Arts & Life

Florence Klotz's costume design for Follies, which opened in 1971.

Arts

'Grand Illusion' Exhibit Lifts Curtain On The Secrets Of Setting The Stage

7:56am April 10, 2015

by Susan Stamberg

An exhibit at the Library of Congress is devoted to the art of theatrical design. Drawings, sketches, watercolors, posters and scale models reveal how magic and spectacle are achieved before our eyes.

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Renata Adler, Taking A Buzz Saw To The 'Tall Timber'

6:29pm April 09, 2015

by Juan Vidal

This new volume collects some of the uncompromising writer's greatest hits, from her coverage of the march on Selma to Monica Lewinsky, and of course her famous takedown of film critic Pauline Kael.

The celebrated poet Maya Angelou crafted a number of lines that have resonated with her readers â but the one on this stamp, it turns out, isn't one of them.

Books
Arts

USPS Picks Perfect Line For Maya Angelou Stamp — If Only It Were Hers

6:10pm April 09, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

A limited-edition stamp from the U.S. Postal Service, which was intended to honor the late poet, bears a quote that was actually written by a different author.

Sonoya Mizuno and Alicia Vikander in Ex-Machina.

Arts

Listening To The Ho-Hum Of The Machine

5:41pm April 09, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

Mark Jenkins says the new artificial intelligence film Ex Machina is diverting, but ultimately comes to a predictable and unsatisfying conclusion.

Arts

Bloody Yet Unsatisfying, 'Kill Me Three Times' Disappoints But Once

5:03pm April 09, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

Andrew Lapin says the bloody Australian black comedy wants to be a genre caper, but can't quite hit the right notes.

Olivia DeJonge, Georgie Henley, Willa Cuthrell, and Kara Hayward in The Sisterhood Of Night.

Arts

'The Sisterhood Of Night' Wonders What These Girls Are Up To

5:03pm April 09, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Ella Taylor says this heartfelt first feature appears at the beginning to be trafficking in cliches about teenage girls, but it ultimately asks questions about secrecy and the growth of public fear.

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Masterpiece's Wolf Hall.

Arts

Small Batch Edition: 'Wolf Hall' On PBS

3:51pm April 09, 2015

by Linda Holmes

PCHH pal and book enthusiast Barrie Hardymon joins us to talk Tudors, historical fiction, and expressive eyebrow acting.

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'The Only Words' Remembers Love And Science After The Apocalypse

3:27pm April 09, 2015

by Jason Heller

Jeffrey Rotter's new novel follows a young man searching for connection in a post-apocalyptic America. Critic Jason Heller calls it a "humbling monument to the sorrow, and the power, of loneliness."

Arts

This That or The Other

11:22am April 09, 2015

Is Bluetooth a historical figure, a sci-fi villain or a tech startup? There's something for every kind of nerd in our Silicon Valley-themed "This, That or the Other."

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G-G-G Network

11:22am April 09, 2015

What do George Washington, egg nog and Ginger Rogers have in common? They're all part of the "3G" network. Contestants giggle, gaggle and Google their way to victory in this final round.

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