A slavery-era instrument is on the National Mall, singing 'songs of liberation'
An old-fashioned steam calliope designed by luminaries in the worlds of art and jazz is on display at the National Sculpture Garden.
Arts
The Ringling Bros. circus is coming back, with human acts in the center ring
The circus will launch a U.S. tour of live shows in September 2023.
Supernatural sleuthing, bloody frustrations in 'Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong'
A new video game features three vampire investigators sniffing out a conspiracy in modern Boston. But it's not the gothic epic that franchise fans keep waiting for.
Greensboro Bound Literary Festival brings large and diverse slate of renowned authors to Triad
The Greensboro Bound Literary Festival returns this week in-person for the first time since the pandemic began.
'Doctor Who' has its first Black lead. Will the show contend with race?
When the show cast The Doctor as a woman, it avoided exploring her gender. Now that Ncuti Gatwa is The Doctor, critic Eric Deggans writes, Doctor Who shouldn't avoid his Blackness.
Biography examines how systemic racism shaped the troubled life of George Floyd
Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis in 2020. Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa reconstruct the course of his life in His Name is George Floyd.
'Translating Myself and Others' is a reminder of how alive language can be
Jhumpa Lahiri mixes detailed explorations of craft with broader reflections on her own artistic life, as well as the "essential aesthetic and political mission" of translation.
NPR's Petra Mayer receives posthumous science fiction award
NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer posthumously receives the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Buffalo's poet laureate calls for change
Jillian Hanesworth says what her city needs right now is honest conversations about systemic racism, the history of segregation, redlining and highway construction that hurt Black neighborhoods.
In South Korea, K-pop fans have something to cheer (and chant) about again
While concerts have been back in South Korea since the beginning of the year, cheering was prohibited. With COVID restrictions lifting, fans are finally allowed to cheer again.