A Travel Show For Your Favorite Weird-Museum And Dance Enthusiast
Ovation's American Canvas has a lot of fun in San Francisco, starting with the art installation at Alcatraz.
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In 'Shadow,' Change And Growth As A Story Sheds Its Scales
Rachel Hartman continues her tale of half-dragon musician and unwilling diplomat Seraphina in Shadow Scale. Reviewer Amal El-Mohtar says the new book doesn't just live up to the old, it outgrows it.
A Writer Moves To 'Bettyville' To Care For His Elderly Mom
In 2011, George Hodgman visited his mother Betty for her 91st birthday in Paris, Missouri. When he saw she needed care, he left Manhattan to live with her. But she still hasn't accepted that he's gay.
Coming Out In A Galaxy Far Far Away: Star Wars Gets Its First LGBT Character
Star Wars has had a complicated relationship with LGBT issues in the past. A new character, Moff Mors, might change that.
Pop Culture Happy Hour, Small Batch Edition: 'King Of The Nerds'
Pop Culture Happy Hour regulars Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about the TBS competition show King Of The Nerds.
Got To Give $7.4 Million Up: Jury Finds Pharrell And Thicke Copied Marvin Gaye Song
A Los Angeles jury has determined that singers Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lifted portions of Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" when writing their hit "Blurred Lines."
New HBO Now Streaming Service Shows Consumer's Will Is King
HBO on Monday announced a new service presenting its shows online without a cable subscription. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says it also shows the power of consumers to bring change in a digital world.
Museum Asks Visitors To Listen To New York's Buildings
Iconic architecture, long a subject for academics and designers, is being explored with sound in a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York.
A Day After His Death, Frei Otto Awarded Pritzker Architecture Prize
The prize's jury, in its citation, said the German architect had developed "a most sensitive architecture that has influenced countless others throughout the world." Otto died Monday. He was 89.
Shockwaves Of A Kidnapping Echo In 'Barefoot Dogs'
Alan Cheuse reviews Antonio Ruiz-Camacho's first book, a collection of interwoven short stories called, Barefoot Dogs. He's a Mexican-born writer who spent much of his career as a reporter.