Backstage at the Eastern Music Festival 2014
What makes the Eastern Music Festival one of the country's outstanding summer educational institutions and performance festivals?
In Acting And In Life, Lauren Bacall 'Loved The Idea Of Adventure'
Lauren Bacall died Tuesday in New York at the age of 89. In 1994, she talked with Fresh Air about her early career, working with Marilyn Monroe and her intense love affair with Humphrey Bogart.
Robin Williams: In Looking For Laughs, 'You Have To Be Deeply Honest'
The comedian and actor died Monday at age 63. In 2006, Williams spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about improvising, his training and how people expected him to act crazy.
In A Funny New Novel, A Weary Professor Writes To 'Dear Committee Members'
Julie Schumacher's anti-hero pens recommendations for junior colleagues, lackluster students and former lovers. The novel deftly mixes comedy with social criticism and righteous outrage.
How 'The Knick' Creators Capture Turn-Of-The-Century Operating Scenes
The drama is set in a New York hospital in 1900, when surgeons were developing new techniques. Series creators Jack Amiel and Michael Begler and medical historian Stanley Burns talk about the show.
Hollywood, Broadway Icon Lauren Bacall Dies At 89
Award-winning actress Lauren Bacall was Humphrey Bogart's partner on and off the screen. She was nominated for an Academy Award, won two Tony Awards and received an honorary Oscar in 2009.
As Museums Try To Make Ends Meet, 'Deaccession' Is The Art World's Dirty Word
Deaccessioning is the permanent removal of an object from a museum's collection. And there are a lot of rules surrounding it — for one, selling art to pay off debt will get you in big trouble.