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It's fair to say that both Ta-Nehisi Coates and Lin-Manuel Miranda were already having a pretty impressive 2015. Coates, a journalist lauded for his insights into race, politics and culture, launched his memoir, "Between...

There was the outline of a face and a body with no distinguishable features, but for the eyes. Behind this figure was a city/landscape and the figure seemed to be infused with bright colorful Caribbean foliage/flowers. I...

Lena Dunham told radio host Elvis Duran on Tuesday that she thinks her HBO show "Girls" will end after its sixth season.  “Never say never, but that is the way that we’re thinking about it right now, and we’re st...

A ranked selection of notable new recordings we heard in September. 1. Young Thug, "Slime Season" Remember back in May when dozens upon dozens of Young Thug songs leaked onto the Internet, suddenly making the young Atlan...

By the end of "Phoebe in Winter" the stage at Single Carrot Theatre is so trashed that Friday's opening night audience couldn't exit the way they had entered, across the set. That's appropriate: Jen Silverman's absurdist...

Upon first entering Scenario in the Shade, the extensive new project by artists Justin Lowe and Jonah Freeman, in collaboration with performer and musician Jennifer Herrema, I was scratching my head wondering if I read t...

The only thing truly chilling about Halloween is how little fabric manufacturers use for women's costumes.  In the name of Science™, we researched popular costume ideas for men and women, and compared them side-by-si...

Pin it "The horse is one of only three appropriate subjects for a painting, along with ships with sails and men holding up swords while staring off into the distance." Here are 15 pieces of art that even The Jacker would...

A Florida mom's devastating Facebook post about her experience with stillbirth is sending a powerful message to moms and dads across the social media sphere. In a Sept. 21 post, mom Natalie Morgan shared her story of lo...

Bonnie MacAllister is an artist based in Philadelphia fusing art and social statements. With her latest fiber works, MacAllister is embroidering images of influential women around the world. Recent works by fiber artist ...

Have you ever heard anyone say arts education is a bad idea? Then why can't we make sure every child, especially those from poor neighborhoods, has access to it? This was the question that brought a vibrant dinner party ...

An infectious, buoyant brio infuses "The Walk," a sprightly, occasionally overeager pop-up book of a movie that features Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the legendary French high-wire walker Philippe Petit. Tearing into his ersa...

Pin it Name: Anna's Daughter Location: San Francisco, California My husband and I found out we were going to have a baby last December. We hadn't exactly planned (just yet) on having a baby, and still were living in our ...

Brett & Betsy's West Village Ingenuity Pin it So you've searched and you've searched and you've finally found it: gleaming at you from a browser window is your perfect (rug, sofa, lamp, wall hanging). It's exactly what y...

Perhaps you have a Vincent van Gogh coffee table book. Perhaps you've seen his works in a museum. Perhaps, like myself, you've even seen a tourist couple rub their hands over a van Gogh at one of the big New York museums...

I'm 24 years old, and for the past six years, I've been in and out of the hospital, in countless doctor's offices and in two different mental health treatment centers. I've missed out on a lot. I never quite got the coll...

As a renowned neurobiologist who ventured into the realm of aesthetics and how the brain processes art, Semir Zeki has drawn fire from a number of more conventionally oriented art writers and critics. When he speaks at T...

Pin it Name: Jordan and Chris Brown and their dog, Quigley Location: Presidio Heights, San Francisco, California Size: 1,600 square feet Years lived in: 6 months; Owned The attention to detail in Jordan and Chris' flat i...

When a pretentious lifestyle intending to proclaim originality and nonconformity becomes an overused cliché, isn't it time for its proponents to move on? In the past months I have spotted the easily recognizable members...

To be a creative can often feel like a choice that is both insane and thrilling in equal measure. There are thousands of jobs that are far more certain and stable than an artist's work, yet true creatives know that there...

Sooner or later, America's pundits may be right about Donald Trump's presidential prospects. But from the moment Trump announced he was running for the Republican nomination in June, they've been swinging and missing lik...

Bringing the @mtv real world crew for a great cause. @normankorpi @laurelstucky @mtvpuck #30daysofteal #COCCnow pic.twitter.com/mibrcsLsseBefore there were Kardashians with whom to keep up, there was Sean Duffy and fello...