Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• France's Louvre Reopens Most Of The Museum — Sans Big Crowds
  One museumgoer says it's a "much more comfortable experience" to view the Mona Lisa without the mobs of tourists. The Louvre put in place mask-wearing, one-way paths and other distancing measures.
• Charlie Daniels, Who Sang Of The Devil In Georgia, Is Dead At 83
  The country music star who linked to pop artists and singer-songwriters died Monday at age 83. He was best known for his mainstream hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
• Padma Lakshmi, Model, Actor And TV Host, Says Above All, She's A Writer
  The Top Chef host started out as a model/actress, never intending to have a career in food. But she loved to cook and to write down recipes. Her new show, Taste the Nation, explores immigrant cooking.
• 'Never Known A Kinder Person': Actor Nick Cordero Dies Of COVID-19 At 41
  The Broadway actor was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Bullets Over Broadway. Cordero had been working on a production of Rock of Ages when he developed symptoms of pneumonia.
• Britain Announces A $2 Billion Rescue Package For The Arts
  The package, announced Sunday, includes grants and loans that theaters, museums, live music venues and others can use to pay salaries and maintenance costs as they try to survive during the pandemic.
• 'Bright Precious Thing' Encompasses Memories Unleashed By #MeToo Movement
  Like most good memoirs, Gail Caldwell's latest is a reassessment of life choices, roads taken and others foregone. "At some point you shuffle the cards and call the deck a life," she writes.
• Want To Create A Better Mask? It's Harder Than It Seams
  Brothers Billy and Nick Smith have designed a reusable mask that's knit, not sewn. It's seamless, sustainable, and made from polyester, spandex, nylon, and an antimicrobial silver-coated yarn.
• A Theater Student Gets Supersized Attention After Superhero Video Goes Viral
  College theater student Julian Bass got big affirmation for his video where he morphs into superheroes. He talks with NPR's Scott Detrow about his sudden fame — and his love for Spider-Man.
• This Book Teaches Kids 'How To Solve A Problem' Like A Rock Climber Would
  Nineteen-year-old Ashima Shiraishi may be one of the most talented rock climbers in the world, but lofty titles aside, she wants kids to know that most of climbing — and life — is "just falling."
• With Fleets Of Planes, Artists Take To Skies Nationwide To Protest Mass Detention
  This Independence Day, more than 80 artists will fly pro-immigrant messages over detention facilities and courts, former internment camps, the U.S.-Mexico border and Ellis Island.