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I entered Feinstein's/54 Below's dark, sexy, red supper club through a series of steps leading us underground (I now understood why it's called 54 Below). My friend Lori and I were greeted by a hostess and whisked off to...

One of the inescapable blessings of our digital interconnectedness these days is that well chosen words beget well chosen words in reply virtually instantaneously. A writer no longer writes in a vacuum; the echo is immed...

In a move that surprised many in the television industry on Wednesday, ABC abruptly announced the resignation of its entertainment president, Paul Lee, who has been in charge of programming since 2010 and helped develop ...

Finding success as an actress wasn't easy for Gina Torres, particularly when it came to navigating numerous barriers she faced in the industry due to her racial background.  The Cuban-American "Suits" star looked back o...

Pace Art + Technology has commissioned teamLab, the Japanese art collective known for expanding the practice of digital art, to create an immersive digital installation, the collective's first installation in the U.S. D...

Hey isn't that ... Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman -- who also moonlights as the voice in everyone's head -- having lunch near Dupont Circle on Wednesday afternoon?The "Shawshank Redemption" star was spotted at Teddy...

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Netflix, aka God's gift to the world.  Who doesn't enjoy a Friday night in, cuddling up with a cozy blanket (or companion) while enjoying all that the entertainment world has to offer. Looking for a new show to binge-wa...

The story of the Irish-American group Solas is, in some ways, the story of Irish music over the past 20 years: a straddling of tradition and innovation; a push into new territory that still holds fast to its musical home...

Peggy Seeger at the Lomax Challenge. Photo by Stephen Winick. Last year, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress (where I work) celebrated Alan Lomax's centennial year with a range of programming around t...

Pin it Name: Larissa Gaul, boyfriend Jack, roommate Matt, dog Gustav, and cat Mishka Location: Fairmount -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Size: 1,800 square feet Years lived in: 2.5 years; Rented Larissa Gaul's apartment do...

Dog-show crowds love bulldogs. And they went crazy at the Westminster dog show Tuesday night for Annabelle, the wrinkly pooch owned by Washington resident Ellen Charles."They clapped and shouted," Charles said of the pup...

For six years, Carl Ray has been first lady Michelle Obama's personal makeup artist, meaning he's the guy responsible for all her official appearances, and that flawless face. He had to audition for the job, had no idea ...

A weekly blog intended to share and preserve the most valued life lessons from the minds of the most experienced among us. The "hour late" represents the later stages of life. I will be speaking with people in their 70's...

Megan's Mid-C + Modern Mix in Denver Pin it Sometimes, saving means spending money. Most of the time, this is because buying a quality product will greatly reduce or even eliminate the need for replacement. Other times, ...

Back in late 2014, Bill Kristol foresaw that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul wouldn't get very far in the forthcoming Republican primary season. He also forecast that Jeb Bush, then the presumed Republican front-runner, would st...

Caroline & Eduardo's Well-Traveled Abode Pin it Valentine's Day has come and gone for another year, leaving everyone thinking about love and relationships. But what about the relationship you have with your home? Here ar...

2016 is off and running, and guaranteed to be a dynamic presidential election year. Along with a new administration in Washington, five broad cultural and economic trends are sure to impact sectors across America--affect...

We spend so much time taking photos of our food on our phones, we decided to make our photographers do it, too. The post All the iPhone Photos We Shot for Our March Culture Issue appeared first on Bon Appétit.

There are some stories that stay with you. They leave a strong impression and become a reference that influences the way we think. A story like this one. In the late nineteenth century, near the city of Oxyrhynchus, in U...

The exact nature of the relationship between rapper and actor Common and actress Laura Dern is a topic being discussed in certain circles with the kind of fervor others reserve for conspiracy theories about Justice Anton...

One in a series of reports on the clothes that had a moment at New York Fashion Week.NEW YORK -- As models hit their stride down the runway at the fall 2016 Michael Kors show Wednesday morning, Motown played in the backg...