Artist Peter Waddell's scrupulously researched paintings of the U.S. Capitol bring history to life
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Dragon's drool, frog's glands and shark's stomachs have all been recruited for the fight against drug-resistant bacteria
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First Virgil Johnson gave up smoking. Then he gave up his breathtaking collection of tobacco-nalia
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A French photographer's aerial portraits of Iceland's Blue Lagoon, cotton bales in Ivory Coast, a tulip field in Holland document a world of fragile beauty
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From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses
A summer festival showcases the wit and artistry of the musical-theater master, drawing "nuts" from all over
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In Barcelona, a yearlong celebration spotlights architecture's playful genius the audacious and eccentric Antoni Gaudí
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A new play and photo exhibition call attention to Ida B. Wells and her brave fight to end lynching in America
A new exhibition at Washington's National Gallery of Art tracks the development of seminal photographer Alfred Stieglitz
In celebrating the cultures of the ancient Silk Road, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has found a second calling
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Ed Rich gave magazines a whirl. And then some
Graham Greene's letters to his paramour, Catherine Walston, trace the hazy line between life and fiction
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After being eclipsed for centuries by her father, Orazio, Artemisia Gentileschi, the boldest female painter of her time, gets her due
At schools near Shaolin, the famous Buddhist temple, students from all over china vie to be the next Jet Li or Jackie Chan
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