Arts & Life

Ya Got The Stones For This? Thanos (Josh Brolin) blithely ignores Coco Chanel's advice on accessorizing — so you know he's evil — in Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War.

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Here's What You Need To Know About Infinity Stones Before The New Avengers Movie

11:24am April 16, 2018

by Glen Weldon

They're the major MacGuffins of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but there's a lot of them, and you need a scorecard to keep track of which does what. We're here for you.

We've been devouring your miniature poems in honor of National Poetry Month. Keep tweeting us your verses using the hashtag #NPRpoetry.

Can Poetry Be Translated?

4:03am April 16, 2018

by Emma Bowman

Where imperfect translations are blamed on our lapses of language, Aaron Coleman sees "creative, productive failures." Allow the poet and literary translator to explain with a few tweet-length poems.

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Some of the jams and preserves made by the "Women's Solidarity Kitchen" in Istanbul, on display in their commercial kitchen.

Refugee Women Cook Up Syrian Cuisine To Eke Out A Living In Turkey

4:58pm April 15, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

Many of the millions of Syrians living as refugees in Turkey have realized they're unlikely to make it home soon. So some of the women are turning their knowledge of Syrian cooking into a business.

In Come Sunday, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Carlton Pearson, a real-life megachurch leader who experiences a crisis of faith.

The Evangelical Bishop Who Stopped Believing In Hell, Now On Netflix

4:58pm April 15, 2018

by Michel Martin

The new feature film Come Sunday, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, dramatizes the real-life crisis of faith of Carlton Pearson, who once presided over a major Pentecostal congregation.

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Carlton Pearson in Come Sunday.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor On Playing The Doubting Bishop Of 'Come Sunday'

4:58pm April 15, 2018

by Michel Martin

A new Netflix movie sees the English actor portraying the American megachurch leader Carlton Pearson, who experienced a theological crisis — one that cost him his ministry.

Chuey Quintanar tattooing a portrait of his client's first born daughter.

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Black And Gray ... And Brown: A Tattoo Style's Chicano Roots

4:53pm April 15, 2018

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

A style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East Los Angeles' Chicano culture. It moved from penal institutions, to the barrios, to high-end tattoo shops around the world.

Like other spring holidays, Sere Sal, the Yazidi new year, is about fertility and new life. An ancient Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidis color eggs for the holiday in honor of the colors that Tawus Melek, God's chief angel, is said to have spread th

For Yazidis In U.S., New Year Holiday Brings Taste Of Lamb And The Home They Fled

8:00am April 15, 2018

by Bonny Wolf

Like other spring holidays, Sere Sal is about fertility and new life. For Yazidi refugees who fled genocide at the hands of ISIS in Iraq, cooking the foods of the holiday is a way to re-create home.

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Not My Job: Actor Laurie Metcalf Gets Quizzed On Three Short Men

7:35am April 14, 2018

Metcalf co-stars in the Broadway production of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. So we've invited her to play a game about Tom Cruise, Charlie Chaplin and a short man named Pete Conrad.

Her Perfect Affair, by Priscilla Oliveras

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Have A Spring Fling With These 3 April Romances

7:00am April 14, 2018

by Maya Rodale

As we wait endlessly for spring to really spring, we're consoling ourselves with three new romances — from a designing duke to a spymaster to a straight-laced librarian who lets go for one night.

Demonstrators raise Libyan flags at a national unity demonstration in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square in 2012.

In 'The Burning Shores,' Libya Blossoms — Briefly — Before Unraveling

1:30am April 14, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Author Frederic Wehrey's new book follows the country's turmoil after the overthrow and death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Though signs of normalcy have returned, Wehry says there's still deep trauma.

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