Arts & Culture

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May 11th & 12th, 2012, on The Signal…

A daughter’s love and the art of...

May 4th & 5th, 2012, on The Signal… Pop Art collides with politics at a new Maryland Art...

NPR WORLD CAFE

Friday, January 6, 2012 - 3:00pm

Primus' irreverent funk-rock style was ubiquitous throughout the '90s. The band visits World...

After purchasing an old organ next door, Michael Fitzpatrick started laying the groundwork for...

Adele may be the hottest singer in the world at the moment and that's all because of her latest...

ARTS & LIFE

TINY DESK

Monday, May 14, 2012 - 12:51pm

The improvisational music of father and son Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus functions as a...

In this short but satisfying two-song set at the NPR Music offices, the ever-evolving Wright...

Steve Riley and his Mamou Playboys make sweet Cajun music together: music steeped in the...

BOOKS

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 7:00am

After a museum conservator's lover dies, she becomes consumed with reanimating a 19th-century...

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 3:47pm

New York Times "Phys Ed" columnist Gretchen Reynolds has some simple advice...

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 1:00pm

For more than 30 years, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been an influential public intellectual. He...