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Georges Bizet's "Carmen" has proved one of the most adaptable works in the operatic canon; I've seen flamenco "Carmens," stripped-down "Carmens," even "Carmen" on ice. On Saturday night, "Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Jazz Music...

The musical template for Protomartyr, the Detroit quartet that topped the bill Sunday night at the Black Cat, was devised almost 40 years ago by the Fall, a British post-punk band. But Protomartyr is from a different pla...

In what may portend a revitalization of links between the Kennedy Center and major British theater companies, the institution on the Potomac will host a short stay this summer of a production of "The Merchant of Venice" ...

There's something markedly incongruous about watching Utility, the new play by Emily Schwend, at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. The theater is located on Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, one of the most lively n...

Finale Ligure is a small vacation town on the Italian Riviera, along the coast near France. We flew from New York to Nice, France, and then drove 90 minutes, through Monaco, crossing over the border into Italy. I am usua...

Dubliners got a wake-up call during their morning commute on Monday, with wooden boxes placed around the city reading: “WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS.” Just in front of Busaras, a 'shelter pod' highlighting homelessness pic...

Kids in the U.K. sent some love to those who need it most for Valentine's Day.  A group of students from Merchant Taylors' School recently wrote sweet letters of compassion to homeless people as part of the project Wrap...

Despite the dearth of black fashion designers featured in stores and on the runway, some of the most iconic style moments in history have been created by people of color.  From Jackie O's wedding gown to several of Mic...

The notion of free expression is almost quaint. Will the equivalent of history texts in the year 5000 record a period in civilization where people actually treasured notions like inalienable rights? Will they look at suc...

"Only in painting have I found happiness," Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun confided at the end of her long, prolific career. Though Vigée Le Brun's high society portraits earned her great fame during her lifetime, her s...

Ugh, another poll story. But wait! This one has Beyoncé! And Clooney! According to fresh research by political scientists, presidential candidates might want to think hard before courting celebrity endorsements -- turns...

"Star Wars: Episode VIII" has already begun filming, and the franchise announced Monday that there will be some new faces joining the force.  Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro, Academy Award nominee Laura Dern, and...

In 1982, photographer Barbara Davatz set her lens on a group of 12 couples in Switzerland -- some in romantic relationships, some platonic, others familial. She captured the duos against a gray backdrop, their faces near...

These are not the dogs of your Instagram.The 2016 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is underway, and the competition is as fierce as it is fluffy. Nearly 3,000 canines are battling it out to be named top dog at Madison Sq...

During Sunday night's riveting episode of "The Real Housewives of Potomac," the central conflict among the ladies of the DMV was an unforgivable faux pas that most millennials do in their sleep: Googling.

This article originally appeared on artnet News. Seemingly undisturbed by the huge backlash caused by his recreation of the tragic image of the the drowned three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi, in his latest public a...

Below are excerpts from a long form interview I did with my friend the painter Jim St Clair on the occasion of his exhibition at The Morris Warren Gallery here in New York City. Enjoy. MN: Do the paintings in the exhibit...

Nexus & Delila's Relaxed Organic Modern San Francisco Rental Pin it Moving in together is a huge step in your relationship. You'll soon learn how to share a home together, but also how to kindly and confidently share you...

Federal housing policymakers and mortgage lending groups have been talking about expanding access to home loans for greater numbers of credit-worthy buyers for more than a year. They call it …

Learn how to build a permaculture garden N.C. State University professor Will Hooker will teach an eight-week course at Raleigh's JC Raulston Arboretum on how to build a permaculture garden. …

NEW YORK-- When designer Tommy Hilfiger puts on a show, he fully commits to his mise-en-scene. In the past, he's built a football field, a faux Coachella and a Caribbean lagoon. For fall 2016, he created the T.H. Atlanti...

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia over the weekend instantly ignited speculation about what his absence on the highest bench in the land means for landmark cases, the future of the court and even the pres...