New York City styles the world. As home to the most notable fashion design academies, an extraordinary talent base, and Seventh "Fashion" Avenue, its style is unparalleled.
There are some people who strive for greatness. Ken Edwards, of England, ate 36 cockroaches in one minute. Jackie Bibby, "The Texas Snake Man," sat in a bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes. Director Jon Russell Cring shot 12 movies in 20 months with equipment his wife won in a student filmmaking contest.
Superman may be bulletproof, submarines may be waterproof, but Hollywood is recession proof.
With his eyes closed and guitar pick cradled loosely between his index finger and thumb, Tony Centurione stands on a white-lit stage, covering a song by the band he sports on his T-shirt.
A lot goes into picking the perfect wedding. One has to consider location, temperature, theme, guest list, and so on. And this isn't just the case for choosing The Wedding Dress, this is just for those fortunate souls that get invited to partake in the celebration.
Road rage truly brings out the worst in us. All it takes is a Buick to cut me off during rush hour for me to rethink my position on social security.
On Saturday it is time again to celebrate all that is the great U.S. But America's birthday party is bound to be smaller this year as small city budgets and low monetary contributions have led many cities to dwarf or even altogether cancel Independence Day celebrations.
Most would call a mass of people swaying to music in a tiny building with a broken air-conditioning system on a day where the heat index put the temperature at over 100 a circle of hell.
What happens on stage at a Get the Led Out concert is something unlike anything any Led Zeppelin fan has ever experienced.
Two months ago at a concert, a girl started grinding up against me. It's not often a lady grinds on me first, especially with her boyfriend fuming nearby. So naturally I took great pride in the feat.
Two men discussed the dimensions in Esphyr Slobodkina's paintings on Tuesday afternoon. I saw a jumping fox in one of them.
Stars are out of 5
The eighth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival wrapped up Sunday evening after hosting more than 120 acts varying from the hard rocking Nine Inch Nails to the old-school jams of Bruce Springsteen and Phish.
Nestled on the corner of Southwest Depot Avenue and South Main Street lies an old red brick warehouse which, to the untrained observer, appears to be abandoned.
I have a thing for office supplies. Pens, highlighters and staplers put me in a mood that makes it nearly impossible to get work done.
For four UF students, winning a national title has nothing to do with touchdowns or free throws. Their task is a much more difficult one - making people laugh.
People lounged in multi-colored hammocks strung between oak and pine trees, sucking on bowls, sipping over-priced beer and nodding their heads to a reggae beat.
Charlotte Porter, Avenue contributing writer
In a music scene littered with bands that sound and dress alike, Philadelphia experimental rockers mewithoutYou have made a name for themselves, straying from the norms of today's doomed "emo" culture.
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