Smithsonian In Talks Over London Outpost — Its First Overseas
If negotiations are successful, the Smithsonian would join other attractions at the site of London's Olympic Park.
Arts & Life
It'd Be No 'Folly' To Remake This Musical Classic
Now that the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods has made more than $100 million at the box office in just three weeks, NPR's movie critic Bob Mondello has a modest musical proposal.
After Father's Death, A Writer Learns How 'The Japanese Say Goodbye'
Lost in a deep depression, Marie Mutsuki Mockett visited a temple owned by her mother's family near Fukushima. There, she found traditions and ways of thought that helped her work through her grief.
Watch 'Bob's Burgers'? Now You Can Eat Them, Too
What happens when you try to make a burger out of a pun? One blog, two years, and dozens of recipes later, millions of fans can now cook up their very own Bob's burgers.
'Mr. Mac' Paints Flowers In A Darkening World
Esther Freud's new novel Mr. Mac and Me traces an unlikely friendship between a lonely boy and a struggling artist. Reviewer Heller McAlpin says the book has both technical prowess and grace.
'The Jaguar's Children' Is Ripped From Heartbreaking Headlines
Critic Alan Cheuse says John Vaillant's intense tale of illegal immigrants trapped in a tanker truck in the Arizona desert expands a single terrible story into a history of human suffering.
New Technology Immerses Audiences At Sundance Film Festival
From flying like a bird to walking through a refugee camp in Syria, virtual reality has enabled journalists, filmmakers and artists to immerse their audience in their stories like never before.
'Stronger Than Ever' Sundance Docs Tackle Scientology, Campus Rape
Critic Kenneth Turan says Going Clear and The Hunting Ground are among the films that "blew people away" at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
When Pop Broke Up With Jazz
For the first half of the 20th century, Tin Pan Alley songwriters like Irving Berlin and the Gershwins dominated pop music. By the the 1950s, tastes had changed, and the music changed with them.
Sundance A Lab For Changing Models In Film, TV
Audie Cornish speaks with film reporter Steve Zeitchik of the Los Angeles Times about the trends, breakouts and mood at this year's Sundance Film Festival.