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To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. But this week, the dedication of an Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C., will bring him vividly back to mind. Stamberg was co-host of NPR's flagship program All Things Considered. Her thousands of interviews include conversations with Laura Bush, Billy Crystal, Rosa Parks, Dave Brubeck, and Luciano Pavarotti. The only thing people comment on when you go out — if you go out — is your face mask. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. She celebrates her birth day on September 7, 1938. The sculptures and prints Saar makes echo themes her mother has touched for decades. In that role Stamberg was the first female host of a national news broadcast. ", Sam Gilliam found inspiration for his signature artworks in an unlikely place — a clothesline.

Talk: NPR's Susan Stamberg Considers All Things, chronicles her two decades with NPR. The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is sending out William Shakespeare's First Folio to all 50 states to mark the 400th anniversary of the bard's death.

Her first book, Every Night at Five: Susan Stamberg's All Things Considered Book, was published in 1982 by Pantheon. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's 1896 lithograph Woman Reclining — Waking Up from the portfolio Elles The girl ran away and became one of the most important singers of the 20th century. ", Now Rufus' portrait is among 82 currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in an exhibit titled "82 Portraits and 1 Still-life.". It isn't hard to imagine yourself inside an Edward Hopper painting — having a coffee at a late-night diner, or staring out the bedroom window at the bright morning sun. Behind the scenes at major art museums, conservators are hard at work, keeping masterpieces looking their best. A two-term president, he brought stability to postwar America.

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", Now Rufus' portrait is among 82 currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in an exhibit titled "82 Portraits and 1 Still-life.". Talk: NPR's Susan Stamberg Considers All Things, chronicles her two decades with NPR.

André Previn, a celebrated musical polymath, died Thursday morning; he was a composer of Oscar-winning film music, conductor, pianist and music director of major orchestras. Flores Mexicanas sat in storage at the Missouri Historical Society until 2014. Also she knew I'd blab it to everyone. Standing in a sea of crimson, up to his hips in berries and cold water, Chacko says he feels like a kid again. Philippe Huguen/AFP via Getty Images

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Listen to the full special above or hear individual stories below. Mark Bradford is an activist and abstract artist who tends to get described with a lot of adjectives — tall (he's 6'8"), black and gay; he's been both a hairdresser and a MacArthur Fellow. Her father, Richard Saar, was a conservator and ceramicist. Known as a robe volante — or flying dress — the long, luscious yellow brocade gown is patterned with silver thread. In Paris, a really old dress has sold for more than $150,000.

Now, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is observing the centennial with art and artifacts in an exhibition called Artist Soldiers. A stainless steel, woven "tapestry" made by artist Tomas Osinski stands behind the statues and depicts the cliffs at Normandy. "You walk around these galleries and the paintings are gutsy and bold and scintillating and brilliant," says Dorothy Kosinski, director of the Phillips.

Standing in a sea of crimson, up to his hips in berries and cold water, Chacko says he feels like a kid again. A ballad, spooling out like satin. Don Quayle gave me my first radio job.

By Susan Stamberg • Dec 10, 2018 "I'm fascinated by the necessity of quick decisions," Inge Morath told me more than 30 years ago, when she came to NPR for an interview. The name Rumors of War is from a biblical passage Matthew 24:6: "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Her son, Josh Stamberg, an actor, appears in various television series, films, and plays. Hanukkah is a time to share light, miracles and faith. Stamberg was born Susan Levitt in Newark, New Jersey. Susan Stamberg Age. Copyright 2018 NPR.

Inhale, Exhale ... And Click Here, 'Rumors Of War' In Richmond Marks A Monumentally Unequal America, Think These Times Are Surreal? So richly textured you could almost smell the flowers. He was sketching in the corner of the studio when Hockney asked, "Why don't I paint you? To start off, I want to know: Has he ever stood in a bog? This memorial is not like any other presidential monument in Washington. He hired me to help produce it. Above, the Spanish surrealist painter in 1964. ", Now Rufus' portrait is among 82 currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in an exhibit titled "82 Portraits and 1 Still-life.".

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Dallas Museum of Art Stamberg has hosted a number of series on PBS, moderated three Fred Rogers television specials for adults, served as commentator, guest or co-host on various commercial TV programs, and appeared as a narrator in performance with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra. Its vast, rolling patch of farmland had fallen into disrepair, too, in the poorest neighborhood in the U.S. capital. ("He's important to my life. And, in Venice, Calif., representation is at the heart 19 dramatic portraits, now on display at the L.A. Louver. January 10, 2020 • In his last years, as he was dying of complications from syphilis, artist Édouard Manet was in agonizing pain — but you'd never know it from his exquisite flower bouquets and vibrant portraits. To start off, I want to know: Has he ever stood in a bog? "The rest of it is just — the rest of it is just who I am.