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Good evening, everybody. Bonsoir. On behalf of Michelle and myself, we'd like to welcome you all to the White House as we host Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, and the Canadian delegation for the ...

The complete guest list as provided by the White House for the state dinner honoring Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.The President and Mrs. ObamaPrime Minister Trudeau and Mrs. Gregoire Trudeau

I was really looking forward to seeing The Humans on Broadway. I was looking forward to seeing young Stephen Karam's widely-touted new play. I was looking forward to seeing my friend Reed Birney again light up a stage, e...

Pizzeria Toro's chef-owner Gray Brooks said he hopes to open his second restaurant, Littler, in the original Monuts location in downtown Durham in April. …

Every three years, the National Portrait Gallery holds a competition meant to encourage "artists to explore the ever-evolving art of portraiture." The winners of the Outwin 2016 competition were announced today, and the ...

What -- and where -- is home? For Korean-American transracial adoptees, the answer isn't simple. In his new photography series, the KAD Diaries, Zeke Anders, the creator of the award-winning vlog series "American Seoul,...

Two Triangle cookbook authors have books that are finalists for the annual awards by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Chapel Hill author Nancie McDermott's book, "Southern Soups & Stews," …

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. --Carl Jung The painters Tom Herberg and KuBO are dedicated abstractionists. Each man in their way remains tethered in concept to the external world of obse...

Pin it Name: Jennifer Chong - Designer & Photographer Location: Belmont Heights - Long Beach, California Size: Around 400 square feet Years lived in: 3 years Jennifer's small space proves that you can be happy living wit...

The folks across the pond at English National Opera are finding themselves in a predicament that has much in common with the challenges that forced The New York City Opera to file for bankruptcy in 2013. The ENO, much li...

Fashion designers have always looked to Hollywood to spot trends. Now, they're looking in different places. Biotech labs. Engineering Departments of universities. Math classrooms. What does it all mean? The Museum of Fin...

Artist Jenny Carolin, who has donated her eggs five times, discusses writing letters to her future children, the haunting work she's created about who they may become--The Donor Project--and the financial and emotional i...

Mrs. Waldorf Astor by Kehinde Wiley, Oil on linen, 2012 I'm insecure about art. I don't know enough to be an art snob. But I don't want to be thought of as someone who doesn't know kitsch when it's staring at her. So I w...

Kevin O'Leary, Archway, 2001, Limited 24 x 16 in. print signed edition of 8. Printed on museum standard archival medium mounted in a 34.5 x 26.5 in. handmade frame. Courtesy Arcature Fine Art. Snap Judgments "Irreconcila...

Pin it The bedroom should be a retreat from the rest of the world, a place where you can rest your body and mind. The colors and textures you choose to decorate your bedroom with can make all the difference in creating t...

At this year's South by Southwest film festival, you'll spot Pee-wee Herman, Han Solo, and Key and Peele's missing cat. Look a little closer, and there are LSD dealers, the "Wizard of Oz" slippers, an HBO series and hip...

The Gowanus Canal is a Brooklyn waterway that, during the Industrial Revolution in the mid-19th century and beyond, served as a receptacle of waste for the various companies that fueled the way. Specifically, the canal s...

Elizabeth's Color-Filled Apartment Pin it While my city keeps teetering in and out of wintertime weather, I've got my sights set firmly (and optimistically) on spring. One way to get into that warm-weather state of mind ...

NC State's College of Design influenced seven decades of archtecture A tall building commissioned, but never built Another midcentury modern falls victim to demolition …

Four years ago when Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were running for President of the United States, I wrote this poem. I was relieved when Obama won and I knew we would not be faced with the prospect of our president's for...

Elaine A. Heath, a theologian, preacher, teacher and writer, will be the next dean of the Duke Divinity School. Heath is currently the McCreless Professor of Evangelism at Southern Methodist …

Katy's Eclectic and Always-Changing London Flat Pin it Maybe if we all had an unlimited amount of time (not to mention energy and the desire), we probably could manage to keep a home of any size good and properly cleaned...