Category: Arts & Entertainment

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WPLN listener Nancy Bieschke and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

When author Bruce Handy’s son was young, he loved and lost an orange balloon. He and illustrator Julie Kwon talk about a child’s singular devotion to a lost object in their nearly wordless kids’ book.

A selection of prize honorees from the 2026 World Press Photo Contest capture the pain of the past year — but also focus on moments of strength, determination and joy.

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Fine art photographer Nancy Breslin joins NPR’s Scott Simon in studio to celebrate Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day.

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Machine Dreams: Rainforest, the inaugural exhibition at Dataland. The museum dedicated to AI art is scheduled to open on June 20.’/>

As some continue to pushback on AI art, artist Refik Anadol seeks to base his new venture on ethical and environmental principles.

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The name didn’t stick. The fan communities did.

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NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Adjoa Andoh, the inaugural Director’s Resident at the Folger Shakespeare Library, about Shakespeare’s relevance in modern times, and specifically to people of color.

The carousel was first desegregated when part of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore in 1963. It was moved to the National Mall after the park closed.

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Sophy Romvari’s semi-autobiographical drama touches on her childhood in British Columbia and her family’s experience of tragedy. Blue Heron has won numerous prizes at international film festivals.

Appalachian Spring by The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass. in 2018. Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021.’/>

Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, helping to establish its reputation as a world-class orchestra. In 2021, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer.

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