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Wayne Henderson and Herb Key

4:42pm July 22, 2013

Guitarist and luthier Wayne Henderson is one of today's leading guitarists with 3 national tours with Masters of the Steel String Guitar, a National Heritage Award, Carnegie Hall and Prairie Home Companion concerts under his belt just to name a few highlights. This living legend will be pickin' and grinnin' for us with his pal Herb Key Live in Studio A.

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Caleb Caudle and Haley Dreis

4:21pm July 22, 2013

by David Ford

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The Art of Cycling Celebrated in This Weekend's High Point Cycling Classic

9:31am July 22, 2013

by David Ford

This weekend in High Point will be the first time a USA Cycling National Championship has ever come to North Carolina. That's great news for cycling fans and art enthusiasts. In addition to hosting both the Women's and Men's Pro National Criterium Championships, the area surrounding the downtown transportation terminal will come alive with bicycling-inspired art. Theatre Arts Galleries in the High Point Theatre presents "The Bicycle: Art Meets Form", an Invitational Exhibition juried by Green Hill Center's Edie Carpenter.

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In Full Upright and Locked Position aviation consultant Mark Gerchick looks at post-Sept. 11 air travel.

Flying High And Low In 'Full Upright And Locked Position'

8:26am July 21, 2013

by NPR Staff

In a new book, aviation consultant Mark Gerchick writes that "the magic of air travel has morphed into an uncomfortable, crowded and utterly soulless ordeal." He talks about how it's gotten so bad, why there are so many hidden fees and if there actually is less leg room than there used to be.

In Turkey, bits of meat are wrapped in squares of pasta to make manti.

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From Ramen To Rotini: Following The Noodles Of The Silk Road

7:22pm July 20, 2013

by Anna Haensch

Is it possible that pasta originated in China and traveled west to Italy? Author Jen Lin-Liu travels the historic Silk Road from Beijing to Rome, tracing the evolution of pasta and sampling the offerings along the way.

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Cover of Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations

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You'll Want To Hang Up On These 'Secret Conversations'

5:34pm July 20, 2013

by Bob Mondello

Movie star Ava Gardner agreed to write her memoirs with British journalist Peter Evans in 1988. Now, after the deaths of both Gardner and Evans, the results of their abortive collaboration are being published. Reviewer Bob Mondello says the book is dead on arrival.

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'No Regrets': A Murder Mystery, Tangled In Life's Troubles

5:34pm July 20, 2013

by NPR Staff

John Dufresne's new novel is a funny, dark murder mystery set in South Florida. No Regrets, Coyote begins with the murder of a family and an amateur sleuth intent on solving the crime.

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A small, child-like creature in a cone hat peers into a toy shop, happy at the sight of a snow globe, in a vignette called "Tininess" in Darkness Outside the Night, a graphic novel illustrated by Xie Peng. Find out what happens in the excerpt below.

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For China's Youth, A Life Of 'Darkness Outside The Night'

4:48pm July 20, 2013

by Louisa Lim

In his haunting new graphic novel, cartoonist Xie Peng, 36, captures a psychological journey into the world of young Chinese. He worked for six years on the book, which renders a landscape of competition, anxiety and stress, and where everything, including dignity, is a commodity.

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European Films In Russia's Heartland

4:48pm July 20, 2013

by Eleanor Beardsley

For the past few years in July, a sleepy Russian provincial town has rolled out the red carpet to host the best in European film.

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Neorealism Goes Hollywood

4:48pm July 20, 2013

A new video essay compares two 1952 films that resulted from the collaboration of two renowned filmmakers, Vittorio De Sica, a master of Italian neorealism, and David O. Selznick, a Hollywood producer most famous for Gone With The Wind. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with filmmaker Ernie Park, who uses a pseudonym, Kogonada.

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