Liza Corsillo offers tips on buying gifts for dads
Liza Corsillo, a senior writer at "The Strategist," has some tips on buying gifts for dads.
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Couple remembers how they got engaged when Chistmas and Hanukkah fell on the same day
Hanukkah and Christmas begin on the same day in 2024, a rare occurrence. The last time it happened was a very special date for spouses Rob and Erica Walker.
Cassava bread is named a cultural heritage of humanity
In December, UNESCO labeled cassava bread as a cultural heritage of humanity. The flatbread is common to several Latin American and Caribbean countries, especially of indigenous communities.
The creator of video game 'Stardew Valley' talks its legacy and future
The farming simulation game Stardew Valley came out eight years ago and became a sensation. Developers updated the game last month — making hundreds of changes and adding new content.
A North Carolina town has become the unlikely epicenter of furniture taste making
There's a town in North Carolina that evolved as the unlikely epicenter of furniture tastemaking. Each year buyers, makers, trendsetters for furniture descend and hustle to be the next hot couch, chair etc. These are the people who choose the couch you sit on, before you even know you want it. Next hot color: huckleberry.
Conversations about building community reveal widespread longing for spaces to gather
NPR Member stations spoke with people around the country as part of our series Seeking Common Ground. A range of people and political views share a longing for places to create a sense of community.
'Lights on a Satellite' revisits a three-set Sun Ra show from 1978
The Philadelphia bandleader didn't always connect with traditional jazz audiences, but he found a second home doing so in Baltimore. A new double album revisit a show he and his "Arkestra" gave there.
Miranda July talks 'All Fours' -- and the risks and rewards of changing your life
July's been surprised by the reaction to her novel, which centers on a 45-year-old married woman who has an erotic affair: "I've had people tell me that ... it was all there, all their true feelings."
Think you can't dance? Get up and try these tips in our comic. We dare you!
Anyone can dance. As you read this comic, follow each step — and you'll be moving and grooving in no time.
Pedro Almodóvar meditates on death in first English feature 'The Room Next Door'
Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language film, The Room Next Door, is a meditation on death. Writing and making movies "is a way of running away from death," the Spanish director says.