A Tour To The REACH, The Kennedy Center's New Performance Space
NPR's Michel Martin talks with the Kennedy Center's Marc Bamuthi Joseph about the opening of the REACH rehearsal and performance space.
Performing Arts
The Next Stage: How Young Venezuelan Artists Continue Their Studies In The U.S.
More than 200,000 Venezuelans have fled to South Florida in recent years. Now, with the help of Miami arts programs, young dancers and musicians are getting scholarships to keep doing what they love.
Colombia's Big Summer Music Festival Is All About Blackness
The Petronio Alvarez festival is the big event of the summer — five days of music and food and fashion. More than 100,000 people travel to celebrate Afro-Colombian culture.
In Bay Area, Indian Immigrants Find Community In Theater
A theater company in Santa Clara, Calif., has become a place for Indian immigrants working in the tech sector to find a home away from home.
A Show For Las Vegas: 'Mondays Dark'
Mondays Dark is a show that's for Las Vegas, a city seen by many as a place to go crazy and then leave. The city's performers volunteer to entertain a local audience and raise money for charity.
'Mondays Dark': A Las Vegas Show For And About The Local Community
More than 2 million people call greater Las Vegas home, locals say visitors miss its hidden gems. Such as this night of entertainment — not your typical Vegas show. Proceeds go to area charities.
Whatever Happened To ... The Farmers Who Danced In The Mud For The 'Kiki Challenge'?
Last summer, they danced to Drake's "In My Feelings" in a rice paddy and racked up a million page views. Here's what the farmers — and the vlogger behind it — have been up to since then.
The Journey To '10,000 Balconies'
A Syrian playwright wanted to write a love story based on Romeo and Juliet. Set in Damascus. Performed in Arkansas. After a three-year ordeal, the production comes to stage this weekend.
Musical Instruments To Be Exempt From Restrictions On Heavily Trafficked Rosewood
An international endangered species treaty that placed trade restrictions on rosewood is poised to exempt musical instruments from the regulations.
A Trumpet Made Of Bullets And The Kids Who Inspired It Take Hope Around The Country
The Instrument of Hope, a trumpet made partly of bullets and inspired by the survivors of the 2018 Parkland, Fla., mass shooting, is touring the country to promote healing.