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  A New Zealand school has honored a late teacher with national pride and unity.  The entire student body of Palmerston North Boys' High School performed a traditional Maori dance last Friday at the funeral of a belove...

Photo by Courtesy Photo On a humid Martha's Vineyard night, I drove across the street to our Performing Arts Center to see Art Garfunkel's concert. What I could not know is that short journey that I made would lead me in...

A scene from The Look of Silence. Courtesy, Drafthouse Films & Participant Media Beginning in 1965, over one million people were murdered in Indonesia. This state-sponsored genocide was justified at the time as necessary...

We think it's time Bill Pullman considered a transfer. Once again the 61-year-old actor will return to celluloid Washington, this time as legendary Texas Democrat Sen. Ralph Yarborough in the Rob Reiner film "LBJ."

Katy Perry for president? Stay tuned -- the pop star met over the weekend with former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and apparently is toying with joining their ranks.Perry, who performed at the annual Stark...

Do you like wine yet are intimidated by all the wine geek speak to talk about it? After decades of enjoying, learning about, and photographing wine, I still lack the words of the wine aficionados. A few weeks ago, there ...

One of the most fraught issues in the Kardashian universe over the past year is the alleged relationship between "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star Kylie Jenner, 17, and rapper Tyga, 25.The issue blew up earlier this...

One of the most fraught issues in the Kardashian universe over the past year is the alleged relationship between “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star Kylie Jenner, 17, and rapper Tyga, 25. The issue blew up earlier...

All times Eastern."A" crashes the opening of Aria's art exhibition on "Pretty Little Liars" (ABC Family at 8). "The Bomb" (PBS at 8) chronicles the history of nuclear weapons, featuring newly declassified footage of deto...

Beatboxing has historically been an art form dominated by men, but as Kaila Mullady proves, women make just as awesome human drum machines. Mullady made waves in the beatboxing world in March, when she won the internati...

After the speeches, the presentation of certificates and the photo op come the slightly sophomoric awards you might expect at an eighth-grade graduation.The "most outgoing" is Renata; the "most likely to make everyone la...

For years, lump hardwood charcoal was the only thing we'd let touch our grills. Here's why our editor in chief is coming back around to old-school briquettes. The post Why You Should Be Grilling With Old-School Briquette...

Pin it I'm not sure they ever really went out of style, but houseplants are experiencing a huge surge in popularity right now. You see them everywhere, and sometimes you see a whole lot of them, in delightful clusters th...

Pin it Glitter Guide fans, there's a new way you can get your style fix. Founder Taylor Sterling collaborated on a new rug with Lulu & Georgia, a colorful patterned flat weave you can snag starting today.

"We don't do rows," exclaimed Dr. Alexandra Munroe, curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim, during a preview of the upcoming Guild Hall Garden as Art tour. The Munroe/ Rosenkranz site features nine garden "rooms." Your e...

When we think of LGBTQ media representation, the examples we think of have one thing in common. Brokeback Mountain and Modern Family. Queer as Folk and The Kids Are All Right. Ellen DeGeneres and Neil Patrick Harris. We ...

Pin it Chaises (or chaise longues) are so very, very comfortable, and are a nice twist on the traditional recipe for living room furniture: sofa, coffee table, chairs, yada yada yada. Their shape is functional and stylis...

Throughout my adult life -- after being shot down by a cute guy I was hitting on, after a job interview that seemed distinctly chilly from the beginning, after store clerks snickered with each other as I left a shop -- I...

Pasta, fish, and sauce in 30 minutes? Yes, it's possible with our new trusty weeknight dinner. The post 30-Minute Swordfish Pasta With Tomato Sauce (Yes, It’s Possible) appeared first on Bon Appétit.

I experienced a sinking feeling, a mix of fear, futility and recognition, when I first saw the images generated by Google's artificial neural net, now dubbed Deep Dream. Since the release of both downloadable Deep Dream ...

When it comes to romance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt knows exactly the kind of woman he's looking for: a mom.  At least, that's what he says in his strangely endearing song and music video collaboration with the Gregory Bro...

What's better than a billboard? Lots of things. Trees, for one. The moon. Stars. And for the last month, commuters in Massachusetts had the pleasure of seeing nature instead of ads, thanks to artist Brian Kane, who bough...