The 10 Best Tiny Desk Concerts of 2024 - The Public's Radio
Dec 21, 2024 · LaRussell: Tiny Desk Concert. LaRussell proved that some of the best performances come from musicians that have fun doing what they do best. This was an uplifting, energetic and genuine concert filled with laughs, contagious smiles and a few Smeeze dances sprinkled in for good measure. The rapper was unapologetically himself — an eccentric experience for the Tiny Desk, but business as usual ...
How sweet! A daily dose of dark chocolate may cut your risk of …
Dec 5, 2024 · There’s long been evidence that the compounds found in cocoa can contribute to heart health. For instance, a study published in the journal Heart, found chocolate lovers had a lower risk of strokes and other types of cardiovascular disease.. Scientists have homed in on bioactive plant compounds found in cocoa beans, called flavanols, which have been shown to prompt production of nitric oxide ...
A pair of satellites will create artificial solar eclipses to study the ...
Dec 21, 2024 · NASA delays Artemis II human moon mission once again as it wraps up heat shield investigation. The mission to take four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back, previously targeting a launch at the end of 2025, has been delayed until at least April, 2026.
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu …
Dec 20, 2024 · An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
How casting makes this ‘Gypsy’ hit different - The Public's Radio
Dec 21, 2024 · Audra McDonald and Joy Woods in Gypsy (Photo: Julieta Cervantes | Gypsy). Gypsy has been called the best musical of all time, by critics and historians. Its central character, Mama Rose, is the ultimate stage mother and has been catnip for some of the finest musical theater actresses for generations; from Ethel Merman, the 1959 original, to Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters, Bette ...
Unfunded and unenforced environmental laws, cyber attack …
Dec 20, 2024 · A week after the state announced a massive security breach at Rhode Island’s online portal for health and public benefit programs, a lot of questions remain about who’s responsible and what happens next. We’ll hear from Jim Langevin, the head of the cybersecurity program at Rhode Island College. And a new investigation from ecoRI News found that Rhode Island has many environmental laws ...
Notre Dame organist returns for the cathedral’s grand reopening
Dec 7, 2024 · Olivier Latry was the last person to play Notre Dame’s great instrument, on Palm Sunday 2019, the day before the fire. Latry is the cathedral’s longest-serving organist, and when the position opened up he applied for it on a lark.
Deloitte faces more scrutiny after cyber breach in RI
Dec 16, 2024 · The state of Rhode Island is facing questions about its ongoing reliance on Deloitte after the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders became potentially vulnerable during a recent cyber attack. The hack was revealed late Friday and involves RI Bridges, the state’s portal for an array of health and public benefit programs. […]
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Jon Batiste traces the blues back to Beethoven and beyond
Dec 5, 2024 · We didn’t know each other then – with the exception of messaging on Instagram after Jon had shared one of my Florence Price recordings – as we began a correspondence about the lineage of Black composers and personal reflections on the challenges of that strange time. Of all the artists I spoke to that year, Jon seemed perhaps the most aware of staying centered in a kind of grace despite ...