Jamison was a dance star who led the famed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to new heights.
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Author: Andrew Limbong
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience’s attention.[1]
The arts represent an outlet of expression that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. As such, the arts are a physical manifestation of the internal creative impulse.
Jamison was a dance star who led the famed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to new heights.
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Author: Andrew Limbong
In the first interview about his new book The City and its Uncertain Walls, the celebrated author also talks with NPR about his age and finding beauty in isolation.
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Author: Andrew Limbong
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Author: Kira Garcia
The creators behind the viral TikTok account @lifeonfilm.27 give film cameras to strangers all over the world. In September, they handed one to one of the most powerful men in the world.
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Author: Mansee Khurana
The new film Emilia Pérez follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who was assigned male at birth but transitions to become her true self as a woman.
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Author: Olivia Hampton
There are songs you want to groove to, and songs you want to pump up to. But sometimes, you just want something for the come down at the end of a long day. If you’re having trouble sleeping in silence, or are just looking for some new songs to throw into your bedtime rotation, we’ve got you covered. In this encore episode, we are recommending three great songs that will help you fall asleep.
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Author: Aisha Harris
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WUSF listener Wendy Belkin of Clearwater, Fla.
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Author: Will Shortz
Ann Patchett is owning her shortcomings. On Wild Card this week, she opens up about religion and the place that shaped her as much as any person did.
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Author: Rachel Martin
The Soyuzivka Ukrainian Heritage Center, a resort that sits about two and a half hours northwest of New York City, in Kerhonkson, N.Y., provides a place that “feels like another home” for thousands of Ukrainian Americans every year.
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Author: Andrea Wenglowskyj
The versatile actor had hundreds of screen credits to his name, including Platoon, The Rock and Final Destination.
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Author: Chloe Veltman