So you think you’ve had a rough couple of years? Try comparing your recession story to the one belonging to Willie Aames, the once-flush ‘Charles in Charge’ actor who squandered his money, couldn’t find a job, went bankrupt, lost his house and witnessed the total collapse of his family. But Aames, 49, blames only himself for his downward spiral from curly-haired hearthrob on ‘Eight Is Enough’ to the short-fused grump on ‘Celebrity Fit Club’ a few years... 

On the heels of last week’s shocking round 2 results (yep, we’re still bitter about ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ losing), AOL TV users pulled another fast one on us in round 3, ousting front runner ‘M*A*S*H’ in favor of ‘Happy Days.’ So much for suicide being painless. ‘Happy Days’ now joins ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’ in the next stage of our 5-round best... 

Robin Layton is that rare combination of photojournalist and artist who can render a writer’s words superfluous. Her eye is not only unerring, it’s uncanny. Those of us who worked with her at the Seattle P-I in the 1990s knew it the first time we worked on assignments with her. Where most of us saw reality, she saw possibility. Where some might see cliche, she sees clues to thoughtful expression, greater exposition. Layton now spends most of her time in Los Angeles, where she has become... 

As you walk into the new photography exhibition at College of Visual Arts, you’re immediately greeted by a large-format photograph by Lynn Geesaman, a vividly hued image of a manicured, tree-lined parkway both illuminated and bisected by the “path” of sunshine streaming above it. Turn the corner and enter the modest gallery space, and you’re treated to an eclectic assortment of work by some of Minnesota’s most acclaimed contemporary photographers. Think of this as... 

Music photography is about conveying the feeling of being at a live show, and when a band is energetic and moving around on stage, that can require more than just freezing the moment with a bright flash and fast shutter. This shot of the band Goes Cube was taken at Magnetic Fields in Brooklyn. I used a Canon Rebel XTi, a Canon 450 EX flash, and an EF-S 10-22 mm lens. The ISO was set to 400, the aperture was at f/3.5, and I had a 1/2 second exposure time. The streaking light effect was caused by a... 

A tiny village of 50 residents straddling the former border dividing East and West Germany and nicknamed “Little Berlin” has preserved its own 100-meter section of the Iron Curtain — for tourists. For more than 38 years Moedlareuth belonged to two different countries and ideological systems. The 2.5 meter (eight foot) high Wall, similar to the famous Berlin Wall, remains a fixture in the village center even 20 years after Communism collapsed. Nowadays the farming hamlet that lies some 300 km...