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After 30+ years, 'The Stinky Cheese Man' is aging well

Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith created The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales in 1992. They remember their work on the classic children's book and how their partnership began.

January 22, 2023
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  • Samantha Balaban
Members of the Grant Avenue Follies, a senior cabaret dance troupe based in San Francisco's Chinatown, collaborated with rapper Jason Chu on the Lunar New Year song "That Lunar Cheer."

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San Francisco Chinatown seniors welcome in the Lunar New Year with rap

The Grant Avenue Follies are steeped in tap dance and the songs of the 1950s and '60s. But they are no strangers to hip-hop, as the track "That Lunar Cheer" shows.

January 22, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Lévy's new graphic novel <em>Queenie: Godmother of Harlem</em> revives the forgotten story of Harlem mob boss Stephanie Saint Clair AKA Queenie in the form of a mafia thriller.

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New graphic novel explores the life of 'Queenie,' Harlem Renaissance mob boss

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem tells the overlooked story of Stephanie Saint Clair, or "Queenie," a Black female mob boss and fashion icon who lived during the height of the Harlem Renaissance.

January 22, 2023
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  • Seyma Bayram

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Hot pot is the perfect choose-your-own-adventure soup to ring in the Lunar New Year

Often eaten with big groups of friends and family, hot pot is a single cauldron of soup with boundless possibilities. Ahead of the Lunar New Year, we joined up with some hot pot aficionados in Queens.

January 21, 2023
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  • Olivia Ebertz
Cat stickers hang on display last week in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Lunar New Year begins on Sunday and marks the Year of the Cat in Vietnam and the Year of the Rabbit in China, South Korea and other East and Southeast Asian countries.

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While many ring in the Year of the Rabbit, Vietnam celebrates the cat

This Lunar New Year, the Vietnamese will observe a different animal in the zodiac, the cat. The reasons are murky: could be linguistics or the landscape — or maybe cats are just plain friendlier.

January 21, 2023
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
For Rapp, the goal was always a solo music career.

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Reneé Rapp wants to burn out by 30 — and it's all going perfectly to plan

You may know about Rapp from TikTok, TV or Broadway. But she says all of that has just been in service of her true passion: a solo music career.

January 21, 2023
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  • Mia Venkat
Bruce Reznick, known as "Mr. Whammy" at a Nets game earlier this month.

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Look out, Nets rivals! Octogenarian Mr. Whammy is coming for you

Super fan Bruce Reznick, 86, has been a fixture at Nets games since before the team moved to Brooklyn.

January 21, 2023
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  • Jeff Lunden

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Anime broadens its reach — at conventions, at theaters, and streaming at home

Manga artist Hajime Isayama says when he was growing up in Japan, anime wasn't considered cool. Now, he says, he has a "global audience" in mind.

January 21, 2023
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  • Maison Tran
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How climate change is killing the world's languages

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Karen McVeigh of The Guardian about her reporting on the connection between climate change and global language loss.

January 20, 2023
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Matt Ozug,
  • and 1 more
Still from Kyle Edward Ball's <em>Skinamarink</em>

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: "Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras, Skinamarink and more.

January 20, 2023
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  • Stephen Thompson,
  • Reanna Cruz,
  • and 2 more
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Rachael & Vilray share a mic — and a love of old swing standards

The duo have a new album, I Love a Love Song. In 2020, Rachael & Vilray spoke to Fresh Air and played songs from their self-titled debut album, which drew on the music of the '30s and '40s.

January 20, 2023
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  • Sam Briger
Prosecutors in Santa Fe, N.M., have announced involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin in connection with the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021.

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Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in 'Rust' shooting death

Prosecutors announced charges against Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the film Rust. Baldwin was rehearsing a scene when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed.

January 20, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell

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  • Book Reviews

'How to Sell a Haunted House' is campy and tense, dark but also deep

Grady Hendrix's tale of siblings who come together after the deaths of their parents to sell their house fully embraces all the elements readers have come to love about Hendrix's storytelling.

January 20, 2023
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  • Gabino Iglesias

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  • Book Reviews

Racism tears a Maine fishing community apart in 'This Other Eden'

In 1912, the 47 residents of Malaga Island were forcibly removed from their small, interracial community. Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Harding fictionalizes the story in a stunning new historical novel.

January 20, 2023
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  • Maureen Corrigan
Ben Whishaw, Rooney Mara and Claire Foy star in <em>Women Talking</em>,<em> </em>which tells the story of a religious colony devastated by sexual violence.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Women Talking' explores survival, solidarity and spirituality after sexual assault

Eight women come together in a hayloft to decide what's next after their religious colony is devastated by sexual violence. Sarah Polley adapted Miriam Toews' novel, which was drawn from true events.

January 20, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
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