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A Surprisingly Effective Trailer For 'The Last Five Years'

9:28am December 08, 2014

by Linda Holmes

The trailer for the upcoming film The Last Five Years shows lots of Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan singing to each other, because ... that's the movie. It's good, though.

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Bel Canto Company Presents "Gift of the Magi" Concert

8:49am December 08, 2014

by David Ford

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The four undergrads of the Diaspora team were given "a global commission to rebottle the genie of personal privacy" after scoring $200,000 in a Kickstarter campaign and support and mentorship from Silicon Valley's brightest.

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Is Privacy Protection 'More Awesome Than Money'?

4:58pm December 07, 2014

by Nathan Siegel

Jim Dwyer's new book chronicles the life of Diaspora, a feisty, nonprofit social network dedicated to safeguarding personal privacy.

Donald Hall is a former U.S. poet laureate and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2010.

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At 86, Poet Donald Hall Writes On, But Leaves Verse Behind

5:36pm December 06, 2014

by NPR Staff

The former U.S. poet laureate says he can't write poetry any more, but still has some prose in him. In a new book, Essays After Eighty, he considers his art, his beard and his experience growing old.

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Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appeared on the Fox Business Network earlier this year. He has been a frequent cable news commentator about the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases.

Four Lessons From The Media's Conflicted Coverage of Race

1:52pm December 06, 2014

by Eric Deggans

After grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans notes media missteps in discussing race.

Drummer Max Weinberg performs with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in East Rutherford, N.J., in August 2002.

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Not My Job: E Street Drummer Max Weinberg Gets Quizzed On New Jersey

12:56pm December 06, 2014

Peter Sagal has taken more than a few potshots at his home state over the years, so we'll quiz Weinberg — a proud son of Newark — about some of New Jersey's highlights.

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Before becoming a monk, Nicky Vreeland apprenticed with the great photographers Richard Avedon and Irving Penn.

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From Chic Manhattanite To 'Monk With A Camera'

11:51am December 06, 2014

by NPR Staff

A new film tells the story of how Nicky Vreeland — a trained photographer and grandson of a fashion icon — used his camera to help rebuild the Tibetan Buddhist monastery he now leads.

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A Spanish 'Rent' Marks Return Of Broadway Musicals To Havana

11:51am December 06, 2014

by Jasmine Garsd

A half-century after such shows were banned by the Castro government, rehearsals are underway for a Spanish-language production of the rock musical Rent.

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First-Generation 'Boston Girl' Becomes Career Woman In Diamant's Latest

11:51am December 06, 2014

by NPR Staff

Anita Diamant — who also authored The Red Tent — tells the story of Addie Baum in her latest novel. Baum is a Jewish girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents in Boston's North End.

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Mourners Decry Police Shooting Of Akai Gurley In Brooklyn

11:51am December 06, 2014

by Stephen Nessen

Akai Gurley was an unarmed black man killed by a police officer last month. Many of those who attended his wake in Brooklyn Friday night see his killing as fitting into a pattern of police conduct.

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