Katrina & Beyond Carnival Culture from Around the World on Display February 28, 2006 • The Museum of International Folk Art has compiled an audio-visual history of carnival celebrations around the world: their pageantry, history, and a glimpse of the future. Carnival Culture from Around the World on Display Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5236442/5236475" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Six Months After Katrina New Orleans Artists Return to an Altered City February 28, 2006 • After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans theaters were shuttered, jazz clubs went silent and museums and galleries were locked up. The city's artists scattered across the country. They are starting to return but are finding that making art in New Orleans is a different experience. New Orleans Artists Return to an Altered City Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5238248/5238314" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Dispute Grows over Authenticity of 32 'Pollocks' February 23, 2006 • Last spring, 32 previously unknown paintings thought to be the work of Jackson Pollock were found. The foundation representing the artist's estate doubts their authenticity. Dispute Grows over Authenticity of 32 'Pollocks' Listen · 4:29 4:29 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5230547/5230548" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Wolfsburg Seeks Architectural Transformation February 19, 2006 • The home of Volkswagen -- Wolfsburg, Germany -- hopes to change its reputation as a featureless factory town. London-based architect Zaha Hadid has contributed the Phaeno Science Center, seen as a revolution in building design. Wolfsburg Seeks Architectural Transformation Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5223950/5223951" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews 'Picturing The Banjo' Through American History February 18, 2006 • A show in Washington, D.C., features paintings, lithographs and other representations of the banjo. One of America's most endearing musical instruments also played a turbulent role in racial history. 'Picturing The Banjo' Through American History Listen · 59:30 59:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5223333/5223410" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Dada on Display at the National Gallery of Art February 17, 2006 • Dada was an absurd, outrageous, puzzling international art movement inspired by World War I. It used art to comment on the modern world its hypocrisies that wiped out a generation. Dada on Display at the National Gallery of Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5191892/5191969" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Middle East Stealing Thunder from Satirists in the Mideast Fresh Air February 16, 2006 • A new tactic has emerged in the angry debate over cartoons depicting religious figures, as an Israeli artist launches a contest for the best anti-Semitic cartoon -- drawn by a Jew. Amitai Sandy says the Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoons Contest is a response to an Iranian newspaper's competition for cartoons on the Holocaust. Stealing Thunder from Satirists in the Mideast Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5219479/5219480" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Diversions Philatelists Rejoice over Recovered Envelope February 9, 2006 • Robert Siegel talks with Charles Snee, senior editor at Linn's Stamp News, about the recently rediscovered "Ice House" envelope, believed to be lost for 38 years and recently rediscovered in Chicago. It has the only known cover of an 1869 Abraham Lincoln 90-cent stamp. Philatelists Rejoice over Recovered Envelope Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5199200/5199201" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Performing Arts Sedaris and Stamberg Deconstruct a Fashion Show February 7, 2006 • Susan Stamberg visits the runways of Paris with essayist David Sedaris and historian Joan DeJean to get a close-up view of fashion marketing. Sedaris and Stamberg Deconstruct a Fashion Show Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5191734/5191786" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Solzhenitsyn's 'First Circle' on Russian State TV January 29, 2006 • On Sunday, Russian state TV will show the first episode of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The First Circle. It's the first televised adaptation of the novelist's work to be shown in his native country. Solzhenitsyn's 'First Circle' on Russian State TV Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5176874/5176875" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Lou Reed, Capturing New York in Photographs January 28, 2006 • New York has always served as a muse for rock icon Lou Reed, and his photography is inspired by his sense of the city. The photo exhibit Lou Reed New York opened recently at the Hermes and Steven Kasher galleries. Reed tells Scott Simon about his work. Lou Reed, Capturing New York in Photographs Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5175188/5176175" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Ex-Getty Curator Stands Trial for Looted Antiquities January 20, 2006 • A trial is under way in Rome against the Getty Museum's former curator, Marion True, who is charged with knowing that the museum acquired antiquities looted from Italy. The government also has made a proposal to the Metropolitan Museum for the return of certain illegally acquired pieces in return for loans of work of equal value. Ex-Getty Curator Stands Trial for Looted Antiquities Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5165575/5165576" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Photo Walls: The Magic Castle January 17, 2006 • The father-daughter radio team of Mal and Jennifer Sharpe continue their exploration of what they call photo walls with a visit to The Magic Castle in the Hollywood Hills. Photo Walls: The Magic Castle Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5160554/5160555" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Austria to Return Paintings to Jewish Heir January 17, 2006 • The Austrian National Gallery is being compelled by a national arbitration board to return five paintings by Gustav Klimt to a Los Angeles woman, the heir of a Jewish family that had its art stolen by the Nazis. The paintings are estimated to be worth at least $150 million. Austria to Return Paintings to Jewish Heir Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5160093/5160094" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Hidden Treasures Archives Help Businesses Learn from Mistakes January 16, 2006 • The documents, products and records a company keeps in its archive help it to create institutional memories -- good and bad. Nike turns to shoes in its archives to be reminded of past successes and failures. Archives Help Businesses Learn from Mistakes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5077178/5159705" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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