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With 'Voices In The Dark,' An Artist Missteps

7:00am October 12, 2017

by Etelka Lehoczky

Comic artist Ulli Lust's unique, surreal style proves a bad match for this adaptation of a historical novel about the children of Joseph Goebbels and their last days in Adolf Hitler's bunker.

Afghan aushak (dumplings) from Lapis, a restaurant in Washington, D.C., run by the Popal family

Smithsonian Night Market Celebrates The Art Of Asian Cuisine

9:06pm October 11, 2017

by Kristen Hartke

Food is central to culture, but museums often overlook it. So for their grand reopening, the Smithsonian's Asian art museums are giving center stage to cuisine from across Earth's largest continent.

Christie's unveiled Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi at Christie's New York on Tuesday in New York City.

Last Da Vinci Painting In Private Hands Will Be Auctioned Next Month

7:46pm October 11, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The portrait of Jesus Christ, Salvator Mundi, was recently confirmed to be a da Vinci that had been thought to be destroyed. It's not clear where the painting was, exactly, for more than a century.

Here Are The 2017 MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners

5:10pm October 11, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Jason De León, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Derek Peterson are among the 24 winners of this year's MacArthur Fellowship, which honors "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals."

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'The Apparitionists' Raises The Specters That Haunted America

4:53pm October 11, 2017

by Genevieve Valentine

Peter Manseau skillfully weaves together spirituality, technology and the legacy of the Civil War to tell the story of a "spirit photographer" on trial for claiming he could take pictures of ghosts.

Anthropologist Jason De Leon Awarded MacArthur 'Genius' Grant

4:44pm October 11, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with anthropologist Jason de Leon, who was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in recognition of his work which shines a light on the human toll of U.S. immigration policies. His Undocumented Migration Project involves collecting artifacts left behind by migrants living and dead, from the Sonoran Desert.

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Noah Baumbach Explores Love, Resentment And Anger In 'The Meyerowitz Stories'

2:20pm October 11, 2017

by Terry Gross

Baumbach's new film mixes comedy with deep emotional pain. It revolves around three adult siblings whose father is a self-absorbed sculptor. Baumbach's previous films include The Squid and the Whale.

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75 Years Later, A Look At The 'Life, Legend, and Afterlife' Of 'Casablanca'

2:20pm October 11, 2017

Film historian Noah Isenberg revisits the making of the classic Hollywood film in his new book, We'll Always Have Casablanca. "Seventy-five years after its premiere, its still very timely," he says.

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Rhiannon Giddens Receives MacArthur 'Genius' Grant

1:37pm October 11, 2017

by Bethany Chafin

Renowned musician and Greensboro native Rhiannon Giddens is among the newest MacArthur "genius" grant recipients.

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Electrifying 'Power' Flips The Gender Script To Unsettling Effect

10:00am October 11, 2017

by Michael Schaub

For most of recorded history, men have held power over women. Naomi Alderman's new novel imagines a world where women suddenly have power — actual electrical power — to oppress, hurt and kill men.