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This year, it became impossible to turn on your television without noticing a major sea change: People of color are the stars of shows on almost every network and streaming service. It's the year Hollywood (er, for the m...

A half-hour comedy that's set in a box-store mega center (one that's highly suggestive of Wal-Mart) is not a bad idea at all, especially if the jokes could occasionally deliver sharp jabs at consumerism, labor conditions...

Attention all painters: Send me up to three images of your most memorable paintings from 2015 for possible inclusion in my year-end blog: Memorable Paintings from 2015. New for this year: The paintings selected for this ...

Beleaguered singer Sinead O'Connor is reportedly safe after posting a troubling message to her Facebook page late Sunday morning that appeared to suggest she was ending her life."I have taken an overdose," she wrote. "Th...

Under threat of a lawsuit, a Wisconsin elementary school canceled a reading of "I Am Jazz," a book about transgender teen activist Jazz Jennings.The book was to be read at Mount Horeb Primary Center last week because one...

A ranked selection of notable new recordings we heard in November.1. Ellie Goulding, "Delirium" No contemporary pop singer sounds more contemporary than Goulding does on her third and finest album -- a collection of high...

N.C. State research shows how ingredients can be used in many foods Phytoactives provide numerous health advantages N.C. produces 40 percent of U.S. sweet potato crop …

Is Sen. Ted Cruz actively courting the nerd vote? Who knows whether geeks are an important bloc, but the Texas Republican and GOP presidential contender is going after them hard -- he has already dropped "Star Trek" refe...

Art critic and historian Irving Sandler doesn't just write about art, he has a collection of dozens of two- and three-dimensional works by noted artists of the postwar era. For instance, there is a large-scale Joan Mitch...

For several decades, a debate has raged over whether the voices of opera singers should be used to sing the musical theatre repertory. San Francisco Opera's General Director, David Gockley, was at the forefront of includ...

Even pared down to chamber proportions, the National Philharmonic strings can muster impressive warmth and breadth. Their program at the Music Center at Strathmore, in North Bethesda, on Saturday opened with Sibelius's t...

Pin it When Megan and Sam bought their New Orleans Victorian two years ago, they decided to tackle a complete bathroom renovation on their own. Thankfully, Sam has a lot of construction and renovation work under his belt...

"Every bit of music out there that's making it into the mainstream is really about nothing. I wanted to see if I could write songs about something important and make it sound like nothing. And it kind of worked."

Opera Lafayette presented one of the highlights of the Washington musical season so far at the Kennedy Center on Saturday night. Since its founding here in 1995, by conductor and violinist Ryan Brown, Opera Lafayette has...

Pin it Name: Jen Clark and Kirstie Innes-Will, George and Bob the dogs, and Ruby the cat Location: Preston; Victoria, Australia Size: 200 square meters (2,153 square feet) Years lived in: 2.5 years; Rented When I first e...

Madeleine L’Engle entered the world at the tail end of November, on this very day in 1918, so it makes sense that the book she’s most beloved for, A Wrinkle in Time, begins with a classically chilly scene: a dark and...

Pin it I would like to submit a nomination for best pattern of all time: Dalmatian. The black and white print has enough contrast to make a bold statement. And yet, it retains the natural, organic appeal of its animal pr...

What's on in Durham: "The Sound of Music" The buzz: Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien has taken a new look at the Broadway musical script, injecting more realism into the …

Before Pin it Project by: Jennifer & Sarah Location: Seattle, Washington We bought the condo and started demolition in the beginning of February and finished the project in the beginning of July. Our budget was about $40...

Princess Charlotte looks delighted with a cuddly toy dog in a photo taken by her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. …

Director Brooke Goldfinch heads up international female filmmaker collective Film Fatales' Sydney branch. She's studied at NYU, made a film with James Franco, won a Best Director Dendy for her short film Red Rover and is...

On the whole, it seems that actors spend more time looking for their next gig than actually working on one. It's one of the many peculiarities of the profession. As such, they get far more experience with rejection than ...