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The couples who said their "I dos" over Thanksgiving weekend had a whole lot to be grateful for this year -- including their brand new husbands and wives! Check out some gorgeous photos from their celebrations below:  I...

Here are some gift ideas for the little gamers on your shopping list. Skylanders Superchargers Pro: New vehicles give the game a new dimension. Con: Your kids will probably want …

Pin it No flights necessary to view this biennial: The Wrong, an exhibition of digital art first launched in 2013, is back with 1,000 artworks on display in over 50 curated online pavilions.

Louis C.K. did it. Aziz Ansari did it. Why not Rob Schneider?Sorry, that should be -- why Rob Schneider?The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member who is best known for his films in the exalted "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gig...

Louis C.K. did it. Aziz Ansari did it. Why not Rob Schneider?Sorry, that should be -- why Rob Schneider?The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member who is best known for his films in the exalted "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gig...

There are any number of self help sites on the web prepared to assist people in the removal of freckles, but how often do we glorify the small brown spots?  Photographer Alexandra Bochkareva, a self proclaimed "ginger,"...

Be willing to let go of some traditions Get younger generations involved with new holiday ideas …

As working dinners go, President Obama's meal Monday night in Paris with French President Francois Hollande, Secretary of State John Kerry and others wasn't too shabby.No cartons of takeout -- instead, the gang fueled up...

Durham's Oval Park Grille is hosting a five-course Fullsteam beer dinner at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10. The meal costs $45. Here is the menu: Assorted sausage and charcuterie plate paired …

Pin it We spotted two dining rooms with a sophisticated designer decorating trick that anyone can do in their home, no matter the style. And it's the kind of trick that's subtle and smart, but can have a powerful visual ...

A few tips for teaching table manners to children Try a practice run at home before the big outing …

WASHINGTON -- Since Freddie Gray’s death after a “rough ride” in police custody, the nation has become familiar with the systemic problems facing Baltimore. Charm City’s school system is, essentially, segregated;...

It's official: This show-stopping no-bake chocolate cream pie is the dessert of the season. The post The Simply Stunning Dessert You Need to Make (and Instagram) This Season appeared first on Bon Appétit.

A stunning new portrait series reveals an up-close glimpse of the germs growing in New York City's subway cars. Brooklyn-based artist Craig Ward rode the city's 22 subway lines this past summer and used sterilized spon...

The current exhibit at the Frick, "Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action," features drawings that became the basis for his paintings. The curators quote from Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists to the ef...

With our move to the University of Maryland, the DeVos Institute has revamped our highly competitive fellowship program for arts managers. Since 2001, the Institute has brought together arts managers from across the Unit...

Authors of dystopian fiction will tell you they aren’t imagining the future, but using otherworldly scenarios to throw harsh realities of the present into relief. Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy shows us the detr...

D.C.'s A-listers celebrated Thanksgiving just like the rest of us -- with family, friends, food and unfortunately, traveling. From a relaxing day of store hopping to a battle on the football field, let's see which D.C. h...

Cards Against Humanity made a real killing this Black Friday. The popular "party game for horrible people" brought in $71,145 with their post-Thanksgiving sale. But their offerings were sparse. Very sparse.  As in, th...

"We've begun to raise daughters more like our sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters." -- Gloria Steinem All works by Kristine Schomaker Mirror, Mirror! is an iteration of Kristine Sch...

A couple dropped a $500,000 check into a red kettle Saturday outside a Cub Foods in suburban Minneapolis. …

Chris & Jenny's Collective Elegance Pin it It's hard to ignore the stigma of what's cheap. We've been trained over the years to equate price with value. When faced with two options-for a chair or maybe a picture frame-ou...