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Regarded as one of the most important figures in jazz, tributes are planned across the world to honor the legacy of bassist, bandleader and pioneer Charles Mingus.

An old-fashioned steam calliope designed by luminaries in the worlds of art and jazz is on display at the National Sculpture Garden.

The insects' appearances stretch back 4,000 years, to a time when ancient settlers carved cicadas from jade and put them on tongues of the dead before burial, evoking transcendence and eternal life.

Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement return for a second season of their music-driven comedy series, which follows two hapless New Zealanders trying to make it as a folk-pop band in New York City.

An ailing biochemist aims to cure himself of a debilitating illness, but ends up infecting himself with vampirism in the Marvel movie Morbius.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Gaelic Athletic Association's Director of Communications, Alan Milton, about hurling and Camogie having been named cultural treasures this week by UNESCO.

The TV show's early sketches lovingly skewered the city's progressive optimism and "Keep Portland Weird" mindset. It was an image Portlanders embraced, then struggled with.

The New London Theatre's War Horse, a captivating story about war and friendship, is told with the help of life-sized horse puppets. Jeff Lunden speaks with the actors -- and the puppeteers -- behind this particular type of mechanized magic.

Some firms use motion sensors and wireless tags to find out how people actually work. That can yield useful data — like which free snacks tend to attract people to break rooms more than others.

The unlikely duo — a rock star harmonizing with a bluegrass legend — won six Grammys for their 2007 album "Raising Sand."