Walmart heir wants museums to attract more people and donates $40 million to help
Alice Walton's foundation Art Bridges will give grants to dozens of museums around the country.
Arts
Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners show the beauty — and precarity — of nature
The winning photographs star different species from around the world, all highlighting the interplay between animals and humans. The two grand titles went to shots of a horseshoe crab and barn owls.
Meet the craftsman reviving the artform of handmade carousels
An Ohio town that used to be known for its handmade carousels lost the last manufacturer during the pandemic. A new craftsman is taking up the chisel to revive the artform.
This map tracks more than 300 cider donut locations in New England
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to "Cider Donuteur" Alex Schwartz about a map they created which tracks hundreds apple cider donut vendors across the Northeast.
Justin Torres explores the queer history we're not talking about in novel 'Blackouts'
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Justin Torres on how Torres uncovered hidden queer history for his new novel 'Blackouts.'
The story of an Indigenous woman in Colombia who fought back against Coca-Cola
The coca leaf has been a part of Andean culture for thousands of years. But when an indigenous woman used it in a drink she calls Coca Pola, her company entered into the crosshairs of Coca-Cola.
A Minnesota man has grown the world's largest pumpkin... again
On Monday, a man beat his own record for the largest pumpkin ever grown in North America. This one was 2, 749 pounds — almost 200 pounds heavier than last year's fruit!
In Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Roman Stories,' many characters are caught between two worlds
In her return to short stories, the Interpreter of Maladies author returns to fiction that powerfully conveys her characters' efforts to navigate geography and culture to find a place in the world.
A perfect artistic union: Wes Anderson adapts Roald Dahl's singularly strange visions
Netflix's anthology series presents four of Dahl's short stories — all of them written for the screen and directed by Anderson, and all of them featuring Dahl's dazzling, fairy-tale-book visuals.
Keegan-Michael Key breaks down how he sets up a joke
The Key & Peele and Schmigadoon! star explains why he loves sketch comedy — watching it, performing it and writing about it. His book, with writing partner Elle Key, is The History of Sketch Comedy.