Netflix's 'Colin in Black and White' shows a star athlete reaching toward Blackness
Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick worked together on the series, a coming-of-age portrait of the athlete.
Arts
'Fresh Air' celebrates master magician Ricky Jay
The noted sleight-of-hand artist, who died in 2018, was also a scholar of con games and oddities. This week, Sotheby's auctioned off part of Jay's 10,000-item collection. Originally broadcast in 1998.
Remembering 'Bosom Buddies' and 'Girls' actor Peter Scolari
Scolari, who died Oct. 22, played opposite Tom Hanks in the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies, and later co-starred in Newhart. He won an Emmy for his role on Girls. Originally broadcast in 1988.
'Passing' puts a fresh spin on an old-fashioned story about race and identity
Adapted from Nella Larsen's 1929 novella, Netflix's new film centers on two Black women, one of whom pretends to be white; the other could pretend, but chooses not to.
Mister Rogers is surrounded by kids in a Florida college's new statue
"My hope is that this piece will bring joy and inspiration to many people, just as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood did for generations," sculptor Paul Day says.
Local Day of the Dead event honors and celebrates culture, tradition, and those who are no longer here
Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican festivity celebrated worldwide on the first two days of November.
Amir Nizar Zuabi: How one puppet's 5,000 mile journey delivers a message of hope
Amal is a nine-year-old Syrian refugee. She's also a giant puppet. Theater director Amir Nizar Zuabi discusses how art can deliver a new message on the plight of refugees in his project "The Walk."
New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan
Canceled last year for only the second time ever because of the pandemic, New York City's storied Village Halloween Parade returns, partly due to one very generous fan.
'The Morning Show' recap: An Italian cascade of talking, sex and dangerous driving
Alex and Mitch talk and talk and talk, and then they drive and drive and drive. Even for this show, it's just terrible.
A midcentury 'jazz witch' artist finds a fandom in the future
Gertrude Abercrombie was a bohemian midcentury painter whose surrealist paintings, newly coveted by collectors, are now touring museums as part of the show "Supernatural America."