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Beverly Jenkins Wraps Bitter History In Sweet Romance

3:55pm August 10, 2015

by Petra Mayer

Beverly Jenkins writes historical romances — about free black towns, lawmen and cowboys and Civil War vets. She says her mission is to illuminate the parts of black history you don't learn in school.

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When the reservations were established and peace made between the Apsáalooke and the Lakota, there were frequent visits between the tribes. The result was that Lakota warbonnets, pipebags and even pipes were placed in Crow hands.

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How A Candy Magnate Helped Bring A Holy Collection Home

3:46pm August 10, 2015

by Micah Schweizer

In 2008, the Brinton Museum was on life support. But an unlikely benefactor stepped in to save it, funding its revival as the home to a historic — and willingly given — collection of Crow artifacts.

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Daryl Hannah in the Netflix series Sense8.

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'Sense8' Is Getting A Second Season — Now What?

2:09pm August 10, 2015

by Tasha Robinson

The elaborate, idiosyncratic Netflix series, created by the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski, has at least one more season to spin its world-spanning story. Where should it go next?

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A Preview Of The Willingham Theatre's Fall Performance Series

11:58am August 10, 2015

by David Ford

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Prince onstage during the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February.

Prince Compares Record Contracts To Slavery In Rare Meeting With Media

7:14am August 10, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Music icon Prince is worried about the future of the music business for artists, and his top priority can be summed up in one word: freedom.

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art's "The Rising" exhibition includes portraits (by photographer Jonathan Traviesa) of the day laborers who helped rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Forget The Wreckage: Museums' Katrina Shows Look At How City Has Moved On

7:12pm August 09, 2015

by Neda Ulaby

As the 10th anniversary of the hurricane's landfall approaches, art museums across New Orleans focus on how the city sees itself today. In other words, no ruins and no people trapped on roofs.

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Ricki (Meryl Streep), a cover band frontwoman, in Ricki and the Flash.

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Straight From Diablo Cody's Life: 'Ricki' And Difficult Families

2:07pm August 09, 2015

by NPR Staff

In the film Ricki and the Flash, Meryl Streep plays a mother who abandoned her family to become a rock star. Both Streep and writer Diablo Cody say the story of the film hits close to home.

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Ricky (Meryl Streep) performs at the Salt Well in a scene from Ricki and the Flash.

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Meryl Streep Shines In 'Ricki And The Flash'

11:27am August 09, 2015

by Scott Tobias

Diablo Cody and Jonathan Demme offer a lovable portrait of a singer and guitarist in a better-than-average bar band.

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Video Shows Unauthorized Visitor One Night Before Museum Theft

9:54am August 09, 2015

Investigators have just released old surveillance video of the Boston Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in 1990, just before it was robbed of $500 million in art. They're asking the public for help.

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Things Left Unspoken Haunt Hard-Hitting 'Dragonfish'

7:03am August 09, 2015

by Tasha Robinson

There are a few confessional speeches in Vu Tran's noirish debut novel, but what people write is more important than what they say: Anguished notes, letters and secret diary all drive the action.