Category: Arts & Entertainment

Now you’re going to sit in that chair and watch me load the dishwasher my way. And you’re not going to say a single word.

Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens brings Biscuits & Banjos, a music festival that features Black musicians on guitars, fiddles and banjos, history, dancing and more, to Durham, N.C.

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Writer, director and showrunner Tony Gilroy joins us to talk about the new season of Andor and what makes the show so different than any other Star Wars program. He also shares what his plans are after the series concludes, and tells us about how he almost entered a career in music instead of film.

Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a vanishing world.

Q.: What is the purpose of your return to the United States? A.: I’m asking myself this question, too.

In the latest installment of our film series, All Things Considered staffers weigh in on what makes for a good dystopian film.

Pitch-a-Friend allows singles to let their friends make 3-minute to 5-minute slide presentations to potential partners.

NPR’s Lauren Frayer plays the puzzle with MPR listener, Dave Scheid of Rochester, Minn., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Over the next few days, leaders of the Catholic church from around the world will gather at the Vatican to mourn — and also, to prepare for the Conclave.

The man remembered today at a funeral in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis, was once very different.