MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• The creator of 'Stardew Valley' announces his spooky new game: 'Haunted Chocolatier'
  The solo developer behind Stardew Valley says he's at work on a new game, all about "magical haunted ghost chocolate." Haunted Chocolatier is already getting fan excitement, but no release date yet.
• Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot by a prop gun, was a rising star
  Celebrated as a rising star by colleagues and collaborators, Hutchins grew up on a military base, and had a taste for filming herself doing extreme sports.
• A Black museum asks to melt Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue to create new art
  In 2017, debate over Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue sparked a violent neo-Nazi rally that left a woman dead. Now, a Black cultural center wants to melt it down and turn it into public art.
• Lenny Kravitz's memoir, 'Let Love Rule,' chronicles the making of a rock star
  Kravitz's memoir follows his childhood and early career. Still touring in his 50s, Kravitz says, "I'm going to continue doing this as long as I can." Originally broadcast Oct. 6, 2020.
• Alec Baldwin is cooperating with police in the prop gun shooting death on 'Rust' set
  The actor fired the prop gun that killed a cinematographer during filming of the movie Rust, police said. On Friday, Baldwin expressed "shock and sadness" over the incident.
• Renowned conductor Bernard Haitink, beloved for his modesty, has died at age 92
  The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink had a six-decade career leading major orchestras across Europe, the U.S. and the U.K. He was hailed as a musician's musician, prizing the art well above glamor.
• Shoham Arad: What Does It Take To Turn An Idea Into A Movement?
  Anyone can have a big idea. But how do those big ideas come to fruition and grow? Director of the TED Fellows program Shoham Arad walks us through several speakers who turned a spark into a movement.
• Sci-Fi epic 'Dune' is an immersive but incomplete experience
  Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel is undeniably staggering. But his Dune also feels rudimentary, as if he's managed his source material without fully mastering it.
• 'The Morning Show' recap, Season 2, Ep. 6: Alex is gone, and so is Bradley's privacy
  Alex has vanished after Vegas, and the whole team wants to know where she went. Bradley and Laura find their relationship outed, and Stella struggles to find her footing.
• Lorli von Trapp Campbell from the 'Sound of Music' family has died at age 90
  Campbell was born in Austria, the second daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp and a younger stepsibling to the older von Trapp children who went on to be depicted in the musical and beloved movie.