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Arts & Culture

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Poet Angela Lim.
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Angela Lim reads "Claustrophobia," "Lying on my back," and "Elegy for Yearling."
The songs of Irving Berlin were featured in some of Hollywood’s first “Talkies,” and this week, we’ll explore the songwriter’s work in cinema, including songs like “Blue Skies,” “Puttin’ On The Ritz,” and “Cheek To Cheek”
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    Watch kids run. Spontaneous. They don't care how far. They don't care how fast.
  • Now that we have had our first frosts in the Midwest, I am thinking about what to plant next year.
  • Submit your answers for tonight's game. Get helpful hints and try bonus trivia challenges. Skål!
  • Poet Heather Corbally Bryant reads “Santorini Airport, Dusk,” “Postcards,” “Silver Anniversary,” and “Oia.”
  • The significance of place in our lives is both functional and spiritual. Our birthplace, our addresses, our final resting place all help to identify us and tell our story on this earth. Where we are in place also constantly calls upon us to be aware of the present moment.
  • When it comes to the early music of Britain, Tudor England tends to dominate the historical imagination. But there was plenty going on north of the border, as we’ll hear this hour. We’re exploring over five centuries of music in and about Scotland, so tune in for rarely heard gems from Celtic chant to heartfelt ballads and snappy dance tunes. Click title for playlist.
  • Succulents are commonly known as "neglectable plants" for their ability to thrive in otherwise inhospitable conditions of little water and sunshine.
  • Browse our playlist from this week's game, and Happy Thanksgiving
  • Poet Daniel Lassell reads "Tank," "Winston," "Frame [In Eagle Creek Park]," "Frame [The neighbor says]," "Proximity Continuum" from his 2025 book Frame Inside a Frame.
  • One of those personalities you'd love to have a beer with. He'd be buying. You'd be listening
  • Hyacinths were first found growing in Asia, but because of the efforts of Dutch growers, there are now many varieties in the genus “Hyacintha.” Most bloom in the spring from bulbs planted in the fall.
  • Browse our playlist from tonight's game