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'Lamentate': Two Sides to Arvo Pärt's Art

Arvo Pärt, one of the world's most honored living composers, recently recorded and released two new works on a CD called Lamentate, conducted by Andrey Boreyko. Music critic Tom Manoff says the pieces highlight two very different sides of the composer's work.

'Lamentate': Two Sides to Arvo Pärt's Art

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A Psychedelic Return: 'John Simon's Album'

Fresh Air

The solo album by John Simon, a record producer who worked with many groups from the late 1960s and early '70s, is being reissued. Among one of Simon's most popular projects was his work with The Band and Blood, Sweat and Tears.

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Movies

America's Leading Man: Dennis Quaid

Fresh Air

Actor Dennis Quaid's new film is a family comedy called Yours, Mine, and Ours. He first became famous for Breaking Away in 1979; he has starred in a slew of hit films since then. Quaid's resume includes The Right Stuff, The Big Easy, Innerspace, Great Balls Of Fire, Any Given Sunday, The Day After Tomorrow, and Far From Heaven.

America's Leading Man: Dennis Quaid

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Performing Arts

Shakespeare Innovator Rylance on Farewell Tour

Mark Rylance will soon wrap up his 10-year tenure as artistic director of the Globe Theatre Company. He is currently on tour with the company, starring as Vincentio in Measure for Measure.

Shakespeare Innovator Rylance on Farewell Tour

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Music News

Behind the Myth: A New Beatles Biography

Fresh Air

Rock journalist Bob Spitz's new biography of the Beatles is decidedly not prettified: venereal disease, drugs, and bad business are all part of the story of the Fab Four. The book is The Beatles: The Biography.

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Books

The Truth About Travel

Travel always seems exciting: the novelty of a different place, new experiences, the chance to meet new people. But it doesn't always turn out that way. Lonely Planet editor Don George has put together his own collection of "on the road" tales from famous to not-so-famous writers in a new travel anthology, By the Seat of My Pants: Humorous Tales of Travel and Misadventure.

The Truth About Travel

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On Television

A Hospital in Zambia, 'On the Frontlines of AIDS'

In his new documentary On the Frontlines of AIDS, filmmaker Sorious Samura chronicles his experience working as an orderly at a hospital in Zambia. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the film, which airs Monday on the Discovery Times Channel.

A Hospital in Zambia, 'On the Frontlines of AIDS'

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Media

Films Battle over Wal-Mart's Public Image

Two new films offer conflicting perspectives of corporate retailing giant Wal-Mart. The first movie is a documentary by videographer Robert Greenwald, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price. The retailer is fighting back with a "war room" for public relations, and it's being helped by Robert Galloway's enthusiastic Why Wal-Mart Works, and Why that Makes Some People Crazy.

Films Battle over Wal-Mart's Public Image

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Katrina & Beyond

Katrina Alters the View for New Orleans Artists

Some artists from New Orleans say Hurricane Katrina will mark a turning point in their careers, and not only because it ruined some of their work. They say the altered visual and cultural landscape of the city will affect the art they have yet to make. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports.

Katrina Alters the View for New Orleans Artists

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Media

Women Confront 'Celluloid Ceiling' in Hollywood

Women now sit at the head of major studios. But a recent study shows that the number of women working in all other aspects of film remain woefully low. The numbers in TV are a bit higher.

Women Confront 'Celluloid Ceiling' in Hollywood

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Author Interviews

Robert Louis Stevenson's Split Personality

Myself & The Other Fellow is a new biography of Robert Louis Stevenson. His works are well known, but the author's own story may surprise readers. Biographer Claire Harman finds a complex, brilliant and troubled man.

Robert Louis Stevenson's Split Personality

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