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Johnnetta Cole, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, has made her first substantial public comment on the controversy surrounding the museum's controversial exhibition of art from the collection ...

I’ll admit it: senior prom ended up being better than I expected. I got a little verklempt seeing our girls make it to his high school milestone and I appreciated their A+ fashion game. The obligatory cliffhanger endin...

Johnnetta Cole, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, has made her first substantial public comment on the controversy surrounding the museum's controversial exhibition of art from the collection ...

Well, one thing is certain: this is no longer the Maxim of your adolescence.Wednesday, the magazine best known for its Hot 100 -- a shameless annual list of the women it deems the world's sexiest -- debuted its first cov...

If competition fosters outstanding performance, the Van Cliburn piano competition shows this works in the arts as well as the economy. "Virtuosity," a documentary on the 2013 Cliburn competition, is directed by Christoph...

"People thought that I was an idiot and that video would never last" Known affectionately as "the Rembrandt of the video age", artist Bill Viola has more than made his name over the course of his vibrant career. Beginnin...

Classical music institutions' approach to social media, the internet, and the younger generation has historically been a bit quaint: the old folks trying to be wild and crazy guys. But God knows they keep trying -- parti...

George R.R. Martin is a fan of New York football, which is unfortunate, because that also means he's a Jets guy. It's not like he had a choice though: He was born in New Jersey and, by geographic birthright, the team wa...

Facing discrimination every day is a tiring, never-ending battle that all too often goes unnoticed.  Two photographers are shedding light on these prejudices in a new project.   Created by Paula Akpan and Harriet Ev...

The Newseum will acquire the set of "The Daily Show" following Thursday's final taping of Jon Stewart's popular late-night show, museum officials said. The anchor desk, globe and props from the show will become part of t...

Pin it Name: Ainsley (3 months) Location: United States We didn't tell anyone Ainsley's gender before she was born, so we wanted to create a nursery that was gender neutral with hints of feminine accents. Our house is a ...

These cops are fabulous! For Brighton Pride last weekend, the Sussex police department got in the spirit by giving their service vehicles a full rainbow makeover. With our @sussex_police response car marked up & showing ...

Many music festivals are located in outskirts, wildernesses and boonies with the idea of creating a relocated community away from the normalcy of city life. Even city festivals usually take place at a venue that though p...

Chilling and exhilarating, "Ornate Activate" -- the exhibition by the South Asian Women's Creative Collective, at Manhattan's Shirin Gallery -- featured 21 art works by female artists from Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh and ...

As if the forest isn't enchanting enough, add live music, lights, art, healthy living, healing, and good people to the mix and you have something truly unforgettable. Enchanted Forest Gathering in Laytonville, California...

Every superhero has a power. Rachel Callander’s daughter, Evie, had many. Evie, who was born with a rare chromosomal condition that caused developmental delays and left her unable to walk or talk, died when she was 2-a...

One of the best parts about our test kitchen manager, Brad Leone‘s, job is his weekly trip to the farmers’ market. It’s his responsibility to supply the kitchen with ripe produce, protein, and pantry staples year-r...

Pin it When we had field trips, bringing your own lunch was required. My mom had to figure out what to pack for me, thus resulting in one of my earliest memories: finding the absolute worst thing ever in my lunch bag. Fr...

Because I don’t want you to die, I want to warn you away from the “True Detective” drinking games that the kids have been going wild for lately. Here's how to avoid said drinking games, unless you have a death wish...

Pin it Having an aloe vera plant around (and using it, should the need arise), can make even the most modern and high-tech of us feel like herbalist apothecaries. Snipping off a piece of an aloe vera's leaf and applying ...

Pin it It's almost back-to-school time, and the rush to gather notebooks, pencils and backpacks is upon us. Get ready for the upcoming year by making or embellishing all your back-to-school supplies with duct tape.

The blanc is back.In less than a month, Washingtonians who aren't on the list (or in the know) will be collectively scratching their heads as hordes of who's who wearing all white (not cream, not ivory, not navajo) spill...