Arts

In Memoir, Linda Ronstadt Describes Her 'Simple Dreams'

10:37am October 30, 2013

Last month, Ronstadt revealed that she has Parkinson's disease and can no longer sing. Her new memoir, Simple Dreams, reflects on a long career. In this conversation with Fresh Air's Terry Gross, she offers frank insights on sex, drugs, and why "competition was for horse races."

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North Carolina Dance Festival Begins at UNC-Greensboro

8:56am October 30, 2013

by David Ford

The 23rd season of the NC Dance Festival opens at UNC-Greensboro, Friday, November 1st and 2nd at 8:00 PM with a different show each night in Aycock Auditorium. It's the third stop in the Festival's statewide tour from the High Country of Boone to the Wilmington coast, and it features work by eight of the best modern dance choreographers in Our State. Among them is Jen Guy Metcalf, founder and director of TERRANOVA Dance Theatre. She's joined by Dance Project and Van Dyke Dance Group founder Jan Van Dyke.

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Johnny Cash: The Life delves more deeply into Cash's dark side than the 2005 film Walk the Line.

Biography Doesn't Hold Back On Darkest Years Of 'The Man In Black'

7:49am October 30, 2013

by NPR Staff

Through all the pain and redemption, "Johnny Cash was a good man," author Robert Hilburn tells NPR's David Greene. Hilburn's new biography of the late country singer is titled Johnny Cash: The Life.

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Rae Padulo creates handmade ceramics, like these holiday ornaments, for her Etsy-based company, mudstar ceramics. She's disappointed with the site's new policy to allow outsourced manufacturing. "There's nothing wrong with factory-made," she says, but "th

Arts
Economy

Etsy's New Policy Means Some Items Are 'Handmade In Spirit'

7:49am October 30, 2013

by Ashley Milne-Tyte

Online marketplace Etsy is a hive for creative vendors selling handmade goods. But the site recently said it will allow sellers to outsource their manufacturing. Some vendors with growing businesses are delighted at this news; others feel Etsy is abandoning its small enterprises.

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Winston-Salem Youth Chorus Celebrates 20th Anniversary

8:28am October 29, 2013

by David Ford

Choral singing provides young people with an exciting entree into the world of music, and a lifetime of arts appreciation. Over the past 20 years, children in and around Forsyth County have thoroughly enjoyed their experiences rehearsing with and performing in the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus, under the direction of Founder, Artistic & Executive Director Barbara Beattie.

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Arts

Botched Investigation Fuels Kennedy Conspiracy Theories

3:11pm October 28, 2013

It's been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and polls show that a majority of Americans still believe Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy, not a lone assassin. Philip Shenon, author of A Cruel and Shocking Act, explores what keeps these conspiracy theories alive.

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Violin Soloist Kevin Lawrence Performs Bach's Solo Sonatas

8:25am October 28, 2013

by David Ford

Praised for his "vibrant intensity," (The Times, London) and playing "supremely co

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Books
Arts

One Way For An Indie Bookstore To Last? Put Women 'First'

5:59pm October 27, 2013

by Cheryl Corley

Women and Children First has weathered more than three decades of competition from chain stores and online booksellers to become one of the largest feminist bookstores in the U.S. Now, the Chicago store is among the few of its kind left standing — and it's on the hunt for new ownership.

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Tom Hanks stars in Captain Phillips, a film that's recently been subject to a "whisper campaign" of pre-Oscars criticism.

Arts

Word On The Street Is Oscars 'Whisper Campaigns' Have Begun

5:59pm October 27, 2013

by NPR Staff

Leading Oscar contenders are under fire as award season approaches. Journalist Scott Feinberg recently wrote in The Hollywood Reporter about the trash-talking that spreads before the Oscars to take down perceived front-runners. He talks to NPR's Arun Rath about a campaign against Captain Phillips and why such efforts often backfire.

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Arts

'We Walk In Circles,' Pursuing Dreams And Finding Creativity

5:59pm October 27, 2013

by NPR Staff

Daniel Alarcon's new novel is set in an unnamed, war-scarred Latin American country. The protagonist, Nelson, is an aspiring playwright — though he doesn't pursue his dreams with much diligence. Alarcon discusses his own views on working as an artist and his creative process.

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