Arts & Life

Luis Alberto Urrea was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his 2004 book The Devil's Highway: A True Story, about a group of Mexican men who cross the border into the United States.

Mexican-American Author Finds Inspiration In Family, Tragedy And Trump

1:31pm March 05, 2018

by Terry Gross

Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels borrows from the story of his older brother, who died of cancer. He says the book went through a dramatic rewrite after Trump became president.

Frances McDormand won best actress for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. As she accepted her award, she asked all other female Oscar nominees to stand up and be recognized.

Arts

2018 Oscar Winners: The Complete List

11:18am March 05, 2018

by Nicole Cohen

Guillermo del Toro's The Shape Of Water took home the evening's biggest prize, best picture. Frances McDormand won best actress, and Gary Oldman won best actor.

Arts

On The Oscars Red Carpet, The Clothes Tell The Stories

9:14pm March 04, 2018

The showrunners behind this year's event designed it to be protest-free, making it the first awards show in a while where fashion might be the primary topic of conversation on the red carpet.

Arts

Anna Deavere Smith Brings One-Woman Play 'Notes From The Field' To HBO

7:09pm March 04, 2018

Anna Deavere Smith brings her one-woman play "Notes From the Field" to HBO. She tells NPR's Michel Martin about bringing the stories of mass incarceration and social justice to the stage.

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Legend of the Condor Heroes features the kind of high-flying martial arts many Western audiences were introduced to by the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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Chinese Classic 'Condor Heroes' Takes Wing In English

10:00am March 04, 2018

by Alan Yu

Jin Yong's wildly popular historical series Legends of the Condor Heroes has been adapted many times for Chinese TV, movies and comics, and now the first volume has been translated into English.

Huntington, W.V. Fire Chief Jan Rader is a central figure in the Netflix documentary short Heroin(e).

'Heroin(e)': The Women Fighting Addiction In Appalachia

8:11am March 04, 2018

by Renee Montagne

An Oscar-nominated documentary short explores the country's opioid crisis through the heroism of women in Huntington, W.Va. — women like fire chief Jan Rader and drug court judge Patricia Keller.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's new memoir, Unmasked, covers the composer's life and creative process.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Genius Is 'Unmasked' In New Memoir

8:11am March 04, 2018

The famed composer of Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and many more tells his story in a new memoir.

NPR's Frank Langfitt and his family, left to right, Christopher, Katie and Julie Langfitt, went "champing" — church camping — inside the historic St. Katherine's Church in England.

My Night Camping In An 18th Century Church In England

7:34am March 04, 2018

by Frank Langfitt

Many old churches in England have gone into disrepair after losing their congregations. Now an organization is raising money for upkeep by letting people camp — "champ" — overnight inside of them.

"Three Rooms in Valerie's Head" by David Gaffney and Dan Berry

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Arts

Two Brits Achieve Artistic Balance In 'Valerie's Head'

7:00am March 04, 2018

by Etelka Lohoczky

Author David Gaffney and illustrator Dan Berry bring just the right amount of nuttiness to their new graphic novel, about a woman who keeps the memories of disappointing exes in a cellar in her mind.

Carly was finally reunited with her dog Abby at home in Apollo, Pa., last month. Carly attends college at Miami University in Ohio and has two jobs, so she couldn't get back to see Abby right away.

Arts

Would Your Dog Remember You After 10 Years?

7:09pm March 03, 2018

by James Doubek

Until recently, Carly Suierveld's dog Abby was lost for 10 years. She thinks the dog remembers her, though. "I'm going to choose that thought," Suierveld says.

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