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"These are the smallest songs you'll hear at this folk festival this year, I think," Shelley said of her set with guitarist Nathan Salsburg. Small songs, perhaps, but each one contained a world.

The Dirty Projectors' grandiose, eight-minute masterpiece gets a surreal, quirky video.

Quixey, a search engine for apps, hopes to challenge Google's place as King of the Internet Search. Ozy.com's Carlos Watson discusses that service and why you should keep an eye on Black & Sexy TV.

Once again, NPR is challenging teachers to turn their classrooms into studios and their lessons into podcasts. Last year's contest drew nearly 6,000 entries from around the country.

With public interest in horse racing declining, the parent company of the Kentucky Derby has evolved into an entertainment enterprise built on gambling and social gaming platforms.

A former Facebook employee compared the social network to Big Tobacco at a Senate hear17%ing on Tuesday, saying the company has hidden what it knows about the problems its products cause.

Join us on Sept 11, 2021 in the heart of South End for the 8th Annual South End Shuffle 5K & Mile Run, the event that has become a South End neighborhood tradition! Presented by Skufca Law, Wooden Robot Brewery, and Beacon Partners, the 5K starts on W Summit Ave in front of Wooden Robot Brewery and heads into scenic streets of South End. There is also a 1 Mile Run for those looking for a shorter distance. The South End Shuffle includes a festival-like atmosphere with vendors, post-race music, food, and fun! Participants receive a race shirt, a custom finisher’s medal, those over 21 get free beer from Wooden Robot Brewery, and those under 21 get a free kid’s ice cream from Golden Cow Creamery. The 1 Mile Run starts at 8:30am, followed by the 5k at 9:00 am. This event is benefiting The Purple Promise Foundation to End Melanoma, and West Blvd Ministry.

Grab a craft beer and kick back with the Charlotte Symphony at On Tap! Entering its sixth season, this popular series features a more intimate orchestra experience with classical and contemporary tunes from a diverse range of composers - all within the laid-back environment of a neighborhood brewery. March 22 Program Alex Wilborn, principal trumpet Jonathan Kaplan, trumpet Byron Johns, horn Thomas Burge, trombone Scott Hartman, principal bass trombone J.S. BACH My Spirit Be Joyful MAURER 3 Pieces EWALD Brass Quintet No. 2 BEIBL Ave Maria ENRIQUE CRESPO Vals Peruano BOZZA Sonatine for Brass Quintet, II. Andante ma non troppo MEACHAM Salute to Glenn Miller Note: This concert is general admission with limited seating available on a first come, first served basis. Feel free to bring blankets or lawn chairs. On Tap concerts are special events with limited ticket availability.

Toussaint was an important behind-the-scenes figure in New Orleans R&B during the '50s and '60s. He later became known for his own recordings. He died in 2015. Originally broadcast in 1988.

After more than 20 years of frights, Stine's Goosebumpsseries is finally getting a big-screen adaptation, starring Jack Black. For Stine and Black, the key to the nightmare is in keeping things fun.

On Aug. 25, 2001, a small plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from an island in the Bahamas. On board was R&B singer Aaliyah Dana Haughton, commonly known as "Aaliyah."

To start a small business, you'll need lots of time and a passion for what you do. From turning a hobby into cash to running a franchise, we share tips from people who've found success.

In upstate New York, an experimental staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic sets a key scene in total darkness and adds coldblooded murder to the plot.

A common sentiment after a mass shooting is something like "this is the last place you'd expect this to happen." But what can those sentiments tell us about how society assigns empathy?

An analysis by two economists finds that winners of the medal, the most significant prize in mathematics, become significantly less productive in their chosen field of study after they win the prize.

In a statement Tuesday, the G-7 nations warned of the risks "posed by elevated oil prices." Demand for gasoline usually starts to wane at the end of the summer but right now gasoline prices are hitting new highs. Oil prices are surging because of tensions with Iran and the ongoing concerns about Hurricane Isaac.

On Sunday night in Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium, Usher hurried through a medley of many of his biggest hits and proved yet again why he's the current King of R&B.

Joe Jutras of Scituate, Rhode Island, has broken world records for longest gourd, heaviest pumpkin and now biggest squash.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., is reeling Tuesday after announcing it would halt production and sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. Samsung had to issue a recall about a month ago after multiple incidents in which the phone overheated and caught fire.

The U.S. and Europe have pledged nearly $2 billion in aid for Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which has been devastated by Russian strikes. That damage has caused rolling blackouts.