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Digging down to family roots
Internet's easy access has pumped new life into ancestor research.
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Top Picks: 'Eliza Doolittle' album, a documentary about Bhutto, Paul Simon's 'So Beautiful or So What,' and more
A self-titled album from English singer Eliza Doolittle, a documentary about Benazir Bhutto, Paul Simon's new album 'So Beautiful or So What,' and more recommendations.
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Ai Weiwei: Can an artist change society?
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's provocative work spotlights human rights and pushes government boundaries.
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Top Picks: 'Jazz for Japan,' a new book from Michael Connelly, 'We are Rising,' and more
A benefit album for Japan recorded by 25 jazz musicians, Michael Connelly's latest courtroom drama 'The Fifth Witness', an album produced for the RPM Challenge, and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: Alison Krauss's 'Paper Airplane,' 'The Dark Knight' on Facebook, and more
A new album from Alison Krauss and Union Station, Warner Bros. movie rentals on Facebook, a book of art from Irish illustrator Nigel Peake, and more recommendations.
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Top 6 Picks: Etta James CD, Harry Potter DVD, King James Bible documentary, and more
An anthology of Etta James' earliest recordings, a newly released DVD of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,' the movie 'The Book That Changed the World: The Amazing Tale of the King James Bible,' and more recommendations.
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Vivian Maier: Amateur with a Sharp Eye
Full-time nanny Vivian Maier was an avid street photographer.
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Top Picks: 'The Best of Leon Russell,' Nintendo's 3DS game system, a new novel from Henning Mankell, and more
An album with the greatest hits of Leon Russell, the new Nintendo 3DS which lets you play video games in 3-D, Henning Mankell's suspenseful detective story 'The Troubled Man,' and more recommendations.
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A book that brought God closer
As The King James translation of the Bible marks its 400th anniversary, its deep influence and prominence are slipping.
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Message in a box: Franck de Las Mercedes's peace packages
The New Jersey-based artist's peace boxes, which he mails all over the world, are designed to encourage conversations about such intangibles as peace and freedom.
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Top Picks: 'Bill Moyers: The Language of Life,' a funny Bob Dylan album, Joe Bonamassa's 'Dust Bowl,' and more
Bill Moyers' DVD anthology on spoken poetry, live recordings of a Bob Dylan concert, Joe Bonamassa's latest album 'Dust Bowl', and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: Ken Burns's 'The Civil War,' a Horton Foote festival, a tax tracker, and more
Ken Burns's miniseries documentary 'The Civil War,' a Dallas festival dedicated to famed playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote, a mobile phone application to track your tax return, and more recommendations.
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Saving the stories
Qatar's disappearing oral tradition has spawned projects to record the storytellers.
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The art of the fix-it
Members of the Fixers' Collective help New Yorkers repair their broken stuff at no charge, for the sheer joy of it.
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Top Picks: Oprah's latest shows, 'Camelot', a way to avoid Charlie Sheen, and more
Two new television shows on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), a creative retelling of 'Camelot', a web plugin that blocks all references to Charlie Sheen, and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: '127 Hours,' Amos Lee's latest album, 'The Complaints,' and more
Danny Boyle's cinematic survival tale '127 Hours,' Amos Lee's soulful album 'Mission Bell,' Ian Rankin's intriguing detective story 'The Complaints,' and more recommendations.
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Broadway's Spider-Man may lose its genius, director Julie Taymor
After spending nine years shepherding 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' to Broadway, theater phenomenon Julie Taymor reportedly no longer will direct the show.
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Top Picks: A tribute to Bob Marley, a Tchaikovsky concert, Aaron Neville's new album, and more
A 'Playing for Change' mashup of Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song,' a live broadcast of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Tchaikovsky concert, Aaron Neville's latest gospel album, and more recommendations.
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Promoting cross-cultural understanding through food and art
Afghan takeout window Bolani Pazi is the second public art display by 'Conflict Kitchen,' a group that only serves food from countries the United States is in conflict with.
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Top Picks: 'Unstoppable,' Bonnaroo, and the 'Les Misérables' anniversary concert
A cinematic take on a runaway train in the Tony Scott film 'Unstoppable,' a music festival called Bonnaroo, and the 'Les Misérables' 25th anniversary concert on PBS.
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