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Bicycle commuters stop to grab a cup of coffee and a chat on their way into work as part of Portland's "Breakfast on the Bridges."

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  • Arts & Life

'Breakfast on the Bridges': a monthly Portland commuter tradition

On the last Friday of the month, a group of volunteers serves up tasty treats to morning bike commuters and passersby. The event has been going on for over 20 years.

May 02, 2025
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  • Deena Prichep
<em>Thunderbolts* </em>stars a cast of misfits, including Florence Pugh, Hannah John-Kamen, Wyatt Russell and David Harbour.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Thunderbolts*' is a refreshing misfit hit after many Marvel misfires

Marvel's latest release is a decently effective blend of misfit mercenaries and pop psychology.

May 02, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
Lubrin, who is known for her poetry, published her debut fiction collection <em>Code Noir</em> in 2024.

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  • Book News & Features

Canadian writer Canisia Lubrin wins $150K Carol Shields literary prize

The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."

May 01, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond in <em>Sunset Blvd</em>.

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  • Performing Arts

2025 Tony nominations are out — and they're full of celebrities

Broadway isn't just back — it's raising the bar. Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending tied for most nominations. Plus, nods to George Clooney, Nicole Scherzinger and more.

May 01, 2025
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  • Jennifer Vanasco

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  • Arts & Life

'Weird Al' Yankovic keeps dorkiness close to his heart

"Weird Al" Yankovic has no trouble tapping into his dorkiness. Perhaps that's the secret to his decades-spanning appeal. On this week's Wild Card with Rachel Martin, he talks about aging into his weirdness.

May 01, 2025
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  • Rachel Martin
When she was 25, violinist Esther Abrami realized that none of the hundreds of pieces she had played were composed by women. The results of her journey to change that are on her new album, <em>Women</em>.

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  • Music Interviews

Violinist Esther Abrami uncovers 'hidden treasure' of music by women

French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases.

May 01, 2025
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  • Olivia Hampton
Ia Sukhitashvili plays Nina, an obstetrician who performs abortions in rural Georgia, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains in Dea Kulumbegashvili's film <em>April</em>.

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  • Movie Interviews

Georgian filmmaker embedded in a birth clinic for a year to make abortion drama

Dea Kulumbegashvili embedded for a year inside a maternity clinic for her new film, April, about an obstetrician in rural Georgia, as the country faces increased abortion restrictions.

April 30, 2025
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  • Leila Fadel and
  • Olivia Hampton
Former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, speaking at a rally in November, was among the Biden appointees the Trump administration removed from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's board of trustees.

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  • Politics

Trump fires Biden appointees, including Doug Emhoff, from the Holocaust Museum board

Critics see the terminations as an effort to politicize the Holocaust museum. The White House says Trump will appoint new board members "who are also steadfast supporters of the State of Israel."

April 30, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
In 2024, the Idaho Humanities Council funded a rural historical society's project to compile 400 biographies of local veterans.

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  • Arts & Life

The Mellon Foundation announces 'emergency funding' for humanities councils

The Mellon Foundation has announced $15 million in "emergency funding" for 56 humanities councils across the country. The government recently eliminated $65 million in support.

April 29, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Special collections at the Boston Public Library.<br>

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  • Movie Reviews

A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All'

By examining the value of libraries in the distant and recent past, this PBS film makes a compelling case for the importance of the American public library system today.

April 29, 2025
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  • David Bianculli
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How Project 2025 is shaping Trump's second term

Journalist David Graham says the aim of the creators of the conservative action plan Project 2025 is to push the federal government "as far to the right as they can." His new book is The Project.

April 29, 2025
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  • Dave Davies

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  • Book News & Features

There's some Revolutionary reading coming your way this week

The second volume in Pulitzer-winning historian Rick Atkinson's planned trilogy on the American Revolution publishes Tuesday. Plus a graphic memoir, short fiction, and "the secret life" of a cemetery.

April 29, 2025
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  • Colin Dwyer
Philippa Hughes attends "Looking For America," a  series of dinners and art exhibitions, at the El Paso Museum of History in 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

The Vietnam War tore her family apart. She's bringing people together.

Philippa Hughes' life spans war, international romance, divorce, an abduction, art and politics. As one of the few liberals in her family, she knows how divisions can break a family and a country.

April 29, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, arrive in January 2003 at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

An autopsy confirms Gene Hackman died from heart disease

Hackman was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to the new report. The actor, 95, had been in poor health for some time.

April 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Attendees watch and dance as New Dangerfield performs during the Biscuit & Banjos festival in Durham, N.C., on April 26.

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  • Photography

Rhiannon Giddens' new music festival celebrates Black music, art, culture in N.C.

Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens brings Biscuits & Banjos, a music festival that features Black musicians on guitars, fiddles and banjos, history, dancing and more, to Durham, N.C.

April 29, 2025
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  • Cornell Watson and
  • Emily Bogle
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