Arts

Books
Arts

'Americanized' Recounts What It's Like To Grow Up Undocumented

2:30pm March 28, 2018

by Terry Gross

Sara Saedi was two when her parents fled Iran to California. Her new memoir describes her 18-year-long path to citizenship, and the lingering anxiety of being undocumented.

Queue Listen Now

The Complex Story Of Civil Rights Photographer Ernest Withers

7:23am March 28, 2018

by Christopher Blank

Fifty years ago, photographer Ernest Withers took an iconic photograph of Memphis sanitation workers on strike. He chronicled the civil rights movement, but was revealed to have been an FBI informant.

Queue Listen Now

"Yellow Negroes and Other Creatures," by Yvan Alagbé.

Books
Arts

Immigration Is (And Isn't) Black And White In 'Yellow Negroes'

7:00am March 28, 2018

by Etelka Lehoczky

French cartoonist Yvan Alagbé uses a stark black and white palette to investigate the ways Western comics portray race — and the ways his country treats (and mistreats) its immigrant population.

Arts

Solo Karaoke Booths Open In China

5:13am March 28, 2018

If you love the idea of singing but don't like other people hearing you, thousands of solo karaoke booths are opening in malls and airports in China.

Arts

John Ehle, Author And Founder Of UNCSA, Dies At 92

4:56pm March 27, 2018

by Sean Bueter

The founder of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts died Saturday. John Ehle was 92 years old.

It's hard to overstate Ehle's impact on Winston-Salem, or the arts.

A still from Far Cry 5 shows the fictional apocalyptic cult that the video game follows.

An Americana Hymnal For The Doomsday Cult Of 'Far Cry 5'

4:32pm March 27, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Composer Dan Romer has created soundtracks for award-winning films. His latest project is creating hours of music for a video game which follows a sheriff's deputy into a religious cult in Montana.

Books
Arts

British Travel Writer Jan Morris Weighs In On The 'Advantages Of Androgyny'

1:59pm March 27, 2018

by Terry Gross

The celebrated writer transitioned from male to female in 1972 at the age of 46. In 1989, Morris told Terry Gross that she had shed "a lot of the emotions and the experiences of both genders."

Queue Listen Now

Wade (Tye Sheridan) is the teen hero of Spielberg's latest big-budget action flick Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name.

Books
Arts

Arcade Firewall: 'Ready Player One' REALLY Loves The '80s

1:50pm March 27, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Spielberg returns to his cinema-as-thrill-ride roots in this adaptation of Ernest Cline's YA novel. The nostalgia gets a bit overwhelming — and, frankly, sad — but the visuals are compelling.

An undated file photo shows the Imperial Japenese Navy super-battleship Yamato.

Books
Arts

Magnificent Book Captures The Beauty And Tragedy Of The Battleship Yamato

11:50am March 27, 2018

by Maureen Corrigan

Jan Morris chronicles the final days of the most powerful warship in the Imperial Japanese Navy in her latest book. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls Battleship Yamato a work of both power and restraint.

The oil painting Cider Making by William Sidney Mount is on display at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 758.

Arts

A Feast For The Eyes: An Art-Inspired Food Tour At The Met

8:00am March 27, 2018

by Kristen Hartke

An ancient Greek shopping list that reads like a modern text. Broken eggs that signal a "ruined" woman. The food depicted in the Met's collection is ripe with hidden references.