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Agnes Martin: She painted with her back to the worldGoogle celebrates abstract impressionist Agnes Martin with a doodle today. What did Agnes Martin say about inspiration, creativity, and the metaphysical influences on her work?
Top Picks: SyFy's new program 'Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge,' Hafez Nazeri's new album, and moreHistorian Simon Schama narrates 'The Story of the Jews' on PBS, National Geographic debuts two programs that pair science with everyday life, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Cathal Armstrong and David Hagedorn's cookbook 'My Irish Table,' 'Frozen' on DVD and Blu-ray, and moreThe magazine American Songwriter is instructive and inspiring, the podcast Business Women ROCK has great tips for female entrepreneurs, and more top picks.
Political clout of Baltic cultureEvents in the country of Latvia such as the World Choir Games and the symbolic passing of books from hand to hand aim to revive the cultural history of the country.
Top Picks: 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' on DVD, Lake Street Dive's album 'Bad Self Portraits,' and moreAcorn TV's Web-streaming service offers top British shows, the CBS program 'Summer Dreams' takes viewers inside the high-stakes National Basketball Association summer league, and more.
The Web's new viral starMillions of viewers are tuning in for science-related YouTube videos like one that gives a tour of the Large Hadron Super Collider and clips of little-seen giant sea creatures.
Top Picks: Alto saxophonist Aaron Irwin's new album 'Ordinary Lives,' Lifetime's film 'The Trip to Bountiful,' and moreFox and National Geographic team up for the series 'Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey,' Beck's new album 'Morning Phase' is bold and assured, and more top picks.
Top Picks: The digital magazine Marvelous, 'Gravity' on DVD and Blu-ray, and moreA new app compiles clips from documentaries by Ken Burns, writer Mitch Horowitz details how the idea of thinking positively took the US by storm, and more top picks.
Visitors take vibrant new rolesMuseums are no longer telling visitors to stand back and don't touch 鈥� they're asking for their participation.
Top Picks: NBC's Olympic Gold Map of athletes' training facilities, Sting's Broadway play preview, and more'Frontline' examines the intersection of teenagers and social media, food historian Rae Katherine Eighmey explores Abraham Lincoln's life through regional food, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Captain Phillips' on DVD and Blu-ray, PBS's celebration of Britain's National Theatre, and moreJazz singer Gregory Porter's new album is funky and irresistible, graphic designer Brock Davis captures whimsical still lifes with his iPhone, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Musician Dave Van Ronk's memoir, Capitol Records' remastered Beatles albums, and moreCBS celebrates the anniversary of the Beatles' 'Ed Sullivan' appearance, PBS honors Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker's birthday with a two-hour tribute, and more top picks.
Top Picks: The FoodieTV app, Greg Kot's Staples Singers biography, and moreActor Christopher Plummer portrays John Barrymore for PBS as part of the 'Great Performances' series, 'James Bond' writer Ian Fleming gets his own series for BBC America, and more top picks.
Top Picks: The Discovery Channel's scripted series 'Klondike,' the Everly Brothers tribute album 'Foreverly,' and moreThe documentary 'Salinger,' which explores the life of the mysterious 'Catcher in the Rye' author, airs on PBS, Leonard Maltin's new movie guide will prep you for awards season, and more top picks.
A new stage for playwrightsPlaywrights are increasingly staging their shows on their terms as networking via social media and more creative approaches give them the ability to take control of their work.
Top Picks: PBS's documentary on '1964,' a Fred Astaire album, and morePhotographer Kirsty Mitchell brings viewers to a world of flowers and wooded glades in her series 'Wonderland 2009-2014,' comedian Paul F. Tompkins has his friends portray famous authors in The Dead Authors Podcast, and more top picks.
A workout tribe for city dwellersThe November Project, a no-fee grassroots workout group that meets early in the morning, has spread from its home city of Boston to other locations like San Diego, Denver, and even Canada.
Top Picks: The Super Deluxe box set of 'The Velvet Underground & Nico,' this year's Annual Kennedy Center Honors broadcast, and more'Downton Abbey' returns for a fourth season on PBS, PBS's 'American Masters' examines the life of prolific composer Marvin Hamlisch, and more top picks.
A surprise hidden in a phone boxPhone boxes, now often deserted, are the subject of a Massachusetts art project where artists create works inside their interiors.
Top Picks: The Royal Opera House's 'Nutcracker' at your movie theater, Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon's Beatles book 'All the Songs,' and more'Once' troubadour Glen Hansard's new album 'Drive All Night' recalls Springsteen and Van Morrison, PBS's 'How Sherlock Changed the World' examines the influence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on police work, and more top picks.
