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The restoration of Claude Monet’s Waterlilies wasn’t met with hushed reverence, but with an audible thrill. The Portland Art ...

The disorientation of assimilation was Lê’s subject, the complicated experience of giving up something you knew, something ...

In this month’s edition of Today’s Collectibles, our readers shared a historically important original “Kodak” camera and a ...

In Business of Home’s series Shop Talk, we chat with owners of home furnishings stores across the country to hear about their ...

In 1975 a group of citizens gathered at Mollie A. Fearing’s house and started a nonprofit, originally called the Sea and ...

From a canal boat in London to an architectural masterpiece in Helsinki, these are the world's most brilliant bookstores ...

A new TikTok trend called “airport theory” is apparently attempting to justify that last-minute travel. It involves people ...

Concertgoers walking the red carpet into downtown Medford’s Holly Theatre Thursday will not feel as if they’re entering the ...

Weymouth College's annual arts festival returns on Friday. Themed 'The Hidden Side of the Museum,' it promises a unique ...

Despite an alarming top-down national trend to the contrary, inclusion is a good thing. An inclusive mindset — where all ...

From Solvang to Seattle, here’s where to find giant troll sculptures by Danish artist Thomas Dambo in a park near you.