A Grammy Wrap-Up, With Soft Music And Extra Beck
Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson look back at the 2015 Grammys telecast and conclude that it could have used a little more joy.
Arts & Life
From Soy Sauce To Bullet Trains: Famed Japanese Designer Dies At 85
Decades after Kenji Ekuan created Kikkoman's iconic soy sauce bottles with their red caps, he designed Japan's bullet train, in a career driven by a desire to make good design accessible to everyone.
Korean Dictator, All-American Dad: One Actor's 'Very Unique Year'
When Randall Park realized how important the sitcom Fresh Off The Boat was going to be, he got cold feet — until the real-life Eddie Huang talked him down. Then came the storm over The Interview.
What Do We Do 'In The Shadows'? Dishes, Mostly
Jemaine Clement, famed Flight of the Conchords member, is now a vampire. He and co-star/director Taika Waititi play squabbling bloodsucker flatmates in the new mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows.
Live-Blogging The Grammy Awards
Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson get together for the seventh time to live blog the Grammy Awards.
A Place That Can't Exist Again: Blondie's New York
Chris Stein's photos in Me, Blondie and the Advent of Punk Rock document a city that is barely recognizable today.
Ornery Artist's Hand-Lettered Screeds Helped Him Keep The World At Bay
Jesse Howard filled his property with signs that proclaimed his disappointment with the world. The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis recently opened the first comprehensive survey of his work.
Black And Female In Jim Crow Era, A Reporter In 'Jam! On the Vine'
The new novel follows a black journalist in Kansas City in the aftermath of the Civil War. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with LaShonda Katrice Barnett about her book.
Two Is Company, Three Is A Crowd
For each familiar two-word phrase, use the first three letters of the first word and the first three letters of the second word to start two other words that have opposite meanings of each other.
Stories That Must Be Told In 'My Documents'
Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra's new story collection shows off his exacting eye, comic timing and powers of description; critic Juan Vidal says the narratives flow like a glass of cool water.