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Today's Sound Perimeter features excerpts from "Nightscape" and "No-Man’s-Land Lullaby", both written by Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga, works that linger at the edge of place and memory, where atmosphere gives way to deeper histories carried quietly in sound.
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U.S. gasoline prices are up nearly 80 cents from a month ago, while diesel prices have shot up even more. Diesel is now just under $5 a gallon, according to AAA, up $1.34 from last month. -
Biographer Daniel Okrent discusses Sondheim's approach to writing music and lyrics, his often toxic relationship with his mother and his work with mentors and collaborators.
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A mix of decorated veterans and rising stars won 24 medals for Team USA, 13 of them gold. The last one arrived Sunday, when the U.S. sled hockey team beat Canada to win its fifth straight gold medal. -
Mexican novelist Álvaro Enrigue re-imagines the story of the American West — and the Apache fight for survival — in an epic that's both defiantly challenging and, at times, magical.
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Courtesy/Arkansas Historical AssociationThe Arkansas Historical Association holds its 85th annual conference April 9-11 in Monticello. Archivist Tim Nutt previews sessions on labor, land and learning in Arkansas history. -
Courtesy/Low Key ArtsLow Key Arts artistic director Bobby Missile previews the 22nd annual Valley of the Vapors festival, featuring bands from China, Hong Kong, Toronto and Mexico City, March 13-15 in Hot Springs.
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