As supervising editor for Arts and Culture at NPR based at NPR West in Culver City, Ted Robbins plans coverage across NPR shows and online, focusing on TV at a time when there's never been so much content. He thinks "arts and culture" encompasses a lot of human creativity — from traditional museum offerings to popular culture, and out-of-the-way people and events.
Dana Idlet and Noah Richmond talk with Sophia Nourani about the music lineup, workshops, food and slow growth of Old Friends Reunion at Old Friend Farms.
Maria van Lieshout discusses Song of a Blackbird, her graphic novel about Dutch artists who forged treasury bills to fund the resistance. She visits the UofA on Oct. 1.
April Wallace recommends the reality series Suddenly Amish on Hulu, plus Silvia Moreno-Garcia's supernatural novel The Bewitching, in this week's culture vulture conversation.