Pop Culture Happy Hour, Small Batch: 'House Hunters International'
Glen Weldon and Linda Holmes sit down for a little chat about flats in Paris, bad jokes, and wanting to live abroad but still be at home.
Arts
Sweet Honey in the Rock Returns to the Triad for the Secrest Artist Series
Discover the theatrics, the stories, and characters, that inspire the arrangements and performances of Grammy nominated a capella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock.
Book News: Agatha Christie And The Secret Of The Lost Lockbox Jewels
Long hidden in a common trunk, Christie's family jewelry is now heading to auction. And the day's secrets don't end there: J.K. Rowling also stirred Twitter with a cryptic hint about her new book.
Sandwich Monday: PB&J Balls
For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a new take on a brown-bag lunch classic. Welch's has re-engineered the PB&J in ball form.
A 'Post-Post-Colonial' Take On The Violent Birth Of Modern Jamaica
Marlon James' latest novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, is not brief, and it contains many more than seven deaths. It's a portrait of Jamaica in the '70s, when gang warfare and reggae reigned.
One Sculptor's Answer To WWI Wounds: Plaster, Copper And Paint
World War I left many soldiers with disfiguring scars. For those whose faces were no longer recognizable, an American artist, Anna Coleman Ladd, sculpted masks to cover their injuries.
Book News: Murakami Drops A New Story, Just As Nobel Week Begins
In "Scheherazade," he tells the tale of a captive listener — in more ways than one. Also: A big week to come includes the Nobel Prize announcement, "Super Thursday" and several notable books.
This 'Book Of Witches' Casts A Fascinating, Sobering Spell
A new Penguin compendium of documents relating to three centuries of witch trials lays the blame on fractured communities and cruel governments — and draws unsettling parallels to current events.
Deciphering The 'Priestly Mumbo-Jumbo' Of The Financial World
If you're mystified by terms like "Libor," "stagflation" and "Grexit," you should pick up John Lanchester's new book, How To Speak Money, which aims to untangle the tortured language of finance.