Don't Be "That Guy": Remember Flu Etiquette

BETHESDA, Md. , Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- During flu season, when fever, aches, and chills hit, it is easy to forget one's manners.  A recent survey of more than 1,000 Americans found that nearly two-thirds ...

Three new books on modern manners

It’s upon us: Jaundiced January, when hopeful grandmas race to their mailboxes — at first eagerly, then with the growing droopiness of a post-Christmas poinsettia — to check for thank-you cards that never come. “Did they not like the socks?” they wonder. “Maybe they never arrived.” A new roundup of books on manners exhorts us to put pen to paper (or at least fire off a text message). Read full ...

Beauties Of The Gilded Age: Peter Marie’s Miniatures Of Society Women

:The tedious and delicate art of painting miniatures can be traced back to ancient Egyptian manuscripts on papyrus scrolls and to illuminated capital letters and images in early European church manuscripts.

Television movies for the week of Jan. 15

Coverage of TV and radio news from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette