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Ninety-eight years ago, the Carolina Theatre was born. It closed in 1978 and has sat vacant for nearly half its lifetime — 47 years. Now, it’s set to make a comeback. After years of construction, the theater has been restored to its former glory but also as a state-of-the-art masterpiece.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and listener Brett Campbell of Portland, Oregon.

Pentecostal preacher Jamie Coots, known for handling poisonous rattlesnakes, died in his home after refusing medical treatment. Last year, he said he'd been bitten nine times in 22 years — recovering each time, he believed, through faith healing.

Country legend Loretta Lynn joins forces with rocker Jack White for a soulful new CD, Van Lear Rose. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Lynn.

What began as a modest effort to ease racial tension in rural Kentucky coal country produced an unexpected musical result: Hick-hop is a compelling mix of uniquely American musical genres: bluegrass and rap. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with Matt Henning of Chapel Hill, N.C., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Spence's airy twang is a soft blow to the quiet and intricate songs that hit harder on the second go-around. Watch a video for the roots-y heartbreaker "Hotel Amarillo."

A family in Kentucky completely missed the baby owl in their Christmas tree. The little owl had been there, unnoticed for four days. It was released and hopefully found another tree to call home.

Hurricane Helene has left destruction in its wake for western North Carolina and other parts of the U.S. Southeast. Here's a list of resources for donating, volunteering, and more, in the Carolinas.

Sadie Babits is Boise State Public Radio’s news director. She has nearly 15 years of experience working in public radio from hosting shows to reporting and editing. Sadie got her start in public radio at BSPR as a student reporter while attending Boise State University. She became the station’s first news director years later. She feels honored to lead the state’s premier public radio newsroom and to work with a talented team.

In normal times, audiences would be flocking to theaters for Christmas productionsright now. But 2020 is anything but normal — especially when it comes to holiday traditions.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton on his budget plan; Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) nd Senator Tom Daschle (D-ND) responding to the President's budget address; enator Alan Simpson (R-WY) criticizing the American Association of Retired ersons; Executive Director of the AARP Horace Dietz defending the association; op performer Michael Jackson; the victory of the Houston Rockets basketball eam; and International Olympics Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch nnouncing Salt Lake City, Utah as the chosen host city for the 2002 winter lympics.

With the words, "This is London," Edward R. Murrow brought the war in Europe to the living rooms of Americans. His rooftop reports of the Blitz helped to define broadcast journalism. Author Philip Seib talks about his new book, Broadcasts from the Blitz: How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America into War.

Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings has computerized one of the most memorable characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novels. Gollum was a hobbit named Smeagol whose possession and loss of the powerful ring, which he calls his "precious," turned him into a distraught creature of animalistic drive. NPR's Liane Hansen talks to Andy Serkis, the actor who plays Gollum and Smeagol. He documented his experience in the book Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) says he will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). Hear from NPR's Alex Chadwick and NPR's David Welna.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Secretary of State Colin Powell; Sergei Lavrov, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations; Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix; White House spokesman Ari Fleischer; Lesley Stahl of CBS's 60 Minutes interviewing former Vice President Al Gore; Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT); Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS); and Sen. George Allen (R-VA).

Glasper's piano sets a chiming gospel loop, over which Killer Mike and Big K.R.I.T. rap verses about perseverance and positivity.

Sharknado 2 will happen, but Bunheads hasn't been renewed yet, plus other things that aren't entirely newsworthy.

Had he not been stopped by police, Buffalo Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told ABC News on Monday, the alleged perpetrator would have driven away in search of more victims.

On this edition of All Songs Considered: Secret messages from Bach; The imaginary world of Bjork; Sublime harmonies from Music Boxes and more.