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Pin it Today's topic: Now that's it's all over, reap the benefits of your brand new space. See all the lessons! Apartment Therapy's Design School Once you've done all this work to get ready, now comes the fun part: getti...

Roger Waters put on an antiwar concert for wounded warriors at a building named for a war.Friday's show at DAR Constitution Hall (the "AR" is for "American Revolution") found Waters, the former bassist and conscience of ...

Duke University team finds brain structure that may aid vocal mimicry Shell over speech center is unique to parrots Parrots are the only birds that can mimic humans - and other birds …

Pin it Name: Alexa and Jim Location: Philadelphia, PA Room: Living Room Size: about 320 square feet Own or Rent: Own This is an update from the #MakeoverAmerica road trip! We're traveling across the United States to tell...

The dark clouds once above Tobias Jesso Jr. seem to have lifted. The lanky Canadian, who performed at the 9:30 Club on Saturday night, constructed the material on his debut album, "Goon," from three ingredients: voice, p...

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"I'm not crazy about the music," the woman behind me told her companion after intermission. Me, I wasn't crazy about the words.Objectively speaking, we were both wrong. The music was by Prokofiev, the words by Shakespear...

Pin it Name: Katie Vie & Loren Wooten and their dog, Mathy Location: Asheville, NC Size: 1,400 square feet, including an unheated garage Years lived in: 6 months; Owned Though Katie designed this house and Loren crafted ...

When I say that a performer plays music as if it sounds new, I generally mean it as a compliment. The Atos Trio, which played at the Library of Congress on Friday night, was unusual in that it made everything sound new i...

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The Ancient Greeks had a winning formula. During performances of their tragedies, acts of excessive violence and gore had to take place offstage and out of the audience's sight. Later, the actors would describe events to...

Pin it In celebration of our new book, Complete + Happy Home, we're having a party at the super cool Progress South Park on Tuesday. Come show us some love, San Diego!

Kate & Nick's Back-to-the-Land Vermont Home (and Yurt!) Pin it I'm a firm believer in the idea of everyone living alone at least once in their life. In fact, I'm in the solo-living-forever-if-I-can camp. Not only can it ...

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Aaron Copland's music is so familiar, so iconic in the way it stands for American identity, that we take it for granted. The composer's embrace of pioneer stories from America's early history, at a time when the United S...

Pin it Adding that last layer to a room means arranging and styling surfaces like windowsills, tabletops, and especially empty bookshelves. You can leave these to the last minute, as they are the finishing touches rather...

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Pin it Name: Emma and Cody and their dog, Chuck Location: Herne Hill -- Geelong, Australia Size: Three-bedroom house Years lived in: 2.5 years; Owned As soon as Emma and Cody bought their home in Geelong, they immediatel...

Canada's longest campaign season in recent history will conclude Monday night, much to the delight of politics-weary citizens and even wearier political journalists."It's been a long, endless 11 weeks," said Gloria Gallo...

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