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Wednesday

Culture

Fetus Stolen from Exhibit in Los Angeles

Body Worlds, a popular exhibit of preserved human corpses, was recently robbed of a 13-week-old preserved fetus while on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. NPR's Luke Burbank reports on the theft.

Fetus Stolen from Exhibit in Los Angeles

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Saturday

National

Story Behind the Picture: Washed Away

Family photos hold the key to a treasure trove of memories and experiences. Launching a series exploring the stories, thoughts and meaning behind images, Margaret Pendergast of East Sandwich, Mass., shares the story of one family photo.

Story Behind the Picture: Washed Away

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Thursday

National

Clothes Make the Woman: 1940s Style on Display

From dresses and bathing suits to gowns and uniforms, clothes from the 1940s are on exhibit at the Kennedy Center in Washington. It was a time when the world was in turmoil, but U.S. designers found ways to make women look good.

Clothes Make the Woman: 1940s Style on Display

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Wednesday

The Impact of War

'Faces of the Fallen,' Art of War Dead

The opening of an art exhibit at Arlington National Cemetery showing more than 1,300 portraits of U.S. military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq brings together artists and families of the dead.

'Faces of the Fallen,' Art of War Dead

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Tuesday

World

Iraq's Memory Foundation: Context in Culture

When a brutal regime ends, those who survive are often left with feelings of guilt, anger and confusion. With the fall of Saddam Hussein, a group of Iraqi-born activists have created the Iraq Memory Foundation to help Iraqis come to terms with their past.

Iraq's Memory Foundation: Context in Culture

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Monday

Saturday

Leila Kubba, Painting the Blur of Two Cultures

Iraqi-American artist Leila Kubba returned to Iraq last year for the first time in 25 years. Her deep impressions from that trip are now recorded in her latest exhibit of paintings. "New Beginnings" is on display at a small gallery in Washington, D.C. Jennifer Ludden joined her on a walking tour.

Leila Kubba, Painting the Blur of Two Cultures

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Friday

Culture

L.A.'s Disney Hall Shines -- A Bit Too Brightly

Since its opening in 2003, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles has been a big success. But it turns out part of the of the shiny metal building is making its neighbors squint. Workers are busy sanding the metal to dull the gloss.

L.A.'s Disney Hall Shines -- A Bit Too Brightly

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Monday

Sunday

Culture

Asch's Folkways Sounds, Live on the Web

Moses Asch spent years collecting and compiling the world's sounds. Working through a number of small record labels including Folkways Recordings, Asch explored a world of sound -- not just music, but birds, bugs and machines. Asch died in 1986. But now the Smithsonian has put his entire collection of sounds on the Web.

Asch's Folkways Sounds, Live on the Web

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The Met Looks Over Arbus's Career

This past week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York launched its first-ever major retrospective of the photographs of Diane Arbus. Arbus died at the age of 48, in 1971. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with people who who were close to Arbus about her art and personality.

The Met Looks Over Arbus's Career

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