All Arts

The NPR podcast 'Planet Money' makes economic news easy to understand, the movie 'The Forgiven' stars Forest Whitaker as Desmond Tutu, and more top picks.

As the immigration debate charges forward, artists are offering a different vantage point. Art provides a powerful and insightful – and safe – space to explore a topic as charged as immigration. 

Make sure your car is ready for those summer road trips with the app Drivvo, the podcast 'American Innovations' details the stories of the people behind the discoveries that are still influencing our lives today, and more top picks.

 The podcast 'Drawn' explores various aspects of animated movies and TV shows, biologist Lena (Natalie Portman) signs up for a mission into a mysterious anomaly at a meteor crash site in 'Annihilation,' and more top picks.

A 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’s History Museum’s new exhibit, 'Inventive Women,' explores the lives of women in the United States who patented important inventions and technologies, and more top picks.

You can use the Ramblr app to share information about your outdoor sojourn, hear from those who are responsible for some of today’s most famous companies in NPR’s podcast How I Built This with Guy Raz, and more top picks.

Nonprofit 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.

Podcast fans will find it easier to indulge in their favorite pastime with the Downcast app, one of the most acclaimed movie musicals of all time, West Side Story, is returning to theaters on June 24 and 27, and more top picks.

The movie 'Loveless' 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 “Chess in Concert” in 2008 and impressively performed the song 'Anthem,' and more top picks.

You’ll feel as if you’re diving under the sea when you watch a National Geographic video that shows an octopus changing color, mesmerizing singer and trumpet player Jenny Ball fronts a gumbo of flamenco, rockabilly, and Latin pop with Jenny and the Mexicats, and more top picks.

Annette Bening portrays 1950s actress Gloria Grahame in the movie 'Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,' CNN delves into a pivotal year in a new program, '1968,' and more top picks.

Take the Viewranger app along on your next hike, the fun and uplifting movie musical 'The Greatest Showman' is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.

What happens to a classic when it’s combined with modern ideas? In Cambodia, officials’ concern for traditional culture – four decades after it was threatened by the Khmer Rouge – 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. 

The Fishbrain app can help you find a new spot, discover where fish are biting, and record what you’ve 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.

Museums, 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.

The film 'Phantom Thread' is available on DVD and Blu-ray, the PBS program 'The Jazz Ambassadors' chronicles how the American government sent jazz musicians around the world as cultural ambassadors, and more top picks.

Some of the works at the Uffizi Gallery can now be viewed from your couch, Dan Bransfield’s 'Pizzapedia' is a lovely celebration of pizza’s creation, ingredients, and variations, and more top picks.

The NPR podcast 'Are We There Yet?,' hosted by Brendan Byrne, looks at what’s next for humans exploring space, indie rock group The Decemberists reaches past its roots toward modern synth-pop with its new album, 'I’ll Be Your Girl,' and more top picks.

Podcasts like '2 Dope Queens,' 'Pod Save America,' and 'Welcome to Night Vale' are all making the transition to networks including HBO and FX.

The Podbean app can help podcast fans find new content to listen to, 'The Shape of Water,' this year’s Oscar winner for best picture, is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.