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Broadway Stars Bring Pandemic Joy By Way Of The Singing Telegram

5:04am April 20, 2021

by Arun Venugopal

Broadway has been dark for quite some time due to the pandemic. Some out of work Broadway actors are using singing telegrams to earn some cash and make use of their talents.

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'Open Water' Explores Blackness and the Vulnerability of Falling In Love

4:14pm April 19, 2021

Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is built on a familiar premise: two young people meet and fall in love. Nelson's debut novel is brimming with references to Black art, music, poetry and photography.

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Live Indoor Concerts Return To The Triad

4:06pm April 19, 2021

by David Ford

The Piedmont is buzzing once again with the sounds of live music.

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No Kidding: Japan's Kidnaping Epic 'Lady Joker' Will Hook You

1:37pm April 19, 2021

by John Powers

The first volume of Kaoru Takamura's 1997 eccentric crime thriller has just been translated into English. Inspired by a real-life case, Lady Joker reveals its world in rich, polyphonic detail.

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Author's Advice To Millennials: Manage Your Money And Stop Pleasing Others

1:37pm April 19, 2021

by Dave Davies

Julie Lythcott-Haims's new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, is a handbook on adulthood. Her 2017 memoir, Real American, is the story of her coming to terms with her biracial identity.

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Humpback whales, working in teams, circle herring with disorienting curtains of bubbles off Alaska's coast, then shoot up from below with their mouths open. This innovation developed among unrelated groups of humpbacks but is now a widely adopted practice

Photos: The Culture Of Whales

7:40am April 19, 2021

by Taylor Haney

Belugas play, a sperm whale nurses, and orcas teach their pups to hunt in a series of photographs from National Geographic photographer and explorer Brian Skerry.

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#NPRPoetry: Samuel Getachew

6:13pm April 18, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Samuel Getachew, former National Youth Poet Laureate finalist, about his favorite listener-submitted poems.

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'Renegade' Rug Makers Create Community, Tufting On TikTok

5:20pm April 18, 2021

by Fiona Geiran

With industrial metal tufting guns, fiber artists can make colorful, textured designs — Pokémon characters, candy wrappers, portraiture — worthy of walls, floors or social media feeds.

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Tanya Karina, a resident artist at the House of Yes, was in Texas waiting to perform at South by Southwest when the news broke about the severity of the pandemic. Since March 2020, Karina has been using their free time studying holistic therapy and learni

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House Of Yes Performers At Home: How Artists Persevere

8:40am April 18, 2021

by Laura Beltrán Villamizar

The House of Yes performance venue in Brooklyn is closed for now, but the artists that were active in it are busier than ever, finding themselves and making art that speaks to the times we live in.

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When 'Jeopardy!' Might Announce A Permanent Host

7:58am April 18, 2021

TV's Jeopardy! is featuring guest hosts like Katie Couric to Aaron Rodgers. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks The Ringer's Claire McNear, who wrote a book about the show, what's next.