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Ever since Signature Theatre released its 2015-2016 brochure last winter, Gustavo Ribeiro's friends have been asking him, "Are you in 'West Side Story' "?In a marketing photo used by Signature, Ribeiro, a former member o...

As a diversity of voices sounds anew to effect change -- and as movements coalesce around related causes -- it's worth remembering one essential from the realm of artistic commentary: Black cartoonists need to be a promi...

The fashion circus somersaulted its way through 2015, its merry-go-round spinning ever faster, its social media feeds ever more elastic, its jaw-dropping acts increasingly ... well, jaw-dropping as the year …

NEW YORK -- African art rarely thrives in the Western art museum. It hovers uncertainly between the beautiful or intriguing object and the ethnographic specimen. Exhibitions are relatively infrequent, so audiences have l...

On Aug. 30, Miley Cyrus finished her hosting duties of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards by playing a set with Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and then announcing that her new album -- a collaboration between the two art...

Instagram's latest it-girl isn't a model or young starlet -- it's a 93-year-old Japanese grandma. And we're absolutely in love. Meet Emiko, who is the nonagenarian star of her granddaughter, Chinami Mori's, Instagram pag...

From angry cat ladies to uptight man-haters, there are some very specific, negative images people associate with feminists. But where did these (false) stereotypes come from? Associate Professor at Occidental College Li...

The plot of Kenji Mizoguchi's The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), that's currently being revived at Lincoln Center's Bunin Theater, may seem totally melodramatic. Kikunosuke Onoue (Shotaro Hanayagi), the son of ...

Raleigh's Joule restaurant, the coffee shop and lunch spot among chef Ashley Christensen's restaurant group, is going to start offering themed, family-style dinners. The meals will be the second, third …

Joey's Skeeball Bachelor Pad Pin it Even after countless House Tours over the years, there are still homes that stop us in our tracks with their unique art, architecture, and... Skeeball machines. Join us in celebrating ...

Koka Booth Amphitheatre's first Chinese Lantern Festival will run through Jan. 17 It features more than 20 sets of lighted displays made up of thousands of LED lights Cost of tickets are reduced beginning Jan. 4 …

Hope Community Church gives dolls to Heartland Hospice Some patients treat dolls like real babies …

After facing sexual-assault accusations from dozens of women over several decades, Bill Cosby was criminally charged for the first time Wednesday.Prosecutors in Pennsylvania revived a nearly decade-old investigation and ...

All along, "Downton Abbey" has busily issued fond goodbyes to the way things used to be a century or more ago; to the very end, it's a show about the difficult transition and eventual extinction of a particular strain of...

Pin it As the barrier between the sanctuary of home and the busy world outside, entryways have to work hard to filter out all the junk (mail) and random things that want to work their way inside. And since it's the first...

We have our eyes and we have our cameras. Through both, we see the world. While our eyes have the ability to perceive what's around us, our cameras have a much wider grasp, capturing images from all over the world, makin...

It's quite a challenging feat to document the everyday happenings of the most important office in the world, but White House Chief Photographer Pete Souza and his team beautifully lived up to that challenge in 2015. As w...

  Better, faster, stronger: These words are either part of a Kanye West song or how you want to feel in the new year. Sure, you could look at the whole endeavor pessimistically. Jan. 1 is just another day on the cale...

For the past week or so I have been in Udaipur, India. It is the home of my family and a place that I have been more than a handful of times. Each trip back is a chance to learn more about those who came before me, and h...

Pin it This little corner recess in my rental apartment living room had gone through many changes over the years. That is until I found this gel fuel fireplace that was within my budget. Once it was delivered and put in ...

Pin it Shannon's Soothing Mix of Styles That fresh-start feeling is right around the corner, and even if most resolutions don't last, we say make them anyway and give your home some New Year love. Here are the year's bes...

Potlucks are a most excellent way to get the whole crew together for dinner without having to spend hours over a stove. Just don't make these mistakes in planning and executing the party. The post Don’t Get Uninvited t...