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Greensboro Symphony, October 5, 2013 Performance broadcast November 1 @ 8pm

5:05pm November 01, 2013

The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra (GSO) and Greensboro Ballet joined forces this October for a thrilling concert series entitled “Invitation to Dance!” This season opener was one of the Greensboro

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The Story Behind The Stunts: Remembering Hollywood's Hal Needham

3:54pm November 01, 2013

Throughout his career, Needham did the kind of stunts that would either end with a spectacular shot ... or an ambulance. On Oct. 25, Needham died of cancer at age 82. We listen back to a 2011 interview, in which he tells the stories behind some of his most daring stunts.

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Low and Lower Live in Studio A, Winston-Salem Youth Chorus, and DaDa Poetry on Triad Arts Weekend

2:48pm November 01, 2013

by David Ford

Get ready for some zany musical fun, a hearty tribute to Dada, and kids saying the darnedest things today on the show. Virtuoso cellist Brooks Whitehouse and virtuoso bassist Paul Sharpe let their inner theatrical selves shine right on through with Low & Lower Live in Studio A. And conductor Matthew Troy from the Winston-Salem Symphony is here to help us Discover their many talents. Then, well it's performance art and poetry like you've never experienced before with Lynn Book and Amy Catanzano. They're truly devoted to Dada, and if you don't know what that means—stick around and get set to be the life of your next party. Then, nothing puts it all in perspective like a young person. The wonderful young singers in the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus are here to show us the importance of art in our lives. They'll also be singing the praises of their fearless leader Ms. Barbara Beattie. 20 years of great choral directing and she's still rockin' it as hard as ever.

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New Production by Touring Theatre of North Carolina Features Poetry and Prose by Veterans

8:43am November 01, 2013

by David Ford

Touring Theatre of North Carolina is once again going beyond entertainment, this time with the premiere of an original production in their first ever Chamber Series. DEPLOYED is a Readers Theatre production featuring poetry and prose written by veterans and their family members. It opens Friday night, November 8th at 8:00 PM and runs through the 16th at Mack and Mack in Greensboro. DEPLOYED includes entries from seven different wars in which America has participated on foreign soil.

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Dickensian Ambition And Emotion Make 'Goldfinch' Worth The Wait

3:39pm October 31, 2013

by Maureen Corrigan

Donna Tartt is a writer who takes her time — she's published just one novel per decade since her debut in 1992. But critic Maureen Corrigan says she'd gladly wait another 10 years for a book as extraordinary as Tartt's latest work, The Goldfinch, an "exuberantly plotted triumph."

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In Dallas Buyers Club, Jared Leto plays Rayon, a transgender woman who is HIV-positive and struggling with a drug habit. "I always saw Rayon as someone who wanted to live ... life as a woman, not just someone who enjoyed putting on women's clothing," Leto

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Jared Leto Was 'Seduced' By Role Of Rayon In 'Buyers Club'

3:25pm October 31, 2013

In Dallas Buyers Club, Leto plays Rayon, a transgender woman who is living with HIV and a drug habit. Rayon becomes an unlikely friend to Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), a rodeo cowboy who starts smuggling HIV drugs from Mexico in the 1980s after he's diagnosed as HIV-positive and given just a few weeks to live.

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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has spent a total of six months in space. In his new book, he writes that getting to space took only "8 minutes and 42 seconds. Give or take a few thousand days of training."

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Brings Lessons From Space Down To Earth

2:30pm October 31, 2013

The former International Space Station commander achieved Internet stardom with his in-space rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." After three missions and a total of six months in space he shares what he's learned in a new book, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth.

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The Sandman: Overture explores the back story of the central character, Orpheus, to explain how he wound up in captivity at the start of The Sandman.

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Recurring Dream: Morpheus Returns In Gaiman's 'Sandman' Prequel

10:54am October 31, 2013

by NPR Staff

The last issue of Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics came out a decade ago. Now, the author returns to Dream's world with a prequel series, The Sandman: Overture. Gaiman speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the freedom of starting something new and why he, like all writers, is a Sandman himself.

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Ricker's grilled eggplant salad with egg and dried shrimp.

How A Portland Cook Became A 'Proud Copycat' Of Thai Food

10:48am October 31, 2013

by Joel Rose

Andy Ricker spent years eating in roadside restaurants, noodle stands and home kitchens across Thailand before opening his first restaurant, Pok Pok, in Portland, Ore. But he avoids using words like "traditional" and "authentic" when talking about this food. He'd rather call it "accurate."

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Stained Glass Playhouse Presents Agatha Christie's "The Unexpected Guest"

8:47am October 31, 2013

by David Ford

Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest is a thriller and a real puzzler set in a foggy Wales estate. The mystery opens as a strange gentleman walks into a house to find a recently murdered man, and his dazed widow standing over him with a gun. Her confession to the murder is unconvincing, so the unexpected guest decides to help her by blaming the murder on an intruder. But in so doing, he opens a Pandora's box of love and hate, suspicion and intrigue.

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