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Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris) plays Lionel Higgins in Dear White People

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Watching 'Dear White People' At Harvard

1:28pm October 20, 2014

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

Dear White People follows four black students at a prestigious, majority-white college, where racial tensions are threatening to bring chaos to campus. So why not catch a screening at Harvard?

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Chef Ottolenghi Makes The Case For 'Plenty More' Vegetables

12:46pm October 20, 2014

by NPR Staff

Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi talks with Rachel Martin about the difference between supermarket hummus and Middle Eastern hummus and why he doesn't like to call his cookbooks "vegetarian."

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A Sanrio employee displays a Hello Kitty designed toaster celebrating Hello Kitty's 30th birthday in 2004.

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9 Lives And Counting: Hello Kitty Turns 40

11:43am October 20, 2014

by Lisa Napoli

In the time since the first simple coin purse was sold in Japan back in 1974, Hello Kitty has become a multibillion-dollar empire. A retrospective in Los Angeles celebrates the beloved cartoon cat.

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Here's What Happens When Gandalf Talks To Schoolchildren

11:43am October 20, 2014

Sir Ian McKellen made a special appearance at an English school. What special magical message did he impart? Do your homework!

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Understanding Society Through 3 American Classics

11:43am October 20, 2014

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Azar Nafisi about her new book, The Republic of Imagination, a reflection on America through three of its most memorable books.

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Edgar Degas' Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is on display at the National Gallery of Art until Jan. 11.

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'Little Dancer' Musical Imagines The Story Behind Degas' Mysterious Muse

11:31am October 20, 2014

by Susan Stamberg

Ballerina Marie Van Goethem started modeling for Edgar Degas around 1878 and inspired his statue Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. But history lost track of her after she left the Paris Opera.

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The Boston Herald published this cartoon earlier this month.

The Boston Herald's Missed 'Cartoongate' Lessons

10:38am October 20, 2014

by Eric Deggans

The newspaper's heartfelt column about a political cartoon that was widely criticized as racist raises a question: Did editors learn the right lessons from the uproar?

A woman looks at an oil portrait of Toni Morrison at the National Portrait Gallery. A self-portrait of sorts, Morrison's life of fiction drawn in words will be permanently kept at Princeton.

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Book News: Toni Morrison's Collection Finds A Permanent Home At Princeton

10:31am October 20, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

The Nobel laureate taught at Princeton University for 17 years. Now, her papers — some 180 linear feet of them — are returning to be housed in the school's library. Also: a roundup of new releases.

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The Art of Music Provides Hope in a Time of Horror in Scott E. Blumenthal's Novel The Kiss

8:55am October 20, 2014

by Bethany Chafin

Scott E. Blumenthal's debut novel is captivating, beautiful, and heartbreaking. Set in Rovno, Poland at the outset of World War Two, The Kiss follows three young musical prodigies who form a trio so talented and revered that their music and identities become that which myths are made of. Their music moves people to dream, to remember, and perhaps most importantly, to hope.

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Starring In 'Fury': The Horrors That People Are Capable Of In War

7:21am October 20, 2014

by Kenneth Turan

The WWII drama Fury is about a U.S. sergeant and his five-man crew on a mission behind enemy lines. Kenneth Turan reviews the film, directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf.

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