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In Inherent Vice, Joaquin Phoenix (left) plays a burned-out hippie private eye, while Josh Brolin is a Los Angeles Police Department detective -- Lt. Detective "Bigfoot" Bjornsen -- who is investigating a murder and kidnapping case.

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After Decades Acting, Josh Brolin Still Wonders If He's 'Good Enough'

9:34am December 05, 2014

Brolin co-stars in an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel Inherent Vice. He says as an actor he's always wondering: "Can I live up to what this person has written? There's always a fear around that."

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A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Holiday Encores Edition

9:15am December 05, 2014

by Linda Holmes

This week, we have two past segments to revisit: a look at our favorite and least favorite holiday pop culture, and a listen to some seasonal music.

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Carolina Music Ways Educates Students on the Musical Heritage of the Piedmont

8:43am December 05, 2014

by David Ford

Carolina Music Ways is a grassroots organization that's evolved into one of the most dynamic educational non-profits in the region.

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I'm Not Scary, I'm Just Drawn That Way: Great Comics For Halloween

9:46pm December 04, 2014

Ready for a Halloween scare? Reviewer Etelka Lehoczky says these graphic novels and compilations — packed with creepy cults, alien monsters, gravediggers and ghosts — are just the ticket.

Ron Rash is a poet, novelist and short-story writer whose 2009 novel Serena was a New York Times bestseller. Rash's signature subject is life in Appalachia, past and present.

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Set In Appalachia, This Rewarding Story Collection Is 'Rich And Strange'

3:29pm December 04, 2014

by Maureen Corrigan

Ron Rash's best short stories from the past 20 years take you to a land apart psychologically and geographically. His writing is powerful, stripped down and very still.

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Mary Martin won a Tony Award playing the lead role in the 1954 Broadway production of Peter Pan.

Hate The Idea Of 'Peter Pan Live'? NBC Is Counting On It

10:40am December 04, 2014

by Eric Deggans

NBC's Peter Pan Live! production seems to be utterly in earnest — but TV critic Eric Deggans wonders if the show will need a viewership boost from critics snarking on Twitter to really succeed.

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Anselm Kiefer's Sprache der Vogel belongs to one of Miami's best-known private collections.

How Private Collectors Helped Make Miami An Art Destination

10:34am December 04, 2014

by Greg Allen

Every December, tens of thousands of visitors descend on Miami. But they aren't there for the beaches; they're there for Art Basel, a giant art fair that private collectors helped lure to the city.

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North Carolina A&T Visual & Performing Arts University Choir to Perform Holiday Concert

9:04am December 04, 2014

by David Ford

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Nicholas Komninos (from left), Anthony Pernisi and Ashlee Doele are among the 25 students who signed up for the first suds-specific class in Paul Smith's College's new minor in craft beers. It's a three-credit course in brewing, replete with labs and lect

Hey, College Kids: You Really Can Minor In Craft Beer Studies

4:52pm December 03, 2014

by David Sommerstein

Paul Smith's College, in upstate New York, is among a handful of higher ed institutions offering coursework in craft beer. Be forewarned: The classes are heavier on the science than the partying.

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Historian Illustrates Racial Intolerance In The Northeast In Post-War U.S.

2:00pm December 03, 2014

In his new book All Eyes Are Upon Us, Jason Sokol writes about how Northerners were blind to patterns of segregation, discrimination and racial violence in such states as New York and Massachusetts.

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