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and the 2016 tony nominees are...

The musical "Hamilton" has broken the record for Tony nominations. The production was nominated 16...

kevin lyons and his affinity for donuts, a love...

While the polymathic Kevin Lyons has held directorial positions at Stüssy,Spike Jonze's Girl...

and the emmy goes to…

This weekend is the 67th annual Emmy Awards. They’re meant to honor the best in television....

why are artists showing everywhere but the...

Massive multi-year mural festivals are being held in cities across the globe. Since the early...

1966 national book awards: janet flanner, arthur...

"Welcome to Fun City!" Mayor Lindsay jokes,kicking off the 1966 National Book Awards. The crowd...

wnycs 2015 holiday specials

WNYC's 2015 Holiday SpecialsThis year's holiday programming on WNYC is robust,featuring a...

staff pick: dangerous men

When my coworker sent me a link to a screening of "perilous Men," he correctly guessed it would be...

10 reasons to leave your cozy apartment in january

From January 5th to the 19th, the performing arts world converges in one position: New York City....

2015 holiday programming from wnyc

WNYC's 2015 Holiday ProgrammingThis year's holiday programming on WNYC is...

is kobe bryants dear basketball a reimagining of...

Last week,Kobe Bryant announced his retirement from professional sports. He did so in the form of a...

these textiles tell a cultural history

African textiles are distinctive for their vibrant colors,bold patterns, and batik dyes that give...

8 facts you need to know about nobuyoshi araki

Within the realm of photography,there are few figures as monolithic as Nobuyoshi Araki. The Japanese...

free memberships broaden appeal of idnyc

Mayor Bill de Blasio has built his administration on the promise of an accessible and affordable New...

new york public library gets ready for its next...

The New York Public Library is moving forward with a $300 million renovation to its midtown campus....

a doctor could go to jail for comparing the...

An tantalizing news record came out of Turkey this week,and by tantalizing I mean...

grow your own van gogh (just add water)

The Minneapolis Institute of Art has been throwing a year-long party for its 100th birthday,and the...

here for it: a new jedi, shamir baileys...

catch Tickets/recede See: Oh Jedi,My Jedi“Star Wars: The final Jedi opened nationwide final week,...

new yorkers take the stage at the public theater

The couple hundred people on stage could have been any group of unusual Yorkers crowded into a...

the new hieroglyphs: its time we recognize emoji...

Nowadays,it's hard to imagine communicating without emojis. After all, how were humans...

what would luke skywalker do?

Kurt Andersen and Cass Sunstein go way back. They were classmate in college,where Kurt remembers...

a story you can sink your teeth into

The yarn of My Teeth is the latest novel from writer and world-traveler Valeria Luiselli. Born in...

two jim henson holiday specials that will make you...

Sure,we all know that Jim Henson gave us "The Muppets." And "Sesame Street" wouldn't enjoy been...

review: photo center moves to the bowery, but has...

The International middle of Photography,which is known affectionately among New Yorkers as the ICP,...

the 4 worst movies of the modern era

The following essay is by Newsday Film Critic Rafer Guzman. Click on the 'Listen' button...

trawl the depths of youtube with youhole.tv

There is a whole lot of internet out there that you’ll never get the chance to see. Of course...

brace yourself — theres a lot of tv coming your...

This fall,you can spend your after-work hours (or, heck, or all day whether you contain your own...

composer wallingford riegger fesses up in this...

Wallingford Riegger working on a composition,date unknown.(unknown/Wikimedia Commons)We have just...

they slay: five queer rappers you should know

There's a chance you may still be reeling from Beyoncé's latest video. If you...

the theoretical physicist wore a toga

It’s a basic human impulse to question ourselves what whether?” What whether I had made other...

review: heading downtown with peter hujar

Peter Hujar,the subject of a riveting retrospective at the Morgan Library and Museum, deserves to be...

in conversation: (de)constructing images of color

Presented as part of theRacial Imaginary Institute Biennial, In Conversation: (De)constructing...

review: off the grid

I was looking forward to “Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason” at the Met Breuer,which...

carrie brownstein on the rise and fall of the best...

In the mid-1990s,Seattle was the center of the music world. And at the center of one of its biggest...

the ultimate fan tribute to guns n roses

When I read that Guns N' Roses might be reuniting,I immediately knew who needed to hear about...

remembering five american icons

In honor of Independence Day,WNYC presents this marathon of Studio 360's American Icons, a...

ron howard, in the belly of the whale

Ron Howard’s movies contain covered a huge range of genres and styles: “Night...

victoria, the one shot wonder

Sebastian Schipper has worked in film for almost three decades,appearing in some of Germany’s most...

review: edgar degas s fingerpaintings

Of all the French Impressionists,Edgar Degas is generally viewed as the most conservative. Unlike...

why you should be watching the knick: part ii

Last year,I wrote a post approximately how much I was loving "The Knick," Steven Soderbergh's...

rocks for non jocks

I keep two small rocks on my desk. I picked them up decades ago,one in Nova Scotia, the other out...

review: incognito is all brain

Nick Payne is a dazzling playwright. He builds towers out of deep thoughts in philosophy and...

want to make your haunted house scarier? add music

Chris Thomas’ obsession started five years ago when he went to the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride....

from astoria to midtown, nyc locations star in...

final year’s Best Picture winner,Birdman, keep the Theater District in a starring role. This year,...

norman rockwells endless thanksgiving meme

It’s Thanksgiving! A time of family traditions. Long drives,deep brines, and modern belt notches....

virtual reality starts getting real

Until recently,virtual reality has been the stuff of science fiction. But final year, Facebook...

review: more than just the scream

Edvard Munch remains best-known for his “Scream,” an image that can rival the Mona Lisa for mass...

how n.r.a. fundraising shapes the political...

Here's what you'll find on today's show:— The National Rifle organization’s...

even at the tonys, its not all about hamilton

It's no surprise that "Hamilton" dominated the Tony nominations this morning. And yes,it's...

review: sojourners: a beautiful new play about the...

It's 1978 and Abasiama is a few days away from giving birth,yet she's still spending her...

twyla tharp: 50 years and on the move

Twyla Tharp is the most celebrated American choreographer working today. Fifty years after she...

hilary mantel s henry viii is a monster for all...

Over the years,our opinion of Henry the VIII, both as a man and as a king, or had been shaped by...

you re a complicated man, charlie brown

At its peak,over 350 million people around the world read the Peanuts comedian strip. Its creator,...

sideshow podcast: how hodor became the heart of ...

Like Sailor Moon and Ron Swanson before him,Hodor belongs to a special league of TV characters who...

a move back to the end of the line for thousands...

Coming up on nowadays's show:On Wednesday,the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...

review: explosive first act of shuffle along, but...

In 1921,"Shuffle Along" was a smash. It was the first Broadway hit to absorb an all-black creative...

hugh everett is alive and well in an alternate...

notice Oliver Everett (AKA "E") is best known as the singer,songwriter, and driving force behind...

review: for peter pan never gets off the ground

Playwright Sarah Ruhl is known for blending whimsy,naturalismand thoughtful mental argument. In her...

through the lens: rick williams

Rick Williams is the co-owner of Detroit's Burn Rubber sneaker boutique and founder of DISTINCT...

oscarssowhite: looking at the conversation around...

Chris Rock took hold of the #OscarsSoWhite issue at the beginning of the Academy Awards Sunday...

fall arts preview: centennial celebrations and...

The fall music season in New York will feature ample programming for fans of two of the 20th...

urban resilience: how american cities are...

Over the last year,The Takeaway has been exploring the thought of “urban resilience with a number...

hypebeast magazine issue 16: the projection issue

Branding is as much an art as it is a commerce; whether the brand operates as a fraction of an...

review: a carnival atmosphere for this taming of...

"Taming of the Shrew" is one of those entertaining plays that's a bit tough to justify...

review: revolt attacks a world made by men

Alice Birch's play at SoHo Rep is a smack in the face. A refreshing one,whether you're a...

sex, drugs, and chrissie hynde

When The Pretenders burst onto the scene in 1978,they brought with them a refreshingly edgy rock...

review: stuart davis at the whtiney

Stuart Davis,who was born in in 1892, the son of two artists, or was an appealing figure. In the...

working on it: on the road in kyrgyzstan and...

Earlier this year,Maryam Omidi launched a project to explore, through photographs and stories, or...

review: nicole eisenman s al ugh ories

To understand “Ale-ugh-ories,” Nicole Eisenman’s winning exhibition at the New Museum, it...

review: the humans captures a familys fears

Stephen Karam's insightful,melancholy, it's droll-because-it's-true drama "the...

the adventurous life of william t. vollmann,...

Braving dysentery in Afghanistan,battling frostbite and hallucinations at the North Pole, and...

turn your favorite song into a round with the...

Attention: music nerds!In music,a canon (also known as a round) is a piece where one voice states a...

these are animals: the risks of dehumanizing...

Here's what you'll find on today's show:— In a roundtable discussion with local...

mccain, wyden on trump turmoil; internet equality;...

Coming up on today's show:U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) appears to be growing more critical...

in focus: exploring black representation in...

After back to back years of #OscarsSoWhite,2016 has opened up promising new opportunities for black...

review: a wedding weekend goes wrong in familiar

Tendi's family moved from Zimbabwe to a house external Minneapolis when she was a...

compounding the paris tragedy, a blow to culture

Studio 360 is not generally approximately "tough news" — with stories approximately war and crime...

republican party: the dog that caught the car?

In the early morning hours,during a marathon session in the Senate, the GOP's bill to repeal...

deadly xenophobia, an nba revolt against trump,...

Coming up on today's show:After the most contentious election for Democratic National Committee...

a second act in afghanistan, victory for women in...

Coming up on today's show:In an address to the nation,President Trump announced he would be...

gop health care repeal fails, editing embryo...

In the early morning hours,during a marathon session in the Senate, the GOP's bill to repeal...

confessions of an x files truther

The X-Files is coming back to TV for a limited hurry next January — and the internet couldn’t...

changing the nra from within

Coming up on nowadays's explain:On Saturday,Democrats from the House Intelligence Committee...

afghan vet: there is no way to win there.

Coming up on today's note:In an address to the nation,President Trump announced he would be...

machine control, citizen scientists, reality tv

Coming up on today's show:With machine learning,we could be training our deviceslike pets...

the multiverse, as told by music videos

From what I can tell,the multiverse is a hypothetical set of all possible universes. Variables of...

sloane crosley wants to get out of the country

Sloane Crosley was a very successful book publicist with two best-selling collections of essays...

sweater in an art museum season is almost upon us

With summer's end comes the upswing of the local art and culture scene. Local critics discuss...

americas patchwork of lgbtq workplace protections

Coming up on nowadays's show:After first making landfall in the Florida Keys early...

syrian lives have become devalued.

Coming up on today's prove:Senators like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz claim that the Senate...

mysteries of prince: artist leaves behind...

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Prince transformed how we...

new york city is diverse. its culture sector is...

A fresh study has for the first time provided a racial breakdown of the fresh York...

confessions of an x files truther

The X-Files is coming back to TV for a limited flee next January — and the internet couldnt be...

the search for u.f.o.s

Coming up on today's show:After allowing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to...

school segregation fights, a climate...

Coming up on today's exhibit:Since 2000,some 71 communities have tried to secede from their...

aca repeal marches forward, the economics of...

Coming up on nowadays's show:By a vote of 217 to 213,Republican lawmakers in the House voted on...

mrs. engels, first lady of the communist...

Author Gavin McCrea knew he didn’t want his first book to be a highly researched historical novel...

walt whitman turns 200, so its time to be honest...

This Friday, May 31, marks the 200th birthday of poet Walt Whitman. Events all over the city are...

tracking u.s. involvement in the war in yemen

Coming up on nowadays's show:For two and a half years the U.S. government has backed Saudi...

you cant pretend this isnt serious.

Coming up on nowadays's demonstrate:After a year of denying that his campaign had any...

aleppo in rubble, arctic ice, political cartoons

Coming up on today's point to:On Wednesday,the U.N. Security Council held an emergency...

review: painter of the 1% (before the revolution)

The history of art does not abound with female masters. Yet in recent years,feminist-minded scholars...

best american fakery

The annual anthology The Best American Poetry is a really big deal in the poetry world,but it...

the white house power struggle, festival previews,...

Coming up on nowadays's show:On Thursday,the Trump Administration dropped the largest...

1 27 2017: understanding mike pence, hugh hewitt...

Coming up on today's exhibit:Today,Vice President Mike Pence will be attending the March for...

the internet loves star wars more than you do

Unless you actually live in a galaxy far,far absent, you're probably aware that "The Force...

who will live on the islands of trash?

Coming up on nowadays's prove:More than 15 wildfires that started on Sunday night are still...

defending the gops healthcare bill, escaping...

Coming up on today's show:Senators like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz claim that the Senate healthcare...

intel unease, movie music, when darwin reached...

Coming up on today's demonstrate:The intelligence community appears to be at war with President...

carl hiaasen s sunshine noir

For such a silly writer, Carl Hiaasen seems awfully angry. “A lot of the funniest writers I...

review: in kings, the real power is held by...

In the play "Kings" at the Public Theater,Sydney Millsap is a new Congresswoman from Dallas, and...

cultural exchanges and saudi arabias soft power

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. final week,Saudi Arabia’s...

healthcare collapse: whats going on with...

Coming up on nowadays's show:The Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare has fallen...

trump looks for a reset, an emotional release, the...

Coming up on nowadays's show:In a prime time address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday...

the view from moscow, puzders done, fake voting...

Coming up on nowadays's show:Americans wake up every day to a new crop of political...

understanding mike pence, hugh hewitt on trump,...

Coming up on nowadays's show:nowadays,Vice President Mike Pence will be attending the March for...

a healthcare collapse, buying american, the...

Coming up on today's reveal:The Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare has fallen...

tony awards celebrate talent — and commemorate...

Theater has long been a dwelling of sanctuary for the homosexual community — perhaps never more so...

sam rockwell is nobody s fool

Ever since Sam Rockwell starred as a funny,sleazy game reveal host in 2002’s Confessions of a...

brutality in syria, harassment at fox, the future...

Coming up on nowadays's show:A day after a suspected chemical attack killed scores of people,a...

voices of deportation, reversing regulations,...

Coming up on today's present:Deportations have continued across the country since President...

a global hunger crisis, fighting for religious...

Coming up on today's reveal:Late last week,the United Nations announced that 20 million people...

dapls next steps, executions in georgia, norman...

Coming up on today's show:A mistrial was declared yesterday in the police shooting death of...

dems in nyc, baseballs back, alvin hall day

Coming up on nowadays's show:Weeks ahead of the state's primary,Democratic candidates...

meet the directors of 2016s oscar nominated...

The Brian Lehrer Show is continuing its tradition of talking to the filmmakers behind the five...

designing a computer with great taste

To make art,a computer first needs to understand what art is. A group of computer scientists at...

nick offerman crowns a popsicle stick winner

We’re always looking for ways to challenge you to flex your creative muscles. Over the summer,we...

a white house crisis, teleporting photons,...

Coming up on today's reveal:After a year of denying that his campaign had any connections to...

extra credit: how to make america out of popsicle...

A few weeks ago,we launched Nick Offerman’s final Popsicle Stick Throwdown, challenging listeners...

pigeonhole looks at bengalis who passed as black...

A new exhibit at the Knockdown middle in Queens explores the slight-known history of Bengali people...

sexual misconduct allegations roil alabama senate...

Coming up on today's demonstrate:The Temporary Protected Status Program (TPS) was enacted by...

mandates to govern, the epa under trump, artist...

Coming up on nowadays's show:Hillary Clinton is now main Donald Trump by more than 2.7 million...

does shakespeare need an english translator?

This week,the Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced that it is commissioning modern-English...

redesigning the south: the war room

At Studio 360,we've redesigned all sorts of things — grand concepts...

korean leaders pledge denuclearization and end to...

Here's what you'll find on nowadays's reveal:— For the first time in over half a...

baseball cards 2.0

instant gratification is now possible for baseball card collectors thanks to the Topps Company....

the next thing i heard was, everybody run, hes got...

Coming up on nowadays's show:Congressman Steve Scalise,the Republican majority whip in the U.S....

review: the strange, beautiful world of nice fish

Louis Jenkins is known for his prose poems geared toward the everyman — they're approximately...

our mothers brief affair allows linda lavin to...

The aging Anna (Linda Lavin) has a secret: years ago,when her son thought she was waiting around for...

your wonderful holiday shorts

For the past month,Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen and comedian Jenny Slate fill been asking our...

esa pekka salonen, symphonic superstar

The Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen’s myth is like something out of a film. At 25...

stephen colbert rebuilds his nation

A lot of fuss has been made approximately the "genuine" Stephen Colbert,but the modern host of the...

the russia probe dream team, backpedaling on cuba,...

Coming up on today's reveal:Who are the lawyers that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought...

angry town hall meetings, sex offender rights,...

Coming up on nowadays’s show:On Monday,President Donald Trump appointed Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as...

china goes green, a refugee fight in vermont,...

Coming up on today's display:final Friday,the FBI, the CIA, or the NSA released a...

sioux celebrations, trump worries china, being...

Coming up on nowadays's show:On Sunday,the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it will...

the complicated relationship between country music...

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. President Trump is in Las...

country musics uneasy relationship with the n.r.a.

Coming up on nowadays's expose:The intersection between the NRA and country music has existed...

a congressional shooting, americas drone war, a...

Coming up on nowadays's show:Congressman Steve Scalise,the Republican majority whip in the U.S....

comics and identity, the korea question, michigan...

Coming up on nowadays's show:How does the history between the U.S.,China, North Korea, or South...

a mothers brief affair allows linda lavin to shine

The aging Anna (Linda Lavin) has a secret: years ago,when her son thought she was waiting around for...

live in studio: el vy

whether you’ve ever heard the music of The National,the brooding baritone of Matt Berninger is...

aha moment: the golden compass

Julia Pilowsky was a shy child. “I was pretty much a doormat,” she recalls. But she was a...

michigan water woes, gorsuchs church state take,...

Coming up on today's show:How does the history between the U.S.,China, North Korea, or South...

the year in photos, tension in south sudan, the...

Coming up on today's show:Which photographs made the biggest impact this year? The Takeaway...

misbheaving economics, the disappearing night sky,...

Coming up on today's reveal:Richard Thaler,a professor at the University of Chicago Booth...

terror watch lists, predicting violence, turning...

Coming up on nowadays's demonstrate:The Orlando shooter was briefly placed on a terror watch...

the memeing of the president

Barack Obama is the internet's president. There’s an endless bounty of GIFs,mash-up videos,...

sideshow podcast: thanks, obama (feat. barack...

Barack Obama is the internet's president. There’s an endless bounty of GIFs,mash-up videos,...

the golden hour of satire, the sound of the...

Coming up on nowadays's show:Between the 2016 election and the fixed tweet stream from...

diy justice: should teachers be armed?

Coming up on nowadays's prove:Senate Republican leaders finally released their healthcare plan...

the blurry line between reality and comedy in the...

Coming up on today's show:Who are the lawyers that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought...

election recounts, a new era for cuba, celebrating...

Coming up on today's show:Hillary Clinton's campaign has agreed to participate in a vote...

misbehaving economics, the disappearing night sky,...

Coming up on today's exhibit:Richard Thaler,a professor at the University of Chicago Booth...

modi meets trump, guns in school, a forgotten...

Coming up on nowadays's show:Senate Republican leaders finally released their healthcare map...

the promise of jobs, a taste of freedom, muthaland

Coming up on today's show:As portion of his budget map,President Trump is seeking a $54 billion...

mad dog defense, alt christmas music, cuban poetry...

Coming up on today's expose:Up to 2000 veterans are planning to gather next week at the site of...

understanding the eu, televisions most devastating...

Coming up on nowadays's point to:Britain's tumultuous week began when the nation voted to...

review: lange shines in long days journey into...

"Long Day's Journey Into Night" is often considered Eugene O'Neill's masterwork. Set...

nick offerman s ultimate popsicle stick throwdown

It’s been a hot summer,so if you’re like us, you’ve been eating a lot of popsicles — which...

john hockenberry: my takeaway

Coming up on today's explain:Between the 2016 election and the constant tweet stream from...

the death of the dress code, toxic sites, hard...

Coming up on today's show:Despite denials from the Pentagon,U.S. veterans who were stationed on...

review: bianco is a rowdy circus thats literally...

St. Ann's Warehouse is known for innovative theater. But this is unusual,even for them — a...

mapping the pungent history of brooklyns curious...

For more than two centuries,the Gowanus Canal has been an essential and frequently controversial...

a room of their own

Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel "Room" tells the uncomfortably real chronicle of a young mother and...

art, passion, and pain for the puerto rican...

Coming up on today's expose:On Wednesday,the Trump Administration will unveil a plan for tax...

devastation in syria, cybersecurity, the evolution...

Coming up on today's show:Though civilians are being evacuated,devastation and destruction...

dnc divisiveness, difficult apologies, death of...

Coming up on nowadays's reveal:Despite denials from the Pentagon,U.S. veterans who were...

3847: new sounds live the trimbin band

Hear music by the Trimbin BandNick Hallett,Mikael Jorgensen, James Merle Thomas, or William...

listen and rejoice: library of congress updates...

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.The federal government has added...

review: searing performances in broadways...

"Blackbird," a play by David Harrower, has a shattering premise: A young woman confronts the man...

art is queer. its ours—it belongs to us.

Coming up on nowadays's show:President Donald Trump’s speech from the United Nations General...

a new democratic leader, pruitts carbon love...

Coming up on nowadays's explain:The decision over who will lead the Democratic National...

review: fiery dry powder questions capitalism

In finance,"dry powder" means liquid assets — normally cash. It's an appropriate name for...

what is the multiverse (or, how can there be two...

The parallel universe is a staple of science fiction. These other universes — nearly like one we...

holland taylor steps off her island

Actress Holland Taylor has played roles like Judge Roberta Kittleson on The Practice,an ad executive...

seeking accountability for the monster

Coming up on today's indicate:Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar is due to be...

01 26 17: immigrants under trump, tribal power in...

Coming up on today's show:President Donald Trump is continuing his focus on national security...

it s tommy westphall s universe, we just live in...

When Tom Fontana was a producer on the show “St. Elsewhere” in the 1980s,he loved to push the...

live in studio: cocorosie

Sisters Sierra and Bianca Casady were born and raised in the United States — raised all over the...

a tribute to a trailblazing poet.

Coming up on nowadays's explain:On Wednesday,Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will join...

a shocking brexit, the student debt bubble, dj...

Coming up on today's display:The people of Britain shocked the world after voting to leave the...

prodigal son fails to make the grade

In "Prodigal Son" at Manhattan Theatre Club,playwright John Patrick Shanley has written a admire...

jenny slate picks the most wonderful short

For our final listener challenge of the year,we asked you to invent 30-second holiday filmsabout any...

reasons to see the nutcracker

Every year,there are a handful ofsigns that it's the holiday season in modern York City:...

the original music videos were slightly nsfw

Originating in France in the early 1960s,the Scopitone was a jukebox on acid. Each machine held 36...

can the subway become a musical instrument?

It all started with a sound. During a ride on the Tokyo metro,James Murphy (of the band LCD...

halloween goals: pastry edition

Most domestic bakers stick to layer cakes and pies,but Christine McConnell sculpts pastries worthy...

isis hits iran, marketing the obesity crisis, 100...

Coming up on nowadays's present:On Wednesday,Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will join...

the growing left, australias refugees, florida...

Coming up on nowadays's show:At a critical moment for Democrats,what can they learn from...

i did three sittings with philip seymour hoffman,...

I did three sittings with Philip Seymour Hoffman,but it’s the time that I had a random lunch with...

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