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The NBA draft has never been baskeball's finest fashion moment. And it remains so.But for a different set of reasons.These young men, who have nabbed the brass ring, step to the stage with giddy enthusiasm, awed by their...

The NBA draft has never been baskeball’s finest fashion moment. And it remains so. But for a different set of reasons. These young men, who have nabbed the brass ring, step to the stage with giddy enthusiasm, awed by t...

You may not know its name, but we know you've seen the classic squiggly design that's most recognizable from paper cups. Yeah, you know what we're talking about -- that purple and turquoise pattern that hits you with gia...

Pin it It's quite the eventful Pride this year in New York City; in addition to the Supreme Court's landmark marriage equality ruling this morning, MoMA acquired the rainbow flag, and The Stonewall Inn was made a permane...

Pin it Name: Maya (1.5) Location: Ottawa, Canada From four bare white walls, I transformed the space into something really cheerful and sweet. I wanted the feeling to be HAPPY as soon as you walked in, and considering Ma...

Pin it Nothing ruins a good outdoor event quite like blood-sucking insects. While the war against these little vampires should be multi-pronged, mosquito-repelling plants and herbs can be a useful and pretty part of keep...

Pin it Do you know the proper way to introduce guests to one another at a party? If you're hosting a mixed party with friends from different circles -- work, school, church, your skydiving club -- there's a simple trick ...

The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. celebrated the Supreme Court's historic ruling on same-sex marriage this morning with an emotional performance.  Dressed in matching blue T-shirts, the men crooned a rousing ve...

Pin it Large Cactus Lino Print by Amy Blackwell Previous On the Wall print

The pleasures of improv proved the saving grace of Chamber Dance Project, a plucky pickup group in performance through the weekend at the Lansburgh Theatre. While the dancers hail from various companies, including a few ...

Pioneering "queercore" band Pansy Division is back in New York and ready to party. Although their June 26 performance was booked weeks ahead of the history-making U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, members o...

I met up with Gregor Collins, author of the The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved, And Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee Maria Altmann, at a bar in the east village of NYC. Gregor is warm and friendly (and yes, he do...

It's time to stop talking about food waste and start working to reduce it. This company is doing just that, by delivering ugly fruits and veggies right to your door. The post How One Company Wants to Reduce Food Waste by...

NIZIP, Turkey -- On the Turkey-Syria border, a group of Syrians are trying to do something revolutionary. Some have traveled here from Damascus in secret and others have been summoned from their places of exile with a gr...

Stephen Stills was a rock star before he ever ventured into the harmonizing folk-rock trio that would inaugurate large-scale stadium tours. After establishing his sound on Buffalo Springfield's enduring "For What It's Wo...

Self-hatred fuels the black hole of longing. Can we postulate a law of emotional thermodynamics in which lack of self esteem is inversely proportional to the degree of neck pain one experiences from turning one's head ev...

Pin it Art lovers have an added reason to go straight to the Book Review in this Sunday's New York Times. The paper is publishing its first-ever section featuring all art books.

Vegetables have never looked so chic. Creative director and fashion designer Gretchen Röehrs has an Instagram account that combines a love for food and style, making us lust for both high fashion and a snack. From using...

Photograph of Edmund Wilson Sometimes you have a wound that never heals. That was the story of the Greek warrior Philoctetes who was exiled to the island of Lemnos due to a suppurating laceration that also smelled. There...

Pin it Arranging your furniture is hard enough when all the furniture you own isn't jammed into a single room. But here you are, in your itty bitty one room apartment, generously called a 'studio', and all that stuff has...

"I was a contestant on The Bachelor. When I arrived at the mansion I was numb and depressed. The first night I didn't shower or brush my hair. I think I was wearing sweatpants." So begins a description for a series of em...

NEW YORK -- Even before he fell off a stage in Sweden and broke his leg, Dave Grohl was feeling creaky. He is 46, drinks too much coffee, and wakes up at 6 wherever he is, even on days he doesn't need to pack lunches and...