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Art In A Neon Cage: Welcome To The Havana BiennialEvery other year, Cuba's artists get a chance to show their wares to the world. The historic hulk of Havana's La Cabana fortress makes for an art gallery like no other — and provides a home for one of the most important art events in Latin America.ARTS & LIVING
Chef Dan Barber chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love and the foodie honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.
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'The Chemistry Of Tears' And The Art Of HealingIn Peter Carey's latest, a grieving woman becomes consumed with reanimating an automaton.In Writing, Fuentes Shed Light On Poverty, InequalityCarlos Fuentes was instrumental in bringing Latin American literature to an international audienceHome Video Picks: 'Being John Malkovich'Bob Mondello recommends the Criterion Collection's Blu-ray release of Being John Malkovich.Remembering Mexican Writer Carlos FuentesFuentes died Tuesday at the age of 83.Vermont Beer Makers Bring Back Old-Time Maple Sap BrewsLate season maple sap was used in a potent beer that cooled farm workers in the heat of summer.Even Your Mother Will Approve Of Vegetable ChipsThese baked, seasoned crisps are so tasty and colorful, you might not miss those fried potato chips. |
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Fox Rolls Out Its New Fall Shows, Including One From Mindy Kaling
Fox doesn't have as many holes to fill as the other networks, but they've still got a handful of new fall shows. - READ MOREAudra McDonald: Shaping 'Bess' On Broadway
The actress is nominated for her fifth Tony Award for the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess. "There's very few quiet moments for Bess," she says. "They're all very big, very emotional. ... And to commit to that night after night after night is very difficult." - READ MORE'Home': Toni Morrison's Taut, Triumphant New Novel
Toni Morrison's latest novel revisits the story of the prodigal son as a Korean War veteran returns to his hometown in the pre-Civil Rights era South. Critic Heller McAlpin says Home is as accessible and visceral as anything Morrison has written. - READ MORELong-Term Investments On Shaky Stocks: 'New Girl' And 'Smash' End Their Seasons
Commentator Marc Hirsh considers the viewer investment required to let an uneven pilot develop as a series, and how that process went very differently for two of this season's most hyped shows. - READ MOREJohnny Carson Gets The 'Masters' Treatment
Monday night on PBS, American Masters presents a two-hour biography of Johnny Carson. Carson retired 20 years ago this month, and vacated a throne that TV critic David Bianculli says no one has managed to claim since. - READ MOREShooting Vietnam: Remembering Horst Faas
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Horst Faas, who captured iconic moments during the Vietnam War, has died. In 1997, he talked to Terry Gross about covering the conflict. "Being in Vietnam and being around a major story of the time was always a great shot of adrenaline," he said. - READ MOREPounding Away At America's Obesity Epidemic
One third of Americans today are obese, and another third are overweight. Nearly one-third of our children are obese. The dramatic growth of obesity in the U.S is the subject of a new HBO documentary series called The Weight of the Nation. - READ MORENBC Upfronts: Six New Shows, And 'Community' On Fridays
We look at what's ahead on NBC this fall, including another attempt to reboot Matthew Perry and a show taking the position that men raising kids is inherently hilarious. - READ MORE
Exclusive First Read: 'Gone Girl' By Gillian Flynn
Darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl will be published June 5. In this exclusive selection from the book's opening, we meet Nick and Amy, the perfect couple, whose alternating chapters soon reveal them to be unreliable narrators — and spouses. - READ MORE
Mamma Mia! A Mother Tougher Than The Godfather
Mario Puzo isn't known for his strong female characters — but if you've read his pre-Godfather work, The Fortunate Pilgrim, you might think otherwise. Author Zoe Ferraris recommends this book, which is based on Puzo's own mother. Do you have a favorite literary matriarch? Tell us in the comments. - READ MORE
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