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Before we reveal this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner, discover some of the best of the nearly 6,000 entries we received.

Toni Morrison's 1987 work Beloved is the best American novel of the past quarter-century. That's according to a vote of writers and critics who were invited to weigh in with their choices by The New York Times Book Review.

A group of Latino community members gathered Thursday outside the Hal Marshall Annex early voting site at noon as part of an effort to increase Latino voter turnout, displaying voter information and repeating “Latino, tu voto cuenta.”

2:Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF makes his top ten picks for 1994....10. "Natural Born Killers" 9. "To Live" 8. "Ladybird, Ladybird" 7. "Quiz Show" 6. "L627" (L-6-2-7) 5. "The Madness of King George" 4. "Hoop Dreams" 3. "Vanya on 42nd Street" 2. "The Boys of St. Vincent" 1. "Pulp Fiction". His runners-up include "Bullets Over Broadway", "Speed", "Little Women", and "Ed Wood". Terry also talks with SCHIFF about the growing number of independent American films, the state of Hollywood, and the message of Forrest Gump.

Bring your lawn chairs and join your neighbors for a fun outdoor evening. The Village of Wesley Chapel and Union County Parks and Recreation will be hosting a movie night on Saturday, May 26th. Gathering begins at 6:30pm with fun and games, and the movie will start at dusk. Jersey Mike's will be available for purchase, and popcorn will be provided. See you there!

Also: Flooding displaces thousands of Palestinians in Gaza; Chile elects former president Michele Bachelet as its new president; and the Mega Millions jackpot could reach a new record.

Powerhouse names lingered around the top of Billboard's albums chart all summer: Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen — crowding out new entries. But this week brings an embarrassment of riches.

If there's one thing Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras loves, it's Cuban music. This week he spins an assortment of new tracks, many of which combine Cuban rhythms and sounds with funk, electronic beats and beyond.

Also: Al-Qaida threatens to kill an American hostage kidnapped in Yemen; the Ebola death toll tops 6,000; and Target Australia will stop selling "Grand Theft Auto V" because of violence to women.

A recent NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found nearly 6-in-10 voters say President Trump's top priority should be lowering prices. That concern is being expressed loudly in the swing state of Wisconsin.

Las detenciones hasta el momento han sido impactantes por su carácter público, generando temor entre muchas familias inmigrantes y planteando numerosas preguntas sobre qué deben y no deben hacer las personas al encontrarse con agentes federales y qué derechos les amparan ante la ley.

Also: ISIS militants destroy another temple in Palmyra; there are three hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; and Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta tosses the 6th no-hitter of the majors' season.

The British band hasn't had a chart-topping album in a decade, but it pulled out all the stops to promote its latest, Moon Music, including selling more than a dozen different versions of the album.

Last week, Alt.Latino's hosts shared their favorite music of 2012. Now, it's the audience's turn. Hear your favorite artists of the year, including a rebellious Mexican jarocho group from East L.A., a charming young Guatemalan singer and a celebrated Uruguayan.

This week on Alt.Latino, the Guatemalan author joins us to discuss his latest book, The Polish Boxer. Hear a conversation about Guatemala, Judaism in Latin America and, of course, music.

The Miami-Dade based Florida Task Force-1 is just one of several specialized groups on the ground in Surfside. They deploy to disasters across the globe, but now, they're needed at home.

The Tiny Desk series producer shares his favorite records of the year.

For some insight into the fighter pilot culture, Linda talks with Captain Rosemary Mariner, a retired Navy Captain Aviator. She was trained to fly planes like the fighter that collided with the US reconnaissance plane. Mariner is now a Research Fellow for the University of Tennessee, Center for the Study for War and Society.

Also: Turkey's prime minister will discuss Syria with President Obama at the White House; congressional panels OK cuts to the federal food stamp program; the formerly obscure Arctic Circle gains new member countries; and nobody has yet won the Powerball jackpot.

Lara's Mexican Institute of Sound recordings are clearly of this new millennium, but he also captures traces of everything from early-20th-century corridos to techno. Here, the prolific singer and producer shares a slice of the new sound he's concocting for Mexico.