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Top Picks: 'On Chesil Beach,' 'The Age of Napoleon' podcast'Jurassic Park'聽returns to theaters,聽the hosts of the podcast 'Dis-Order'聽are聽reviewing every Disney animated film, and more top picks.
Native American veterans get spotlight with upcoming memorialThere has not historically been a landmark honoring the contributions of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians who have served in the military. That will change with the National Native American Veterans Memorial.
Top Picks: The movie 'The Guardians,' the podcast 'My Indian Life,' and more top picksThe hills will be alive when 'The Sound of Music' returns to movie theaters on Sept. 12 through Fathom Events, the app聽Splitwise聽is great to have on a trip with friends or for shared expenses like rent or utilities, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Brave Little State' podcast, the Evernote app, and moreThe movie 'Tully' is available on DVD and Blu-ray and stars Charlize Theron as harried mother Marlo, the聽Smithsonian National Postal Museum聽is exploring聽Alexander Hamilton's life with an online exhibit, and more top picks.
Sounds of summer: Boston street musiciansA photo gallery of 'buskers' who fill popular spots around the city with rhythm and harmony.
Top Picks: Tony Molina's 'Kill the Lights,' PBS's 'Ancient Invisible Cities,' and moreA new National Geographic video explores the biggest wholesale market in the world,聽Marvel鈥檚 various heroes join together to fight a powerful foe in 'Avengers: Infinity War,' and more top picks.
Top Picks: John Coltrane's 'Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album,' 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' on Netflix, and more top picksAstronaut聽Drew Feustel聽has been posting fun updates via Twitter about plants that fellow astronaut Ricky Arnold has been growing on the International Space Station, director Steven Spielberg helmed the adaptation of Ernest Cline鈥檚 bestselling novel 'Ready Player One,' which is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
Top Picks: The Fiat Lex podcast, Culture Pass, and moreThough late to the music streaming party, YouTube Music has its charms, civic engagement just became easier with the聽Countable app, and more top picks.
First LookHuge sea-life sculptures made from plastic waste shock, amazeIn an effort to raise awareness about plastic entering the ocean, an artist is transforming beach trash into sculptures of sea creatures ranging from great white sharks, made partly of bottle caps, to a jellyfish constructed of cut-up water bottles.聽
Theater students empathize, trust themselves at JimmysThe high-schoolers, coaches, and choreographer of the Jimmy Awards say that what matters to them about theater is learning to empathize with characters and bringing audiences into that process. It鈥檚 an experience they say matters even more in the current political climate and during the complex years of high school.聽
First Look'Filthadelphia' cleans up its actPhiladelphia, renowned for its piles of litter, has begun an initiative to clean up its streets, starting with taking down ubiquitous, illegal signs, which will be handed over to local artists to be transformed into public artwork.聽
Top Picks: 'Journey鈥檚 End' on DVD and Blu-ray, the podcast 'Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman,' and more top picksNBC puts the focus on those who create beautiful crafts with the new reality competition 'Making It,' hosted by actors Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler, the聽Hole19 app聽can be a valuable companion if you鈥檙e planning a day of golf, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Spotify's 'Songs to Sing in the Car,' PBS's 'Wonders of Mexico,' and moreThe NPR podcast 'Planet Money' makes economic news easy to understand, the movie 'The Forgiven' stars Forest Whitaker as Desmond Tutu, and more top picks.
With paint and patchwork, artists offer a new perspective on immigrationAs the immigration debate charges forward, artists are offering a different vantage point. Art provides a powerful and insightful 鈥� and safe 鈥� space to explore a topic as charged as immigration.聽
Top Picks: PBS鈥檚 'No Passport Required,' 'Oh Lucy!' on DVD and Blu-ray, and moreMake sure your car is ready for those summer road trips with the app聽Drivvo, the podcast 'American聽Innovations'聽details the stories of the people behind the discoveries that are still influencing our lives today, and more top picks.
Ry Cooder's 'The Prodigal Son,' the iScanner app, and more top picks聽The podcast 'Drawn' explores various aspects of animated movies and TV shows,聽biologist Lena (Natalie Portman) signs up for a mission into a mysterious anomaly at a meteor crash site in 'Annihilation,' and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'The Party' on DVD and Blu-ray, 'Breaking Big' on PBS, and moreA new National Geographic video, 'Behind the Scenes: Life Below Zero,' provides a look at how the people who work on the show create a time-lapse in such difficult weather conditions, the National Women鈥檚 History Museum鈥檚 new exhibit, 'Inventive Women,' explores the lives of women in the United States who patented important inventions and technologies, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Parquet Courts' 'Wide Awake,' the Smithsonian Channel's 'The Pacific War in Color,' and moreYou can use the Ramblr app聽to share information about your outdoor sojourn,聽hear from those who are responsible for some of today鈥檚 most famous companies in聽NPR鈥檚 podcast聽How I Built This with Guy Raz, and more top picks.
By The People festival seeks to bring people togetherNonprofit Halcyon is partnering with dozens of Washington-based arts organizations, local businesses, and government agencies for the arts takeover of the city, which will include everything from visual arts installations, an augmented reality art hunt, and high-profile speakers to a range of musical performances, with most events being free.
Top Picks: Ray LaMontagne鈥檚 'Part of the Light,' the podcast 'Giants of History,' and more top picksPodcast fans will find it easier to indulge in their favorite pastime with the聽Downcast app, one of the most acclaimed movie musicals of all time,聽West Side Story, is returning to theaters on June 24 and 27, and more top picks.
