Arts

High profile women stand out on the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame shortlist

5:42pm February 10, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

Mariah Carey, Cher, Sinéad O'Connor, Mary J. Blige and Sade are on the latest inductee shortlist. It's notable for an institution long focused on white male artists.

Lena Waithe attends the Black Girls Rock! 2018 Red Carpet at NJPAC on Aug. 26, 2018, in Newark, N.J.

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'Wait Wait' for February 10, 2024: With Not My Job guest Lena Waithe

10:15am February 10, 2024

In 2017, Lena Waithe became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing. Since then, she's done it all, from acting to producing. She made The Chi, but what does she know about Guy Fieri?

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NPR readers share the dishes they love most for the Lunar New Year.

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Food holds special meaning on the Lunar New Year. Readers share their favorite dishes

8:00am February 10, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

Much like Thanksgiving, many dishes eaten during the Lunar New Year are special to the holiday. NPR readers shared their most cherished dishes.

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A family of creatives turned their TikTok-famous videos into a stage performance

7:58am February 10, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody and Gideon Grody-Patinkin about the family stage "performance" in which Gideon talks with his performer parents about their lives.

Covers of five books with over-50 female protagonists.

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Move over, senior center — these 5 books center seniors

7:00am February 10, 2024

by Heller McAlpin

These books, including Roxana Robinson's Leaving, which comes out on Tuesday, all concern older women — some in their 60s, others in their 90s — who fully intend to enjoy all their years.

This 1970 photograph, Untitled (Model Who Embraced Natural Hairstyles at AJASS Photoshoot) is just one of the works in the Dean Collection on display at the Brooklyn Museum

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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz want you to see the 'Giants' of art in their collection

5:00am February 10, 2024

by Jennifer Vanasco

Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and her husband, rapper/producer Kasseem Dean are also art collectors. A new exhibition highlights the contemporary Black artists who've caught their attention.

People walk past a gun club on June, 23, 2022, in Honolulu. A ruling by Hawaii's high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit uses pop culture references in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide.

Hawaii's high court cites 'The Wire' in its ruling on gun rights

8:21pm February 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

It says a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit citing "The Wire" and invokes the "spirit of Aloha" in rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights.

Super Bowl LVIII is Usher's show

6:57pm February 09, 2024

by Sheldon Pearce

Usher — the chart-topping singer-songwriter — will be this year's halftime performer. With a catalog full of bangers, how will he squeeze 30 years of music into just 13 minutes?

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Maya Erskine voices Mizu in Blue Eye Samurai.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading

5:00pm February 09, 2024

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the movie Sniper: G.R.I.T., the book Get the Picture, and the shows The Traitors: UK and Blue Eye Samurai.

Precious medals: Summer Olympic athletes will compete for pieces of the Eiffel Tower

4:44pm February 09, 2024

The organizers of the 2024 Games in Paris have announced that this year's Olympic medals will be made with bits of the Eiffel Tower, embedded inside the gold, silver and bronze.

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