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Let's face it: the world has gotten pretty strange. Mind you, some of that strangeness is a lot of fun, which is really no surprise. Culturally speaking,…

I've been a cheerleader for El Sistema for years, on this blog, on the air and everywhere else. This is the program of music education that originated in…

Wherever you look these days you'll find the billboards with a doe-eyed Leonardo di Caprio gazing before a glitzy roaring 20s backdrop straight out of the…

A few classical headlines and some things to do this holiday weekend. Leave a comment and let us know what you're up to this weekend! Cory Arcangel’s…

When I think of the Christmas Holiday season, the composer that most often comes to mind for me is Johann Sebastian Bach. Handel's Messiah is wonderful,…

[VIDEO IS DEAD] Cathy Berberian could sing anything. And did. She was born in North [caption id="attachment_13391" align="alignright" width="147"…

The "brandalists," as they call themselves, used commercial ad space to point out the damage they say big corporations are having on the world's environment.

NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports that the samples of anthrax the Pentagon thought were dead, were still alive. The Pentagon says the public was never at risk.

Floods in Australia have caused a double digit jump in spot prices for coal. The price bump will temporarily help Ohio coal companies while hurting…

We dig into the NPR audio archives for another installment of a our feature "First Mention" to hear the initial use on air of the term "Wikipedia."