California painter Julia Kay thought her three-year Daily Portrait blog was just for her. But since then, it has meant much more, for her life, her art, and for her community (including us.)

Ainslie Jones Uhl wraps up “The Compass Rose,” her episodic reflections on creating a new life in Southern California, with the promise of new topics to come.

Tons of laughter, and the secret behind all those fairy tales.

For Poetry Friday, honoring the work of acclaimed Iranian poet Simin Behbahani, 82, who recently told the BBC that the Tehran authorities had blocked her from going abroad.

The Academy Awards show needs to be two hours long. Here’s how to get it there.

Yes, it was too long, and some of the dresses were truly awful. But what a night for over-40 women! Here’s the WVFC roundup.

Turn on the TV, grab the popcorn and your laptop, and join us for WVFC’s live blogging on Oscars night.

As Kathryn Bigelow and her fellow nominees roll through the final pre-Oscar week, the question in many minds—Will she win?—is starting to be overshadowed by another, darker query.

Veteran cookbook editor Judith Jones is back with a book of her own — and, writes Susan Delson, it’s just what you’d expect from the editorial mind behind “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”

This year’s nominees are challenging conventional ideas about beauty. But that’s not news, says Billie Brown–it’s part of a longstanding Oscar tradition.