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The art of public mourningPhotos, notes, and similar objects left at memorial sites pose a problem: What should happen to them?聽
Top Picks: Welsh ensemble 9Bach's new album 'Tincian,' the iOS app Sidereel, and moreDolly Parton's new album 'Blue Smoke' shows she hasn't lost any of her charm and verve, the movie 'Her' is the perfect romantic scenario for the age of smart phones, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Journalist George Plimpton on 'American Masters,' the Facebook app Paper, and moreA National Geographic IMAX documentary titled 'Pandas: The Journey Home' looks at China's work raising the animals and then releasing them back into the wild, the 'Frontline' two-part series 'The United States of Secrets' looks at the government's surveillance program, and more top picks.
Is snarky wit on its way out?From music to movies and late-night TV, earnestness seems to be everywhere in pop culture right now.
Top Picks: Neneh Cherry's new album 'Blank Project,' PBS's search for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and moreThe Rodgers and Hammerstein Collection, which includes such favorites as 'Oklahoma!' and 'The Sound of Music,' arrives on Blu-ray, Bill Cosby is honored by the American Comedy Awards, and more top picks.
Tony nominations 2014: 'A Gentleman's Guide to Murder' leads the packTony nominations were bestowed on such musicals as 'A Gentleman's Guide to Murder' and 'Aladdin,' while actors like Neil Patrick Harris and Audra McDonald will also be up for prizes. The Tony nominations were announced on April 29.
A new look for pound puppiesAnimal shelters and rescue groups are starting campaigns on Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms in which they send out photos of shelter animals to attract potential owners.
Top Picks: Choreographer Matthew Bourne's take on 'Sleeping Beauty,' Comedy Central's new app, and more'American Masters' on PBS follows the history of the environmental movement in 'A Fierce Green Fire,' Fathom Events brings Peter Gabriel to movie theaters, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Director Hayao Miyazaki's books, bluegrass-folk Nickel Creek's new album 'A Dotted Line,' and moreNew Yorker cartoon editor and cartoonist Bob Mankoff takes fans behind the scenes in his new book 'How About Never 鈥� Is Never Good for You?,' the Lifetime original movie A Day Late and a Dollar Short is a showcase for actress Whoopi Goldberg, and more top picks.
A little more than a 'staycation'Writer Alastair Humphreys coined the term 'microadventure' to promote the idea that a meaningful experience, like sleeping under the stars, doesn't have to involve spending money or a long travel time.
Top Picks: PBS's look at family band Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, 'August: Osage County' on DVD and Blu-ray, and moreThe White House hosts an all-female musician lineup that includes Aretha Franklin and Melissa Etheridge, YouTube host Jessica Beinecke teaches Mandarin through the Netflix series 'House of Cards,' and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' on DVD and Blu-ray, Broken Bells' album 'After the Disco, and morePink Martini collaborates with the von Trapps for the album 'Dream a Little Dream,' PBS focuses on the Western aspect of the conflict in 'Civil War: The Untold Story,' and more top picks.
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.
