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Pin it Q: A previous tenant of the flat I just moved into thought it would be a great idea to paint the main living room wall a bright shade of fuchsia. The problem is that it's a hideous shade: not quite bright enough t...

Michael Mayer's updating Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto in a more or less contemporary Las Vegas setting of Christine Jones's devising--with neon galore that lighting designer Kevin Adams has fun with (particularly during th...

EmbedContent(5627e92be4b08589ef4a8a28, ,Embed,html,Some({})) While Mike Huckabee and Martin O'Malley are known to break into song on the campaign trail, the rest of the 2016 presidential candidates mostly stick to singin...

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Camille A. Brown performing at the Bessie's. Photo credit: Yi-Chun Wu. Rarely are dancers celebrated for their work. They almost never break free from an attentive gaze that comes with constant critique and comparison. I...

Pin it I love it when a house has history. And yet, a great origin story isn't even the best part about living in a converted building. It's the revealing architecture and all those little design touches that sentimental...

CINCINNATI -- Twenty-five years ago this month, a decision about a few photographs drew the national spotlight to Cincinnati.

Pin it Finding new ways to use old pieces is majorly in right now. But how do you avoid filling your space with too many old things, leaving it feeling like a dusty haunted house? My friends, the trick is in the editing....

Stanley Milgram is not a household name. But even those who have never heard of the social psychologist (1933-1984) may be aware of his landmark Yale experiment on obedience to authority. In a series of experiments, subj...

Sarah L. Kaufman is the dance critic of The Washington Post. This article was adapted from her new book, "The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life" (W.W. Norton, Nov. 2, 2015). It is a celebration of all aspects of ...

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The underrated celery root is one of our favorite vegetables--here's how to prep it, cook it, and give it the attention it deserves. The post How to Give Celery Root the Attention It Deserves appeared first on Bon Appét...

Halloween is crumbs compared to the witchcraft and wizardry news coming out of the "Harry Potter" universe.  On Thursday, Pottermore released artwork for J.K. Rowling's upcoming Harry Potter play, "Harry Potter and the ...

Michael Dressel, Los Angeles, 2014 Born in 1958, Michael Dressel grew up behind the Iron Curtain in East Berlin obsessed with film and desiring to be a painter. In attempting to escape the Worker's Paradise he was captur...

If you're the type of person who hates dressing up for Halloween, that doesn't mean you can't get in on the fun of creating a great costume. Simply look to the canine in your life. He's got four paws, a tail and a set o...

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Washington Wizard Kris Humphries purchased a Beverly Hills home on this week's episode of Bravo's hit TV show "Million Dollar Listing."In the latest installment of the reality show that follows the deals and drama of L.A...

Annual race raises money for breast cancer research, screening and support For 19 years, it began and ended at Meredith College Planned construction on Hillsborough Street forced a move …

Pin it Writing this post made me realize that after over a decade in studio apartments, I actually have a porch that I could actually decorate for Halloween! Perhaps a combination of giant eyeballs and spider egg sacs, w...

(This is the ninth installment in a series that looks at the most fascinating celebrity and pop culture news of the week.)If you're going to tap into nostalgia, you have to do it right.Hollywood repeatedly learns this le...

Kevin Costner finally found an audience that really appreciates him: the roomful of bookish types who filled a room at the National Press Club for a Friday-afternoon "book rap" with the actor/director turned novelist.

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