Avalanche Survivors Recount Their Experiences
Avalanches kill more than a 100 people worldwide each year. We have stories of three people who were caught in avalanches and survived.
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TikTok Brings Together A Community Of Dancers
Ballet TikTok is a creative, funny, and real virtual community that helps dancers and fans learn and engage with the art form while shattering stereotypes.
In 'Nubia: Real One,' Trying To Be A Hero When Society Thinks You're A Threat
Nubia has been many things over decades of comics: Wonder Woman's sister, her rival, a guardian of the underworld. Now, L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith have re-imagined her as a Black American teenager.
Winter Not Cold Enough? Here Are 3 YA Thrillers To Chill You
Prickly, angry girls get to the bottom of mysterious disappearances — or cause them — in these three angsty YA novels, from a retelling of "The Cask of Amontillado" to a wild and frozen dystopia.
Where Are They Now? We Check In With Broadway Workers, Now Off Broadway
Each year ahead of the Tony Awards, we profile essential theater professionals who aren't centerstage. This year, with theaters closed due to COVID-19, we check back in to see how they are coping.
How The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles Is Diversifying Music
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Charles Dickerson, founder and conductor of The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, and cellist Hanna Innis about fostering diversity in orchestras.
Exclusive 1st Read: 'Klara And The Sun,' By Kazuo Ishiguro
We're excited to bring you an exclusive prepublication excerpt of Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun, a gentle fable about a world in which androids serve as companions to children.
Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing'
A union representing 800 backstage workers began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute.
Review: 'Nomadland,' Chloe Zhao's Heavily-Tipped Drama
Chloe Zhao's tale of a widow (played by Frances McDormand) who is reduced to living in her van after the Great Recession, is regarded as a front-runner for this year's Academy Awards.
Michelle Pfeiffer On Her Role In 'French Exit'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress Michelle Pfeiffer about her new film, French Exit.