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New Orleans’ oldest coffeehouse and longest running open mic night is looking for a new location. After more than 40 years on Danneel Street, the building has been sold to new owners and the Neutral Ground Coffee House has lost its lease. At the end of April, the coffeehouse and entertainment venue will be without […]

New Orleans' Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, the city's oldest coffeehouse and home to its longest-running open mic night, is facing an...

It is officially cherry blossom season. Show your spirit with candles, tote bags, and mugs from DC-area small businesses.

Todays Object of the Week is a rare collection of postmarks providing an insight into how the present-day Post Office was established.

OUR traditional Christmas owes much to the Victorians, though it has been celebrated by the Church since the 4th century. Originally a pagan…

Meriam-Webster’s Word of the Year is “gaslighting.” The latest perfume that smells like old books. What Siri might have been like in the 1970s. The creepy world of Victorian Christmas Cards. E Ink-based playing cards in search of a game. A father photoshops the real world to resemble his child’s drawings. Graphene is going to be tested on the moon. “Apple Health, but for dogs.” In the 16th century, you could sue animals. The James Webb Space Telescope watches galaxies collide. Coming...

A battle to save a Victorian period house in Newtown from demolition has been backed by a national heritage charity.

Historical photos part of donations by the family of Fernando W. Hartford and William Upton of Concord.

The look of your door furniture has never been quite so important. Knobs keyhole covers, handles, bells and knockers are now key style statements.

The tradition of sending Christmas cards came together in the Victorian era, although — as cultural historian Ainsley Hawthorn writes — many of those early cards were strange and sometimes downright morbid.