Remembering Photographer William Gottlieb Fresh Air April 28, 2006 • William Gottlieb died of a stroke last Sunday at the age of 89. In the '40s, Gottlieb learned photography and took hundreds of shots of the jazz greats of the time. Many of those shots are now well known through album covers, books, and posters. 200 of those photos appear in Gottlieb's book, The Golden Age of Jazz. Remembering Photographer William Gottlieb Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369169/5369170" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Cartoonist Luckovich Welcomes Second Pulitzer Fresh Air April 19, 2006 • Judges for the Pulitzer Prize Monday cited The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Mike Luckovich "for his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style." It's a second prize for Luckovich, who was also honored in 1995. Cartoonist Luckovich Welcomes Second Pulitzer Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5351008/5351009" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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100 Years After the San Francisco Quake San Francisco's Great Quake, Recalled in Jello April 18, 2006 • Artists are commemorating the 1906 earthquake in a variety of ways, some traditional -- poetry, prose -- and some not-so, including a Jello model of the city by the bay. San Francisco's Great Quake, Recalled in Jello Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5348944/5348945" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Renoir's 'Boating Party' Returns to the Potomac April 14, 2006 • In a town full of museums, the Phillips Collection has always been Washington, D.C.'s most intimate, personal home for paintings. Now some 60 of its European masterworks are back after a four-year absence. Renoir's 'Boating Party' Returns to the Potomac Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5341220/5341231" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books 'Soul Sanctuary': Images of Black Churches April 14, 2006 • Author Jason Miccolo Johnson talks about his new book Soul Sanctuary: Images of the African American Worship Experience — a collection of photographs documenting predominantly African-American churches across the country. 'Soul Sanctuary': Images of Black Churches Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5342198/5342199" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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D.C. Museums Near End of Pricey Facelift April 13, 2006 • The original Patent Office in the nation's capital is nearing the end of a $300 million renovation. This summer, the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum will be reopened, and museum officials are hoping the building itself will be as big an attraction as the art inside. D.C. Museums Near End of Pricey Facelift Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5337628/5340665" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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American History Museum to Close for Repairs April 13, 2006 • The most popular branch of the Smithsonian will be closing after Labor Day to undergo a planned two-year renovation. The American History Museum wants to update the building's infrastructure and create a better display for the Star Spangled Banner. A painstaking 8-year conservation project on the flag was completed Wednesday. American History Museum to Close for Repairs Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5341025/5341026" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Global Health Monkey Biz: S. African Artists Join to Fight AIDS April 13, 2006 • Farai Chideya talks with Mathapelo Ngaka and Barbara Jackson, South African artists who run the company Monkeybiz. Their venture sells traditional beadwork to raise money for AIDS awareness and prevention projects. Monkey Biz: S. African Artists Join to Fight AIDS Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5339907/5339908" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Da Rocha Receives Pritzker Prize for Architecture April 10, 2006 • This year's Pritzker Prize for Architecture -- the Nobel of the profession -- goes to Paulo Mendes da Rocha. The 78-year-old architect creates "honest" buildings, according to the Pritzker jury. For the past six decades, he has built high-rises, stadiums, houses and a chapel -- all in concrete. Da Rocha Receives Pritzker Prize for Architecture Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5331826/5333525" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Hand-Painted Coffins from a Rhode Island Artist April 8, 2006 • Coffins decorated by Rhode Island artist Denise Baxter are so distinctive that some people make room for them in their homes before they need them in death. Hand-Painted Coffins from a Rhode Island Artist Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5331079/5331239" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Secret Hiding Place Yields Key to Rockwell Mystery April 6, 2006 • The mystery of the flaws in one of Norman Rockwell's most famous illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post has been solved: The original has been found, hidden in a secret compartment in a family home, while the painting believed to be the original turns out to be a masterful forgery. Secret Hiding Place Yields Key to Rockwell Mystery Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5328753/5328804" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Mona Lisa of Austria' Finds New Home in L.A. April 5, 2006 • Some of the most treasured paintings by one of Austria's greatest artists have a new home -- in Los Angeles. The five paintings by Gustav Klimt were the objects of a long-running legal battle between a Jewish family that once owned the art and the Austrian government. 'Mona Lisa of Austria' Finds New Home in L.A. Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5325035/5325180" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Guggenheim Celebrates Centennial of Sculptor Smith April 2, 2006 • David Smith was one of the most acclaimed sculptors of his generation. This month the Guggenheim Museum opens a major retrospective to mark the centennial of Smith's birth. Smith helped revolutionize sculpture in this country by applying the principles of abstract expressionism to the three-dimensional medium of sculpture. Guggenheim Celebrates Centennial of Sculptor Smith Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5318422/5318423" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Peru Seeks Return of Machu Picchu Artifacts March 30, 2006 • Peru has announced it will sue Yale University for the return of a collection of artifacts from the Incan site of Machu Picchu. From member station WNPR, Diane Orson reports. Peru Seeks Return of Machu Picchu Artifacts Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5298164/5312708" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology GoFugYourself.com: Bad Fashion on the Web March 27, 2006 • Alex Chadwick talks with Jessica Morgan, co-creator of GoFugYourself.com -- a humorous Web site which has just won an award for best writing in a blog. The site features less-than-flattering pictures of celebrities, along with some very funny captions. GoFugYourself.com: Bad Fashion on the Web Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5303611/5303612" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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