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I, Spy: Valerie Plame Makes Her Fiction Debut In CIA Thriller

11:16am September 28, 2013

by NPR Staff

In Blowback, Plame channels her expertise in nuclear counterproliferation into a "realistic portrait" of a female covert agent. Plame confesses that there's a lot of downtime in the life of a spy, but still, the CIA is "the world's biggest dating agency."

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt -- in his writing and directing debut -- plays Jon, a porn addict with no interest in relationships until Barbara (Scarlett Johansson) changes things.

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Gordon-Levitt's 'Don Jon' Is An Openhearted Directorial Debut

2:15pm September 27, 2013

by David Edelstein

Joseph Gordon-Levitt also wrote and stars in the film, about a prolific seducer and porn addict who changes his ways when Scarlett Johansson's character enters the picture. Critic David Edelstein says Don Jon is smart, with a subversive touch.

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The Genuine, UNCSA Films, and Live at UNCG with Greensboro Spartan Jazz Collective

1:03pm September 27, 2013

by David Ford

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Diane Ravitch critiques attempts to replace teachers with technology.

Diane Ravitch Rebukes Education Activists' 'Reign Of Error'

8:11am September 27, 2013

by NPR Staff

Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch spent years advocating for an overhaul of the American education system. Now she criticizes changes that she used to support, like charter schools and school choice. She explains her reasoning in Reign of Error, her new book on the pitfalls of privatizing education.

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The Music Behind the Ken Burns Documentaries

8:06am September 27, 2013

by David Ford

Pianist Jacqueline Schwab has been heard on more than a dozen PBS documentaries by film maker Ken Burns who calls her playing “…insistent, physical, heartfelt and…unusually moving”. You can hear for yourself Friday night, October 4th at 7:30 pm in Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Greensboro. Jacqueline’s performance will feature traditional Celtic music, Civil War tunes, hymns and spirituals, ragtime, blues and even tango.

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In a Broadway transfer of the American Repertory Theatre's acclaimed production of The Glass Menagerie, Cherry Jones plays Amanda, mother to the very troubled Laura (Celia Keenan-Bolger). The play cemented Tennessee Williams' reputation as an American ori

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An American Masterpiece, And A 'Menagerie' Of Stars

7:19pm September 26, 2013

by Jeff Lunden

A revival of Tennessee Williams' glorious 1945 drama opens tonight at Broadway's Booth Theater. Zachary Quinto and Cherry Jones star in the play, which is partly based on the playwright's own life and family.

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Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan portray pioneering sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson in a new Showtime series.

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'Masters Of Sex' Get Unmasterful Treatment On Showtime

3:34pm September 26, 2013

by John Powers

The series follows the stories of science pioneers William Masters and Virginia Johnson, who helped bring sexuality into the light. Critic John Powers says it clearly aspires to be "the Mad Men of sex" -- but falls short in both its eye for detail and its retrograde portrayals of sex.

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International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro Celebrates Jazz Great Max Roach

7:46am September 26, 2013

by David Ford

The International Civil Rights Museum memorializes the courageous stand of the Greensboro Four as they launched the sit-in movement at the downtown F.W. Woolworth lunch counter in on February 1, 1960.

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Boxes of empty Jinro soju bottles sit in a downtown Seoul, South Korea, shop on April 1, 2005.

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Move Over Vodka; Korean Soju's Taking A Shot At America

3:35pm September 25, 2013

by Tom Dreisbach

It's the top-selling spirit in the world, but you've probably never heard of it. That's because Jinro soju does less than 5 percent of its sales in the U.S. Now, they're looking to expand that presence — by a lot. "We want to be in every store," says one marketing manager. "That's our main goal."

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A Sneak Peek at the UNCSA Fall Film Showcase

8:22am September 25, 2013

by David Ford

It's an hour and 25-minutes of outstanding, eclectic short films, interspersed with dynamic trailers all by some of the world's finest up and coming student film makers—and it's free.

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