The Picture Show

Chicano Males Stare Down Stereotypes()  

Willie Herron, Artist/Musician

April 25, 2013 Harry Gamboa Jr. makes portraits of Chicano men to challenge their portrayal in the media and show their strength of character.

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The Picture Show

The World Is, Quite Literally, Her Canvas()  

Flutter By.

April 22, 2013 Artist Wendy Gold re-imagines the world using vintage globes and recycled materials.

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Buried In Grain

The Reports: Buried In Grain()  

Grain Operator Austin Clubb surveys corn inside the Homestead Grain Facility at Amana Farms near Cedar Rapids, IA.

March 24, 2013 Nearly 180 people — including 18 teenagers — have been killed in grain-related entrapments at federally regulated facilities across 34 states since 1984, records show.

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The Two-Way

HBO: Programming Could Be Sold Directly Through Internet Providers()  

HBO chief Richard Plepler speaks in New York at a 2011 screening.

March 22, 2013 The television network's CEO, Richard Plepler, says the company is mulling over a move that could end-run the cable companies.

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Thistle and Shamrock

Thistle And Shamrock: Irish Pairs()  

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

March 20, 2013 Few musical sounds make a more honest and direct statement than duos in the Irish tradition. So we feature pairs this week: the fiddle of Martin Hayes in dialog with Dennis Cahill's guitar, the late Frankie Kennedy whose flute soars in partnership with Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh's fiddle (pron: Mir-aid Nee Weeney), and the intertwined voices of sisters Maighread and Triona Ni Dhomhnaill (Pron: Myrud and Treena Nee Gonnel).

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Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on <em>The Rite of Spring</em>.

Imani Winds: Tiny Desk Concert

Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.

Watch the singer perform 90 minutes of intense, riveting, emotional music, live in Washington, D.C.

James Blake, Live In Concert

Watch the singer perform 90 minutes of intense, riveting, emotional music, live in Washington, D.C.

Watch Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew perform "Two Trains" from their new album, <em>Fade</em>.

KCRW Presents: Yo La Tengo

Watch Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew perform "Two Trains" from their new album, Fade.

Watch a special performance previewing Muhly's exciting, intrigue-filled opera <em>Two Boys.</em>

An Evening With Nico Muhly, 'Two Boys' And Other Works

Watch a special performance previewing Muhly's exciting, intrigue-filled opera Two Boys.

Take a tour of the young composer's childhood home: a tiny sailboat docked in a Seattle harbor.

Jherek Bischoff On Q2 Music's 'Spaces'

Take a tour of the young composer's childhood home: a tiny sailboat docked in a Seattle harbor.

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