MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Yes, Pandemic Musical Parodies Are A Thing Now
  Along with pandemic memes, musical parodies are the latest online thing you can share with friends to spread a smile.
• How Quarantine Is Changing The Way We Celebrate
  With much of the nation locked down, Americans are finding creative ways to celebrate weddings, birthdays and other events that would normally bring people physically close.
• 'Save Yourself': Cameron Esposito Is Here To Help You Through Hard Times
  The comic couldn't have known her memoir would come out in the midst of a global pandemic. But her aptly titled book includes observations that feel eerily pertinent to these unsettling days.
• An LA Native Drives Us Through His Hometown — Using Google Street View
  Multidisciplinary artist Felix Quintana created honest portraits of South Central Los Angeles' people and urban landscape with the help of archived images.
• Who Feeds Fiona? Cincinnati Zookeepers Make Sure There Are No Hungry Hippos
  Fiona is a 3-year-old, 1,300-pound hippo, and she's a growing girl. Her keeper, Jenna Wingate, is grateful to be able to work during the coronavirus crisis: "It feels good to be needed," she says.
• In 'Unorthodox,' A Religious Woman Leaves Her Marriage And Her Past Behind
  The new Netflix series was inspired by Deborah Feldman's best-selling memoir about ending her arranged marriage. In the TV adaptation, the young woman leaves her home in Brooklyn and moves to Berlin.
• Not My Job: We Quiz Fashion Expert Tim Gunn On Golf
  Gunn's new Amazon show is called Making the Cut, so we've invited him to play a game called "Making the putt!"
• Samantha Irby: 'This Is The Glamorous Life Of A Writer"
  Irby's new essay collection is Wow, No Thank You. She says it was inspired by moving from Chicago to Kalamazoo and feeling like a fish out of water, with no friends and a strange house.
• Uncovering The Secrets Of A Fallen Ruler In 'Empress Of Salt And Fortune'
  Nghi Vo's new novel is poised at the end of one empire and the beginning of another, as a cleric and their talking-bird assistant set about uncovering the dangerous secrets of a forgotten palace.
• Need Some Fresh Ideas? Family-Friendly Ways To Spend Your Days Inside
  Parents have been circulating ideas for how to keep kids happy — or at least occupied — during this time of social isolation due to COVID-19. Our Arts Desk has some heart-felt suggestions to offer.