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New Series 'The Bridge' Seeks An Audience In Two Languages

8:53pm July 10, 2013

by Hansi Lo Wang

The crime drama, which airs Wednesday night on FX, code-switches between American English and Mexican Spanish. The network is trying to lure viewers who speak both languages.

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Author Kate Christensen weaves her love of food and cooking into a new memoir.

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'Blue Plate Special': A Generous Helping Of Life

3:56pm July 10, 2013

Novelist Kate Christensen makes a plot line of her own life in a memoir that describes her struggles to come to terms with her family, her relationships and her sometimes violent father. A passionate lover of food, Christensen weaves recipes into a story of survival.

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Meet the Arts Organization: Winston-Salem's Hispanic Arts Initiative

10:36am July 10, 2013

by David Ford

The fast-growing Latino population in the U.S. has received a lot of press lately, but what about the many cultural impacts on our state and here in the Triad?

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Chuck Klosterman On Batman, Bad Guys And Wearing 'The Black Hat'

6:00pm July 09, 2013

by NPR Staff

From Darth Vader's grown-up fan base to why people like mysterious vigilantes, Klosterman's I Wear The Black Hat is a meditation on villainy, both real and imagined.

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In his new book, Alfredo Corchado writes about the escalating violence in Mexico.

Drugs, Chaos And Violence Darken Mexico's 'Midnight'

2:11pm July 09, 2013

Journalist Alfredo Corchado covers Mexico for the Dallas Morning News. His new book, Midnight In Mexico, is part memoir and part recent history of the upheaval in the country. He talks to Fresh Air about the power of the cartels, the rampant corruption and the hopes for the future of Mexico.

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Rich Halley and his quartet play with Bobby Bradford at the Penofin Jazz Festival.

Two New Jazz Albums Recall The Wide Open Spaces of The West

2:11pm July 09, 2013

by Kevin Whitehead

Oregon saxophonist Rich Halley takes inspiration from the Wallowa mountain range on his new album Crossing the Passes. On Boss of the Plains, Chicago-based trio Wheelhouse makes music that evokes the Great Plains and wind chimes on a porch when the weather changes.

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Performance artist Miranda July's new project, We Think Alone, blasts a set of random emails from some well-known names on intimate topics to anyone who signs up for them.

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Miranda July: From The Outboxes Of The Noteworthy

1:16pm July 09, 2013

by NPR Staff

Filmmaker and artist Miranda July's new project, We Think Alone, blasts emails from some well-known names on intimate topics to anyone who signs up for them.

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Fizz And Fireworks: Make A Patriotic Homemade Soda For The Fourth

12:38pm July 09, 2013

by Serri Graslie

Homemade sodas are hot these days: Americans bought more than 1.2 million home carbonators last year. For the Fourth of July, we asked mixologist Gina Chersevani to help us tap into the trend with a soda float inspired by Independence Day.

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Emma Dodd and Claire Quinn, churn butter at Claude Moore Colonial Farm.

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How The DIY Butter Trend Got Churning

12:38pm July 09, 2013

by Allison Aubrey

It's not just homesteaders, hipsters and foodies getting into the hands-on pursuit. The butter-churning craze is part of a larger, do-it-yourself food movement that includes everything from canning, to making homemade bitters, a food writer says.

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Hard crabs, like these blue crabs, are used in Bill Smith's Crab Stew recipe.

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Hard Crab Stew, No Longer Hard (Or Messy)

12:38pm July 09, 2013

by NPR Staff

Some of the greatest summer food experiences take you outside — from shucking corn and barbecuing to spitting watermelon seeds. Chef Bill Smith says his favorite summer memories took place at picnic tables over messy bowls of his grandmother's crab stew.

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