollywood scoop could come out of a ho-hum Washington guest list? Over the past year, actress Gina Rodriguez, whose Golden Globes acceptance speech for her...

Lemongrass is the key ingredient to this succulent, quick, Thai-flavored dinner. …

Much music has been written commemorating major historical events -- which doesn't make it any easier a proposition to pull off. The Cantate Chamber Singers , for a 30th anniversary season, gave a doozy of a commission: ...

Open offices are the norm these days, and it's not always the best for productivity. With the average employee getting distracted every 11 minutes, and it taking 23 minutes to get back on task, Brody from Steelcase wants...

Today we travel far into the northern hemisphere to Sweden, a country we feel we know a bit through our beloved Ikeas, which have fostered our love of Scandinavian design since the first U.S. store opened in 1985. Clean ...

“Motown the Musical” headlines the five shows announced for next season at the National Theatre, where 12 to 13 weeks of programming seems to be settling in as a norm. That’s an upgrade from years of erratic and of...

"Motown the Musical" headlines the five shows announced for next season at the National Theatre, where 12 to 13 weeks of programming seems to be settling in as a norm. That's an upgrade from years of erratic and often gr...

In 1992, Emily Harvey, a New York gallerist known for her support of the international avant-garde community, conceived of The Cast Iron Court Corporation Group Show, a curatorial project to be held in her SoHo building,...

As a party destination, Washington finally has more going for it besides proximity to power. Attention White House Correspondents Dinner guests: Pot's legal here!As the various celebrities who will be decorating the ball...

Jesus before Pontius Pilate (Ecce Homo) by Antonio Ciseri--en.wikimedia.org "Crucify him, crucify him!" shouted the multitude of Jews when Pontius Pilate asked them what he should do with Jesus. These few harsh words, wh...

For reporter Carol Leonnig, patience, timing and some extraordinary effort paid handsome returns.The Washington Post journalist spent months gaining the trust of normally reticent Secret Service agents to produce a serie...

For reporter Carol Leonnig, patience, timing and some extraordinary effort paid handsome returns.The Washington Post journalist spent months gaining the trust of normally reticent Secret Service agents to produce a serie...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Late last spring, a doctoral student worked late into the night. As she doodled, her chemistry thesis took on a life of its own, transforming into a comic book. Veronica Berns, 28, was working on he...