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The symphonies of Jean Sibelius (born 150 years ago this year) form a universal and provincial narrative. From the darkly romantic, Tchaikovsky-inspired No. 1, to the warmly ecstatic No. 2, through the bumptious, ursine ...

Kanye West just released a new single for New Year's, "Facts," which is essentially an extended ode to West's hate for one prominent athletic shoe company.See, West used to be a brand ambassador for Nike, which used to m...

With an explosion in growth in the craft beer industry over the last decade, it's not enough to simply have a passion for brewing and beer when it comes to starting a brewery or working for one as the industry gets more ...

Pin it Name: Robbie and Dan Location: Brooklyn, NY Size: 635 square feet Years lived in: 2 years; Rented Robbie and Dan have lived in their apartment for a little over two years. Since this is their first home together, ...

"Woven is a film intended to capture the visual beauty of Ethiopian culture and traditions, rarely depicted in American cinema while also highlighting the importance of the immigrant experience in the fabric of American ...

Happy 2016! It's the start of a new year, and even though I know it's simply another day on the calendar, I can't deny that it really is motivating. It's the perfect excuse to kickstart the process of getting our homes (...

Pin it It's almost impossible to get through a Christmas without receiving at least one present that you don't love (or even totally hate). Unless you are a regifter, this triggers the yearly ritual of heading back to th...

Agnes Martin, This Rain In the monograph Agnes Martin (D.A.P./Tate), the work is described variously as ascetic, immensely fragile, calm, direct, hypnotic, quiet and inward. Martin says her subjects are lightness and for...

Sally Mann, Untitled (#49 Woven Branches 2, Frontispiece) Sally Mann opens her memoir, Hold Still (Little, Brown), by invoking the muese. An outdated word, the meuse is a mark left in the ground after a small animal leav...

Singer Natalie Cole, famous for hits like "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)," died Thursday night. Cole was 65.The daughter of musical legend Nat King Cole -- who died when she was 15 -- Cole followed her father into t...

Oscar voting began Wednesday, giving members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences until Jan. 8 to submit their ballots for this year's prizes. We figure they need a little help in deciding which darlings sh...

Pin it The fun (and sometimes infuriating) part of setting up your home is addressing all the unique nooks and crannies you find yourself underutilizing. Since there are doors in virtually every room of your home, that's...

Pin it Name: Julien Location: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve -- Montréal, Canada Size: 466 square feet Years lived in: 4 months; Owned Newly-single Julien had to find a place that would meet his love for lofts and small spaces w...

NEW YORK -- Deep below the frenzied streets of New York City are the gritty subway tunnels and platforms packed with people. Roaring trains and a sea of humanity meld with grey concrete surroundings. You're rushing along...

Natacha & Joshua's Handmade Berkeley Apartment Pin it Update the look of any chair in your home to make it look different and make the room the chair lives in look fresh and upgraded, too! Peruse this comprehensive list ...

Maybe it doesn't mean anything that Maggie Evans conceived "Human Hierarchies" during a residency in China. But the Savannah, Ga., artist's installation, now at Flashpoint Gallery, does seem to reflect a society organize...

Michael Kahn can quote the first review he ever got as a student director in the 1960s. It was cruel."You remember the bad ones," the Shakespeare Theatre Company's artistic director says, waxing on about reviews for an h...

930The name of the club, opened by Dodi DiSanto and Jon Bowers in May 1980, is named after its address on F Street NW, not the showtime. Chuck D of Public Enemy thought it referred to the club's square footage, it was so...

In 1932, the Hungarian photographer Brassai photographed Picasso's studio for an extensive article in a high-end art magazine. One image featured the artist's sculpture arranged in the doorway of a former stable on the g...

My (now incredibly clean) apartment. Not pictured: vacuum cleaner, because even if it is adorable and tiny, no one wants to see a vacuum cleaner. Pin it It took me a long time to get here but I finally moved into the tin...

It's a mere quarter of a gram of ivory -- about 1/100 of an ounce -- embedded at the bottom tip of many violin bows. But because it comes from the tusks of the African elephant, its presence -- often on the bow tips of v...

For more than a year, we've watched Bill Cosby's slide in slow motion as dozens of women have come forth to say he sexually assaulted them. Now we're watching in hyperdrive. The comedian, pitchman and American icon was c...