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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
Top Picks: The 'Black Panther' soundtrack, the NBC program 'Rise,' and moreNew York鈥檚 Museum of Modern Art has created a YouTube series, 'How To See,' that features museum curators and sometimes the artists themselves delving into the work,聽Monitor movie critic Peter Rainer鈥檚 pick for best film of the year, 'The Florida Project,' is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'I鈥檓 With Her''s album 'See You Around,' the Morecast app, and moreNational Geographic was on the scene when聽Elon Musk made history with the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket,聽Pixar scores again with its latest film, 'Coco,' available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
American Indian artist T.C. Cannon鈥檚 work reflects still-current conflictsThe poignancy and tension that run through artist Cannon鈥檚 art speak to a larger discussion going on today as the United States grapples with thorny questions of ethnic identity, land rights, and cultural heritage.
Top Picks: The podcast 'American History Tellers,' Oscar nominees on DVD and Blu-ray, and moreNils Frahm's聽'All Melody' is the product of recording complex Saal 3, photographer聽Florian Nick's聽travels through Alberta and British Columbia yielded a beautiful time-lapse movie, and more top picks.
