NPR News: My ‘Kind’ Of Music
Maria Bamford and Richard Kind (Everything’s Gonna Be Okay) play a word game celebrating Kind’s musical theater performances, even the performances he doesn’t remember very well.
NPR News: Has This Been To Space?
The hilarious Maria Bamford and Richard Kind (Everything’s Gonna Be Okay) guess if various objects have been to space. But they’re all silly objects, because “Soyuz capsule” is kind of a gimmie.
NPR News: Check-In: Sweet Sixteen
Jonathan Coulton’s daughter just turned 16. He and Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg discuss the bittersweet passage of time.
NPR News: Bittersweet Film ‘About Endlessness’ Highlights Life’s Humor And Despair
A priest loses his faith. A woman breaks the heel of her shoe. A couple visits their child’s grave. Life unfolds as a series of stylized, bone-dry comic sketches in Roy Andersson’s sublime new film.
NPR News: Return For Mickey, Stay For The Churros: Disneyland Reopens After 13 Months
“I can’t wait to just be there and feel it and listen to the music and smell the churros,” says Robert Laird, a Disney megafan.
NPR News: ‘Disaster Girl’, The Stuff Of Memes, Sells For Nearly $500,000 As NFT
Zoë Roth was just 4 when her dad took a picture of her standing in front a burning house. That photo launched uncounted memes and now the original copy has sold at auction as a nonfungible token.
NPR News: Maeve Higgins: Why is the “Good Immigrant” Narrative Dangerous?
Irish comedian Maeve Higgins moved to the U.S. with a visa for artists with “extraordinary abilities.” But the myth of the “good immigrant,” she says, perpetuates harm and discrimination.
NPR News: Channel Your Inner Wildlife Photographer And Chill Out With ‘New Pokémon Snap’
After years of begging by fans online, Nintendo has released a sequel to the classic N64 game Pokémon Snap — it’s a peaceful playthrough that has you taking pictures of monsters, not capturing them.
NPR News: In ‘The Mitchells Vs. The Machines,’ A Dysfunctional Family Gets A Hard Reboot
A very funny machine uprising forces an estranged daughter (Abbi Jacobson) and father (Danny McBride) to save the world — and rebuild their relationship.
Pendant: Face
Cast using the lost-wax method, gold objects are the only Baule art forms associated with ancestral spirits. The Baule are originally part of a breakaway group of the Akan people from Ghana. Usually stored in suitcases or pots, a collection of gold adornments (aja) are…
NPR News: Burning Man Canceled: ‘Relief’ As Burners, Locals See Bright Side Of Informal Events
For the second straight year, the communal arts festival isn’t happening because of the pandemic. But the community that hosts the pilgrimage doesn’t mind.
Turkey’s best-known author reflects on politics and pestilence | The …
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