Arts
On Again, Off Again
All bets are off in this week's final round, where each answer contains the word "off."
Mama Stamberg's Relish Faces Its Toughest Critics: NPR Staffers
It's tradition: Every year, Susan Stamberg sneaks her mother-in-law's cranberry relish recipe onto the air. To be honest, we've given her a hard time about it, and now she's seeking redemption.
News And Art Meet Through The Eyes Of A Drone
An art exhibit opening this week is providing a window to the atrocities of modern warfare from one hundred feet above.
Tribes Revive Indigenous Crops, And The Food Traditions That Go With Them
Members of some Native American tribes are hoping to revive their food and farming traditions by planting the kinds of indigenous crops their ancestors once grew.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Arrival' And Pop Culture Mood-Boosters
On this week's show, we talk about one of our favorite movies in a while and we offer some music and other stuff that can give you a boost when you need one.
Bob Dylan To Skip Nobel Prize Ceremony In Stockholm
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with David Gaines, author of In Dylan Town: A Fan's Life, about the news that Bob Dylan will not attend the ceremony to collect his Nobel Prize in Literature.
Nick Offerman Shares His Love Of Woodworking In 'Good Clean Fun'
Comedian and actor Nick Offerman became a star as the Libertarian Ron Swanson in the hit sitcom, Parks and Recreation. He's also pretty good in the woodshop. In fact, building things out of wood is a serious passion. And he's written about it in his latest book, Good Clean Fun.
'Bleed For This' Captures The Grime And Grit Of A Boxer's Astonishing Comeback
Miles Teller is light-middleweight boxer Vinny "The Pazmanian Devil" Paz in this intimate biopic that leans more into kitchen-sink realism than glossy uplift.
Tom Ford Delivers Pristine But Portentous Pulp In 'Nocturnal Animals'
This bifurcated film cross-cuts between the sterile existence of a coolly patrician L.A. gallery owner and the action of her ex-husband's raw-boned novel.