Category: Arts & Entertainment

Ryan Coogler’s period thriller knows “the devil’s music” isn’t the opposite of the holy word, but its twin.

Nearly 1,000 women from around the country flew to New York City to audition for the dance troupe on its 100th anniversary. What’s helped it last so long?

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It’s the first Monday in May. AKA it’s time for the annual MET Gala. Or as some call it, “fashion’s biggest night.”

Celebrities will walk the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art hoping their looks live up to the annual theme of the gala. This year’s theme is a special one. It’s called “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” and it’s the very first Black fashion tradition to be selected for the theme of the Costume Institute’s fundraiser.

Brittany and her guests, culture writer Shelton Boyd-Griffith and editor-in-chief of Black Fashion Fair Antoine Gregory, discuss how celebrities can be sure to be on theme and how the theme is rooted in the very first fashion statements made by enslaved people.

Who can ever forget Wyatt VII, the Cowboy Pope, or Gary III, the Secular Pope?

Expect to see a focus on menswear: jackets, trousers, suits, hats, and maybe a cane or two.

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After Vivian Curren’s young son threw sand on another child at a park, she assumed she was about to be judged for poor parenting. Instead, a stranger’s response made Curren feel like a good mom.

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We meet a Kansas City man who has a massive collection of Star Wars toys, as The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures opens a show with that theme on May 4th. May the fourth be with you!

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Michigan Public listener Michael Feiten of Highland, Mich., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

“Tonight, we’re making history. (…) Thank you for making history with me,” Lady Gaga told a screaming crowd.

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Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year’s federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.

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