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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.
Top Picks: Jess Williamson's 'Cosmic Wink,' 'Black Panther' on DVD and Blu-ray, and moreThe movie 'Loveless'聽centers on divorcing couple Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) and Boris (Aleksey Rozin), whose son, Alyosha (Matvey Novikov), goes missing, take a look back when Tony Awards host Josh Groban starred in 鈥淐hess in Concert鈥� in 2008 and impressively performed聽the song 'Anthem,' and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'The Insult' on DVD and Blu-ray, the Netflix documentary 'Mercury 13,' and more top picksYou鈥檒l feel as if you鈥檙e diving under the sea when you watch a National Geographic video that shows an聽octopus changing color, mesmerizing singer and trumpet player Jenny Ball fronts a gumbo of flamenco, rockabilly, and Latin pop with聽Jenny and the Mexicats, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls' podcast, the Redshift app, and more top picksAnnette Bening portrays 1950s actress Gloria Grahame in the movie 'Film Stars Don鈥檛 Die in Liverpool,' CNN delves into a pivotal year in a new program, '1968,' and more top picks.
Top Picks: '30 for 30' podcast, the Brad Mehldau Trio's 'Seymour Reads the Constitution!,' and more top picksTake the聽Viewranger app聽along on your next hike, the聽fun and uplifting movie musical聽'The Greatest Showman'聽is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
Modern dancers go toe-to-toe with Cambodian traditionWhat happens to a classic when it鈥檚 combined with modern ideas? In Cambodia, officials鈥� concern for traditional culture 鈥� four decades after it was threatened by the Khmer Rouge 鈥� is not preventing new art from being created. But a contemporary dance company is challenged by little money and limited access to an audience that could ensure its survival.聽
Top Picks: Laura Veirs' 'The Lookout,' the podcast 'Circle Round,' and more top picksThe聽Fishbrain app聽can help you find a new spot, discover where fish are biting, and record what you鈥檝e caught in the past, the second story about a marmalade-loving bear comes to DVD and Blu-ray with 'Paddington 2,' and more top picks.
Protest art is preserved in libraries, museumsMuseums, universities, and libraries across the United States collected signs from the 2017 Women's March sites and put out a call on social media. Now these artifacts are being placed in archives and displayed in exhibitions.
Top Picks: The Shacks' 'Haze,' the podcast 'Brains On!,' and moreThe film 'Phantom Thread' is available on DVD and Blu-ray, the PBS program 'The Jazz Ambassadors' chronicles how聽the American government sent jazz musicians around the world as cultural ambassadors, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Melody Gardot Live in Europe,' 'The Post,' and moreSome of the works at the聽Uffizi Gallery聽can now be viewed from your couch,聽Dan Bransfield鈥檚 'Pizzapedia'聽is a lovely celebration of pizza鈥檚 creation, ingredients, and variations, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi,' Snowpoet's 'Thought You Knew'The NPR podcast 'Are We There Yet?,' hosted by Brendan Byrne, looks at what鈥檚 next for聽humans exploring space, indie rock group The Decemberists reaches past its roots toward modern synth-pop with its new album, 'I鈥檒l Be Your Girl,' and more top picks.
Podcasts are on TV, not just in your earbudsPodcasts like '2 Dope Queens,' 'Pod Save America,' and 'Welcome to Night Vale' are all making the transition to networks including HBO and FX.
Top Picks: Superorganism's album, the documentary 'Jane,' and moreThe聽Podbean app聽can help podcast fans find new content to listen to, 'The Shape of Water,'聽this year鈥檚 Oscar winner for best picture, is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
5 really good off-Broadway showsStrong shows and good acting are on display this spring in some of New York's smaller theaters.聽
Museums turn to 鈥�100 objects鈥� exhibitsMuseums in Colorado, Virginia, and other locations have been inspired by a 2010 BBC series in which the British Museum presented world history in 100 objects.
Top Picks: Jade Bird's EP 'Something American,' 'Ladies First' on Netflix, and more'Lady Bird,' which stars Saoirse Ronan as the title character, is available on DVD and Blu-ray, the聽Pocket Universe app can test you on stars, and more top picks.
The Met鈥檚 not free. How do other museums do it?New York鈥檚聽Metropolitan Museum of Art started charging out-of-state visitors this month.聽Some museums, however, make free admission work.聽
