Rick Karr Rick Karr reports from New York on culture and technology for NPR News. He has also been a contributor to the PBS show NOW with Bill Moyers.
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Saturday

National Sawdust is aiming to be the kind of institution that can do what the Metropolitan Opera or the New York Philharmonic does for mainstream artists. Vicente Muñoz/National Sawdust hide caption

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Ex-Sawdust Factory Is Transformed Into A NYC Musical Venue

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Wednesday

The White Stripes officially broke up in 2011, but the band's presence is still felt in sports stadiums around the world thanks to the song "Seven Nation Army." Jessica Bindernagel/EyeEm/Getty Images hide caption

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Why 'Seven Nation Army' Is The One Jock Jam To Rule Them All

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Saturday

'We Shall Overcome' Ruled Public Domain In Copyright Settlement

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Monday

Current And Former Guantanamo Bay Detainees Create 'Ode To The Sea' Art Exhibit

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Wednesday

Why Da Vinci's Last Privately Owned Painting Probably Won't End Up In A Museum

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Tuesday

Guggenheim Pulls Animal Art From Upcoming Chinese Exhibition

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Wednesday

Sentinel Awards Celebrate TV Depictions Of Health, Climate Change And Security

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Friday

Big Bird, Bowie And Muppets: Museum Of Moving Image Honors Jim Henson

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Thursday

The complex soundscape of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was created under technological limitations that have since disappeared. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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'Sgt. Pepper's' At 50: Why The Beatles' Masterpiece Can't Be Replicated

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Saturday

Gary Lucas Uses Film Music 'To Shed Light On Obscure Corners Of Culture'

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Thursday

Lou Reed performs in Sweden in 1977. The musician's widow, Laurie Anderson, is donating his personal archive of recordings, photos and business records to the New York Public Library. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Lou Reed's Wide-Ranging Archive Finds A New - And Public - Home

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Saturday

Prize-Winning Immigrant Artist Addresses Issues Of Identity Through Sculpture

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Sunday

Trombonist and composer Jacob Garchik enlisted three guitarists and a drummer for his winding new concept album, Ye Olde. Peter Gannushkin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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A Prog-Jazz Suite About Architecture? Jacob Garchik Does It All

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Sunday

To create his album Tangier Sessions, Sir Richard Bishop had to learn to love a mysterious and temperamental acoustic guitar. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Guitar In The Window: How One Instrument Steered Sir Richard Bishop's Life

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Sunday

Karen Haglof, No-Wave Guitarist Turned Doctor, Relaunches Music Career

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Friday

Robert Downey Sr., Underground And Off The Cuff

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Thursday

An Art Star Creates a Splash in New York

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Tuesday

Wednesday

Summer of Love at the Whitney

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Thursday

Customizing Content for New TV Devices

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Wednesday

Saturday

Nielsen, Networks Face Changing Times

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Tuesday