Arts

Gary Lucas Uses Film Music 'To Shed Light On Obscure Corners Of Culture'

5:01pm March 04, 2017

by Rick Karr

Gary Lucas, known for playing with the late Captain Beefheart and as the late Jeff Buckley's songwriting partner, built reputation with film music. His latest is for an early Orson Welles comedy.

Then-President Obama awards the National Medal of Arts to actress, theater founder and director Miriam Colon in September 2015.

Arts

Míriam Colón, Puerto Rican Actress And Theater Pioneer, Dies At 80

2:05pm March 04, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Since coming to the U.S., Colón acted in over 90 films, imbuing her often secondary roles with soul. Behind the scenes, as a theater producer, she also blazed a path for other Latino actors to follow.

Acrobat Samantha Sterman appears in the Only Child Aerial Theatre's latest show, Asylum.

Arts

Not Your Grandpa's Circus: The Big Top Makes Room For Experimental Companies

11:18am March 04, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

A nonprofit wants you to know that the circus is more than ringmasters and lion tamers — it's also an avant-garde art form.

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Jordan Peele attends a screening of Get Out, in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2017.

Arts

Not My Job: Jordan Peele Gets Quizzed On The Teletubbies

11:08am March 04, 2017

The children's TV show marks its 20th anniversary this month. We'll see how much the creator of Get Out knows about Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po.

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Will (left) and Brooke Blair composed the music for I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, the directorial debut of their older brother Macon.

After 'Green Room' and 'Blue Ruin,' The Brothers Blair Keep Film Music In The Family

7:41am March 04, 2017

by Tim Greiving

Composers Brooke and Will Blair got some notice last year for their music for the cult hit Green Room, starring their brother Macon. Now they're scoring his directorial debut.

Michael Rodriguez is one of more than 60 American service members who sat for a portrait by President George W. Bush. They are pictured together at Bush's 70th birthday bike ride at Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas.

Books
Arts

A Green Beret Sits For A Portrait By His Former Commander In Chief

7:41am March 04, 2017

by Scott Simon

After leaving office, President George W. Bush picked up painting — first fruit, then pets, then people. His book Portraits of Courage features paintings of more than 60 American service members.

In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant

Books
Arts

'In The Name Of The Family' Probes The Lives Of An Infamous Clan

7:00am March 04, 2017

by Jean Zimmerman

Sarah Dunant's latest novel follows one of history's most notorious families — the Borgias. But it's the small, domestic details, not the bigger picture, that captivate.

Arts

RiverRun International Film Festival Brings Diverse Film Lineup To Triad

6:50am March 04, 2017

by Eddie Garcia

Cinephiles of the Triad, mark your calendars.

Writing Past The White Gaze As A Black Author

6:01am March 04, 2017

by LJ Alonge

"I wanted my characters to be respectable. I wanted them to somehow escape the judgement they'd get for just being, the same kind of judgement I've gotten for just being..."

Chimamanda Adichie's novels include Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. The author is pictured here at NPR in February 2017.

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Arts

How Do You Raise A Feminist Daughter? Chimamanda Adichie Has 15 Suggestions

6:55pm March 03, 2017

by Audie Cornish

Adichie's new book began as a letter to a childhood friend (and new mother) who had asked for some advice. It's called Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions.

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