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Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering New York Fashion Week. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @robingivhan. self-portrait A disheveled, romantic, lace-l...

Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering New York Fashion Week. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @robingivhan. NEW YORK — Designer Alexander Wang, celebr...

A friend recently e-introduced me to Chanie Infante Louisma, a Boston writer who ran a lifestyle Web site focused on local food and dining. She had just become a columnist for the Dorchester Reporter community newspaper ...

Although critics have yet to see a finished pilot episode, the pitch here is to establish an anthology crime/drama series in which each season will be set in a different era from the murderous history of Los Angeles.

Although critics have yet to see a finished pilot episode, the pitch here is to establish an anthology crime/drama series in which each season will be set in a different era from the murderous history of Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES -- Eli Broad, the wealthy philanthropist who is about to open a major new museum in Los Angeles, is a billionaire straight from central casting. He is a self-made man in the quintessential American industry -...

An orchestra's season-opening gala is, first and foremost, about its donors and patrons, many of whom are not hard-core music lovers. Programming is a delicate balancing act -- the music nestled between speeches, tribute...

Did you really just say the word "holidays?!?" Pin it Do the holidays feel a long way off? They'll be here a blink. We don't say that to stress you out. In fact, starting with some of this stuff now will prevent you load...

Three years ago, cyclist Lance Armstrong went from being one of the most famous athletes in the world to one of the most famous drug-users in the world. So when actor Ben Foster was tasked with portraying Armstrong in th...

At some point during Titus Andronicus's rollicking show at the sold-out Black Cat venue Saturday night, guitarist Adam Reich kicked into the shimmering riff of Tom Petty's "American Girl" and leader Patrick Stickles shot...

A Friday Board Game Night with Friends, Dinner, Snacks & Sangria Pin it Do you fantasize about having the kind of home that everyone wants to hang out in? Do you daydream about dinner parties where the lights are lit low...

Pin it Name: Sofia Berger Location: Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York Size: 480 square feet + garden Years lived in: 3 years; rented Sofia is a banker by day and an aspiring interior designer in the rest of her time...

Pin it Those fleeing wars across Africa and the Middle East now have a new alternative to mass housing. Flüchtlinge Wilkommen, or Refugees Welcome, is a German-based site where people sign up to share their homes with d...

Dave Thomas Brown and Afton Williamson in The Legend of Georgia McBride. Photo: Joan Marcus Those roars of laughter you hear on Christopher Street, just now, emanate from Matthew Lopez's unexpectedly sharp comedy The Leg...

Julia & Bruno's Colorful & Airy Home Pin it Better make the most of your morning hours - you're never going to get them back. And truly productive people know that how you spend your morning sets the tone for your whole ...

There has been a lot of (justified) griping lately about sexism in Hollywood. Objectifying and typecasting women, paying them less, not including them at all -- if it's an issue in the real world, it's an issue in entert...

There has been a lot of (justified) griping lately about sexism in Hollywood. Objectifying and typecasting women, paying them less, not including them at all -- if it’s an issue in the real world, it’s an issue in en...

For Washington-area dancemakers, the holy grail of performance opportunities has long been the Kennedy Center's Local Dance Commissioning Project, which comes with a $7,500 grant. Earlier this year, Dance Metro DC announ...

Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering New York Fashion Week. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @robingivhan.Victoria BeckhamMy usual "isn't that ceiling ...

Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering New York Fashion Week. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @robingivhan. Victoria Beckham My usual "isn't that ceilin...

Rachelle's 1729 Yorkshire Farmhouse Pin it So you're not living in that cozy cabin overlooking a lake. And you're not renovating that old Victorian with the good bones. You're currently living in a place that, while it g...

Pin it Name: James Burial and his adorable dog, Penny Location: Highland Park; Los Angeles, California Size: 600 square feet Years lived in: 9 months; Rented I met James a couple years ago at SHOPCLASS, where he runs the...