I attended charm school at the vanguard of all things classy and charming in the ’70s: Montgomery Ward’s. When I was 10 years old, I went every Wednesday night to the Wendy Ward Charm School classes ...

There is a cute joke I have shared with others trying to get along in the complicated dynamics of office politics, friendships and other social and philanthropic organizations. Sometimes I clean up ...

One is more delightful for being told one is delightful. — Katharine Gerould Ladies and gentlemen, please put down your smart phones. Better yet, silence them. I need your full attention: Americans ...

Taming the wayward women of VH1's Charm School would be a tough job for anyone – except Sharon Osbourne. She's the one who took over Ozzy Osbourne's career after his firing from the seminal Black ...

No longer do parents admonish children to clean plates before they leave the table, and white gloves and party manners have become part of the past. But parents still want their children to use a ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology students will return from their holiday break to experience something different from their usual studies – but almost as important. It's the university's annual ...

Simple things, such as opening the door for the customer, can make a difference. — -- Meet the new secret weapon to get a leg up in the cutthroat competition among cabbies -- charm school. Taxi ...

Ricki Lake didn’t have a hard time adjusting to the weave-pulling drama at VH1‘s “Charm School,” which she’s hosting in its third season. In fact, the former “Ricki Lake” host feels the whole reality ...

CAMBRIDGE — Red napkin pyramids graced white plates in a dining area in MIT’s Stata Center, as students wandered in to find handwritten place cards bearing their names. Women wore simple dresses and ...

School’s In: In April of last year, Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre told us that BK was nothing like as popular when it was first around as it is now. Speaking to us just before a show at ...