Most people today, actuarily speaking, will live to 80 years old plus. Does that mean that starting at 65, people retire and start a 20 or 30 year vacation? For a generation that often defined themselves by what they did for a living, I think that just retiring or "going out to pasture" is not an op...

A lot of artists are leaving big cities like New York to set up shop in tiny Marfa, Texas.   ...

There was an article in Slate about David Hobby. Formerly a staff photographer for The Baltimore Sun, he was laid off in 2008. Another victim of news media downsizing. For those in TV and print news, I don't have to tell you what happens next, there just aren't that many full time jobs available the...

Being out of work as a romantic romp? That at least is the suggestion from the trailer of the new Tom Hanks directed comic/drama film "Larry Crowne."

Photographer Isa Leshko latest project. Just like humans, the faces of elderly animals show a life of experience.

Music is so formulaic these days. That's not a revelation. Minus a few exceptions, truly original music stays in the background. Mediocrity rises to the top helped by shows like American Idol.  My wife, who's a composer and I have talked about this. Can you imagine acts like The Beatles, Bob D...

Cliff Lee's porcelain creations are on display at the Smithsonian

by Julie Taboh - VOA

A group of filmmakers has gotten together to remake a classic before Hollywood did.