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BASIN EVENTS: Nov. 13-21
COLUMBIA BASIN — Shh! Hear that? It’s the last quiet time before the holidays begin in earnest. Here are a few way…
Review: 'In Our Prime' is a call to action
“In Our Prime," W.W. Norton, by Susan J. Douglas
Whiting Awards bestow $50K prizes to 10 emerging writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Essayist and New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino and novelist Ling Ma are among this year's 10 winners of the
Jackson estate gives to Broadway, Vegas needy amid outbreak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Michael Jackson estate is donating $300,000 to help entertainment industry workers on Broadway, the music business and in Las Vegas who have been hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.
Review: `Kilo' paints a harrowing picture of cocaine trade
“Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels – From the Jungles to the Streets,” William Morrow/Harper Collins, by Toby Muse
Gaga says wrong time for 'Chromatica;' Rock Hall reschedules
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most people recover…
Netflix's 'Self Made' tells of first female millionaire
NEW YORK (AP) — Madam C.J. Walker may be one of America’s most successful “pull yourself up by your own bootstrap” stories, but many have never heard of her. However, that’s changing, thanks to the recent release o…
Valeria Luiselli's 'Lost Children Archive' wins Folio Prize
LONDON (AP) — Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli’s novel “Lost Children Archive” won the Rathbones Folio Prize for literature on Monday at a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Review: Americana folk singer Mark Erelli amps it up a notch
Mark Erelli, “Blindsided" (Soundly Music)
Review: Béla Fleck's 'Africa' mixes new material with old
Béla Fleck, “Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions” (Craft Recordings)
Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
NEW YORK (AP) — Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtime" and "K…
Excerpts from Woody Allen memoir 'Apropos of Nothing'
NEW YORK (AP) — Excerpts from Woody Allen's new memoir, “Apropos of Nothing,” which was
Will Smith says he’s humbled by rapper’s tribute music video
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith says he was “humbled and honored” after rapper Joyner Lucas released a tribute song honoring his career work.
Whiting Awards bestow $50K prizes to 10 emerging writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Essayist and New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino and novelist Ling Ma are among this year's 10 winners of the
Judge: Tekashi 6ix9ine probably belongs at home, not jail
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge who sentenced the rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine to prison said Wednesday he would have ordered home confinement instead if he had known about the coronavirus in December.
Review: Americana folk singer Mark Erelli amps it up a notch
Mark Erelli, “Blindsided" (Soundly Music)