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The Swedish actor describes himself as "quite a mellow guy." Playing a Viking warrior in the film The Northman gave Skarsgård a chance to tap into his animalistic nature.

Poet Camille Dungy made her lawn into an eco-friendly pollinator's paradise of native plants. Her memoir links diversifying the landscape and diversifying the voices who write about the natural world.

The Sundance Film Festival returned in-person to Park City, Utah, this year, and with more submissions than ever. NPR's Aisha Harris screened nearly 20 films — these are her favorites.

In this week's Heat Check selects, dueling sounds of the new New York, roiling raps from a middle-aged street rapper, sugary, off-kilter pop birthed on TikTok and more

Sarah Dash is best remembered as the singer and co-founder of the all-female singing group Labelle, best known for their 1974 hit "Lady Marmalade."

Music festivals in the Bay Area this September include Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and the new Portola festival.

Meaker wrote Spring Fire in 1952, and was surprised when it sold 1.5 million copies. She went on to write other lesbian-themed books under pen names. She died Nov. 21. Originally broadcast 2003.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Jay Fortenbery, a retired police chief and criminology professor at Elizabeth City State University, about the latest findings in the death of Andrew Brown Jr.

A dreamy woman in white painted by James McNeill Whistler is the center of a new show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

In Ohio, the field is set for what will be one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate races. On the Republican side, venture capitalist and author J.D. Vance will face Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan.

The town of Surfside, Fla., is honoring the victims of the condominium collapse with a memorial, as a federal investigation into what caused the collapse proceeds.

NPR's Asma Khalid talks to Olivia Troye of the gun safety advocacy group 97Percent, about reducing gun deaths. Her aunt was at the mall in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, when a shooting occurred.