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'Schmuck' Revisits The Golden Age Of Radio, And A Bygone Manhattan

3:12pm March 05, 2014

by Maureen Corrigan

Ross Klavan's novel follows two radio sidekicks in midcentury New York: golden-voiced straight man Ted Fox, who has an eye for a good-looking dame, and funnyman Jerry Elkin, a veteran of World War II.

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Album Review: 'Morning Phase'

11:05am March 05, 2014

by Tom Moon

It's been six years since singer-songwriter Beck released his last album. Music critic Tom Moon says that Beck's new record, Morning Phase, is purposely out of step with the pop trends of the moment.

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Triad Arts Weekend Theme Music - Who's that Artist?

10:41am March 05, 2014

by David Ford

You know the catchy intro music on Triad Arts Weekend? Have you ever wondered who performs it?

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Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn to Perform at Crossroads at SECCA

8:43am March 05, 2014

by David Ford

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Kevin Young's 2012 essay collection The Grey Album: On The Blackness Of Blackness was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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Kevin Young On Blues, Poetry And 'Laughing To Keep From Crying'

2:46pm March 04, 2014

The poet describes his new book — about the death of his father and the birth of his son — as having a blues sensibility. "There are moments of humor even in the sorrow," he says.

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Fresh Air Remembers Literary Biographer Justin Kaplan

2:46pm March 04, 2014

Kaplan died Sunday at 88. His biography of Mark Twain won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. He also edited two editions of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Kaplan spoke to Fresh Air in 1992.

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Gong Meditation and Sound Immersion with Triad Percussionist Bill Smith

8:36am March 04, 2014

by David Ford

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Richard Emmett Takes Blue Ridge Music Center Post

8:37pm March 03, 2014

Winston-Salem's Richard Emmett has made a name for himself as a force in developing the city's arts scene. Now he's hoping to have the same effect in a more rural setting.

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Alain Resnais, Director And Master Of Disorientation, Dies At 91

7:19pm March 03, 2014

by Bob Mondello

Bob Mondello talks about the contributions of French filmmaker Alain Resnais, who died Saturday at the age of 91.

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Mark Harris' previous book is Pictures At A Revolution: Five Movies And The Birth Of The New Hollywood. He is also a columnist for Entertainment Weekly and Grantland.

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During World War II, Even Filmmakers Reported For Duty

1:35pm March 03, 2014

A new book looks at how the military and Hollywood directors teamed up during the war. The films they made helped show Americans what was at stake, and served as evidence during the Nuremberg Trials.

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