MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• N.Y. Philharmonic chief looks to Gustavo 'Dudamel era' after historic appointment
  New York philharmonic president and CEO Deborah Borda discusses the decisionmaking process behind bringing the superstar conductor to the Big Apple.
• How Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panthers changed the civil rights movement
  Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's happening in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year the Black Panthers were formed. His new book is Saying It Loud.
• Gustavo Dudamel's new musical home is the New York Philharmonic
  The New York Philharmonic announced Tuesday afternoon that the charismatic 42-year-old conductor will be taking on the music director designate post at the start of the 2025-26 concert season.
• The 2022 Oscars' best original Song nominees, cruelly ranked
  Billie Eilish's Bond theme tries to fend off Beyoncé, Van Morrison, perennial candidate Diane Warren and word-of-mouth juggernaut Encanto.
• Queen of salsa Celia Cruz will be the first Afro Latina to appear on a U.S. quarter
  Cuban American icon Celia Cruz is being honored along with four other influential American women as part of the American Women Quarters Program.
• Salman Rushdie's 'Victory City' is a triumph, independent of the Chautauqua attack
  Rushdie submitted the final edits for his 15th novel before he was stabbed onstage in August 2022. It tells the story of a sorceress and poet who dreams a civilization into existence from magic seeds.
• Beyoncé tour sales are off to a smoother start. What does that mean for Ticketmaster?
  Ticketmaster seems to be feeling pressure and making changes as Beyoncé tickets go on sale. While things appear to be running more smoothly so far, an economist says there's still cause for concern.
• Former prosecutor says Manhattan DA could have charged Trump with multiple crimes
  Mark Pomerantz spent a year investigating Trump, from the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, to countless financial statements that wildly overstated assets. His book is People Vs. Donald Trump.
• A showbiz striver gets one more moment in the spotlight in 'Up With the Sun'
  Author Thomas Mallon's sweeping new historical novel captures a slice of gay life in mid-to-late 20th century America as it reimagines the life — and violent death — of B-list actor Dick Kallman.
• 'Brutes' captures the simultaneous impatience and mercurial swings of girlhood
  In plunging us into the collective mind of a group of girls watching the search for a missing girl, author Dizz Tate creates an original, stylistically ambitious take on well-trodden subject matter.