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Reverend Julius Ceasar Hope mural after completion. Credit: Jeffery m. Glover/ The Current GA

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  • Arts & Life

Trio of new murals spotlight change in Brunswick

On Saturday, Sept. 24, Brunswick celebrated the completion of three new public murals bringing awareness of local Black history and sociopolitical struggles. 

September 29, 2022
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  • The Current
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

The rapper Coolio has died at 59

The artist, one of hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.

September 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Book Reviews

'Solito' is a personal story of immigration that sheds light on the universal

Javier Zamora's book, as touching as it is sad, and as full of hope and kindness as it is harrowing, is the kind of narrative that manages to bring a huge debate down to a very personal space.

September 29, 2022
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  • Gabino Iglesias
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett stands inside the Allen Elizabethan Theatre in Ashland, Ore. She recently programmed her first full season but not everyone has embraced her new approach.

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  • Arts & Life

Oregon Shakespeare Festival focuses on expansion – but is not without its critics

After two years of pandemic closures, audiences are back at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to find a season of diverse plays. But for many, change has come too soon.

September 28, 2022
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By:
  • Bilal Qureshi
Magnus Carlsen says he will not play Hans Niemann again because he believes Niemann "has cheated more — and more recently — than he has publicly admitted."

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  • Sports

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating

The scandal has been the talk of the chess world this month. Interest exploded last week after Carlsen resigned from a match against Niemann after making only one move.

September 28, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Mark Mobley performs in "Friend of the Groom" as part of Macon Pride Week 2022.

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  • Arts & Life

Macon Pride event features tale of a wedding disaster

This year, for the first time, Macon Pride features a bit of theater, a performance of "Friend of the Groom." It's the story of a wedding between a gay white man and a Japanese woman who needs to marry an American to stay in the U.S. What is supposed to be a small wedding turns into an elaborate event. Starring in this one man performance is Mark Mobley, a writer and director of marketing and communications at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. Mobley spoke with GPB's Peter Biello.

September 28, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
GPB News NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Remembering Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of the 'Wolf Hall' saga

The British writer, who died Sept. 22, wrote a trilogy of critically acclaimed historical novels on the life of Thomas Cromwell, one of Henry VIII's most trusted advisors. Originally broadcast in '12.

September 28, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
GPB News NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Ned Fulmer's Try Guys cheating scandal, explained

Ned Fulmer was an original member of The Try Guys, a group that attracted a large YouTube following by trying unusual antics. Now he has departed the group following revelations of infidelity.

September 28, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Leslie Grace (left), Antonio Banderas, Lynda Carter, Xochitl Gomez, Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), El Santo and Xolo Maridueña have played or are in production to play superheroes.

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  • Arts & Life

Latino superheroes are saving the day in Hollywood

Many of the new movie superheroes star Latino actors or have Latino characters. Their origin stories are diverse.

September 27, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Two members of Tennessee State University's Aristocrat of Bands — Marro Briggs, left, and Curtis Olawumi.

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  • Music Features

How to fit a top-tier HBCU marching band and the gospel tradition onto one album

The massive sound of The Aristocrat of Bands, a highly respected HBCU marching band, and the overflowing history of gospel combine on a single album (with a great title) — 'The Urban Hymnal.'

September 27, 2022
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  • Jewly Hight

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Intimacies, Received,' moments of intimacy come tangled with moments of violence

Taneum Bambrick's second collection of poems portrays how moments of intimacy can represent moments of violence – and how difficult it can be to untangle the two from each other.

September 27, 2022
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  • Jeevika Verma
Mourners attend a vigil in Las Vegas following the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.

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  • TV Reviews

Las Vegas mass shooting survivors tell their own story in '11 minutes' documentary

The new four-hour Paramount+ documentary is told mostly through cellphone videos and police body cams. It is surprisingly not gruesome — the visuals are selected and edited very judiciously.

September 27, 2022
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  • David Bianculli
Linda Skeens won first, second and third place for best jelly and jam and many, many other categories at a Virginia county fair.

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  • Food

Linda Skeens, whose recipes swept awards at a Virginia county fair, joins TikTok

Skeens won first, second and third place in the categories for cookies, candy and savory bread. After a widespread Internet effort to find her took place on TikTok, she has joined the platform.

September 27, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
The Library of Congress has acquired the life's work of radio producer Jim Metzner, who has spent decades traveling the world to capture rich soundscapes. While he's honored that they will be archived, he says he wants to make sure people actually listen to them.

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  • World

He spent decades recording soundscapes. Now they're going to the Library of Congress

Jim Metzner has traveled far and wide to record sounds of the world and share them with listeners. The Library of Congress will preserve thousands of tapes and other items dating back to the 1970s.

September 27, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Digital creator Kyana Sue Powers says residents of Vestmannaeyjar treat puffling season as a regular part of life. "It's just what you do, it's as normal to do as recycling cans," she told NPR.

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  • Animals

Why it's perfectly normal to see baby puffins thrown off cliffs in Iceland each year

Throwing thousands of baby puffins off a cliff is a yearly tradition for the people of Iceland's Westman Islands. It's part of what's known as "puffling season" and is a crucial life-saving endeavor.

September 26, 2022
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  • Halisia Hubbard
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