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A rousing new video connects the Jim Crow-era activism of famed American poet Langston Hughes to the activism of today's #BlackLivesMatter movement.   The video, published online Wednesday by the group Color of Change,...

There are two health issues many Mid-Atlantic residents fret about each summer: sunburn and Lyme disease. It turns out that smartphones, which most people have at hand even while on the beach or in the woods, can be help...

Shut up, put the record on, drop the needle and crank up the volume. The first teaser for Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger's HBO series, "Vinyl," has arrived, and it's pretty awesome. There's guitar-smashing, coke-snortin...

In the fall of 2014, a group of visual artists called Schnellebuntebilder joined conceptual artist Leif Elggren to attempt to converse with the spirit of Andy Warhol.   The whole stunt was part of a marketing effort by...

The Beginner's Guide to Car Camping Pin it By the time you read this, I'll be sleeping under the stars in northern Scotland, nothing but a thin piece of nylon protecting me from the barrels of rain and arctic temps I ass...

A Disney animator has created a breathtaking tribute to Cecil, spurred by his own love for animals.  Following the death of the beloved Zimbabwe lion, Aaron Blaise, who was an animator for several Disney movies includin...

Pin it Summertime is the time for bold colors, fresh scents and sweet flavors. If you're looking for some fun and quick DIY projects you can create easily that will help you keep the summertime vibes strong in your home ...

"He is a devil," said Maria Elena Paganini, relative to Niccolo Paganini, the famous violinist labelled the 'Devil's Violinist'. Niccolo Paganini, born 1782 and died 1840, is considered one of the world's most famous vio...

As conductor Laura Jackson conducted the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra the other night in the "Three Sky Interludes" from Amelia, my 2010 opera for the Seattle Opera, there were several times when she cued the pla...

No good deed goes unpunished. That's an old lesson recently learned by "Alyssa from D.C.," the super southerner who saved U2 frontman Bono, and by the rocker himself, who tried to thank Alyssa with VIP tickets and instea...

There's a lot going on inside Noor Al-Mosawi's head. As a wedding photographer, the 34-year-old from the greater Toronto area spends her days telling other people's stories. Her Instagram feed is filled with elaborately...

Lagos, 1968. The room is thick. Thick with humidity and densely packed bodies who have come to listen. Thick with the sound of brass and percussion blending big-band bravado with traditional Nigerian yoruba, highlife, ja...

Pin it Project by: Fox Design Studio Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada This nursery space boasted beautiful vaulted ceilings which the designers played up with a focal point chandelier and a unique custom pai...

A post-apocalypse world, ruled by a fiendish demagogue, where, despite the presence of technology, man is reduced to a primitive nomadic existence. That's the scenario George Miller envisions in the fourth of the popular...

When it comes to gifts, they say, it's the thought that counts. And so it is with "The Gift," a surprisingly intelligent and effective (if slightly pulpy) psychological thriller from actor Joel Edgerton, making his featu...

Superheroes are easily dismissed by mainstream pop culture. Its fandom is relegated to a class of obsessive nerds that have nothing better to do with their time. However, this conception of the superhero fandom is wholly...

Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy "The purpose of art is to address the questions of our time. If I'm not doing that, I'm not fully engaged," James Lecesne said. His sensitivity and thoughtfulness contrasted my first impressi...

JG Thirlwell photo by Marylene Mey JG Thirlwell has been one of my favorite artists for many years. He is unveiling a program of string quartets this Sunday August 9, 2015 here in New York at the Noguchi Museum (info bel...

Jon McNaughton is a highly controversial artist -- to say the least. His paintings range from landscapes of the Italian countryside, to images of Jesus holding the Constitution or a nuclear bomb detonating behind Preside...

Beginning in early childhood we are conditioned to think of summer as that special time of respite from the norm of our lives - a joyous celebration of nature - from the lush green of countryside's with clean mountain ai...

Jessica & Milo Living Large in a Small Space Pin it Congrats! Did you just find a real awesome deal on a vintage furniture piece, art or an accessory? Whether from a favorite vintage store or just a fun side-of-the-road ...

OK, so Donald Trump might be the huuugest, classiest (well, at least the flashiest) candidate at the GOP presidential debate Thursday night in Cleveland. But the audience, too, will include at least a couple of bona fide...