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Harlem Keeps Jazz Traditions Alive As Pandemic Restrictions Ease

From: Catharine Smith

Caption: Josh Morris, 15, onstage in Harlem.

While New York City reopens, Harlem musicians continue one of jazz's most revered traditions at the historic Minton's Playhouse.

Ep.19: Second Chances

From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground

Caption: Kasey O'Connell, Fif Ghobadian and Alice Cahan, Credit: Road Twenty-Two

Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.

Resurrecting Slave Cabins at Montpelier (7:00 version)

From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South

Caption: New cabin in foreground and Montpelier in the background., Credit: Kelley Libby

For years, at historic plantation sites across the South, the focus was on the big house and not on the slave cabins. But as contributor Kelley Lib...

Bought by WTJU and WABE

Hungarian Blues (7:00 version)

From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South

Caption: Hungarian-born Blues musician Little G Weevil., Credit: Tanner Latham

Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WABE

In The Big Easy, Food Vendors Create A Little Honduras

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Thanks to a quirk of history — and a love of bananas — New Orleans has had a Honduran population for more than a century. But that population explo...

Sport bikers gather for a wheelie good time

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Readers form book clubs. Bowlers join leagues. What do motorcycle enthusiasts do? They ride, of course. Some head to Sturgis, South Dakota every ye...

NaNoWriMo

From: David Berner

A newly updated piece on NaNoWriMo. November is National Novel Writing Month, sometimes known as NaNoWriMo. In a studio loft on the Chicago's North...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The Calling Voice - Moira Smiley and Voco

From: Anny Celsi

Caption: Voco performing live: April Guthrie, Moira Smiley, Sally Dworsky , Credit: Simone McSparran

VOCO sings folk music - but not the usual coffeehouse fare. It’s music that's steeped in generations of tradition, from far-off, tucked-away corner...

Bought by American Voices

Are there tunnels under the loop?

From: WBEZ
Series: Curious City

Caption: A snippet of Chicago’s Deep Tunnel, Credit: Erik Nelson Rodriguez/The Illustrated Press

A Curious Citizen had a hunch there might be tunnels lurking beneath Chicago’s downtown. She had no idea how right she was.

Bought by PRX Remix

Black Grace - New Zealand Dance

From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: New Zealand Stories

Caption: New Zealand contemporary dance troupe Black Grace. (Artistic Direction: Neil Ieremia; , Credit: Photography: Duncan Cole

If you’ve ever seen New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team, you know something about the Haka. It’s the traditional Maori warrior dance they use as a ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Woodburn, The Most Diverse Town In Oregon

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Caption: Luis & Luisa Quintero of Luis' Tacqueria in Woodburn, OR, Credit: Photo by Richard Jensen

Throughout the West, historic discriminatory laws have excluded people of color from settling and owning property. Because of that, many Western st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm

Regional de NY: Choro Music from Brazil

From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide

Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

Pittsburgh, PA

From: American Student Radio

Caption: The Harlan Twins, Credit: Chaz Mottinger

The music of Pittsburgh's own rockers, The Harlan Twins, rings true, "I can't be blue in Bloomfield."

Back to War

From: Traveling 219

A weekend with the West Virginia Re-enactors Association, as they re-create the Battle of Droop Mountain.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Aina - A Hawaiian Youth's Love for the Land

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Caption: Nainoa Kaiama, Credit: Richard Jensen

A teen combines new farming techniques with traditional foodways at one of Hawaii's remaining agricultural high schools to help his family's farm.

Bought by PRX Remix

Fighting Homophobia in the Classroom

From: Anny Celsi

Caption: The cast of Creating Bias-Free Classrooms, Credit: Gloria Juang

Teens in Los Angeles use live theater to battle homophobia in the classroom.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KRZA, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Hip Hop Hamlet at 75th season of OSF

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Caption: Hamlet at OSF, Credit: Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Oregon Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 75th season with a fresh take on Hamlet.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KLCC

All Around Giving

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston, Maine is located in one of the poorest Neighborhoods in the state. It doubles as a soup kitchen and refugee...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRGY, WRIR, Raven Radio, PRX Remix and more

The Return of Fine Cider

From: Avishay Artsy

Caption: Steve Wood, owner of Poverty Lane Orchards., Credit: Scott McIntyre

A fine cider revival could provide a lifeline to struggling New Hampshire apple growers.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

A Well Read Book Fair

From: Emma Jacobs

Dealers of Americana talk about the allure of old books.

Bought by Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WBHM

Daran Kravanh

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...