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Theatrical clowning duo Bill Irwin and David Shiner haven't shared the spotlight onstage since the late 1990s. Now, with a collaborative theater project running at off-Broadway's Signature Theatre, they bring their zany brand of participatory slapstick to a new generation.

Photographer David Guttenfelder has recently made a few dents in North Korea's historically iron wall by posting photos — in real time — to Instagram.

Bob and Robin are joined this week by friends from NPR Music, who share new tracks from The Flaming Lips, Surfer Blood, Sufjan Stevens, Miyazaki, Maria Schneider and more.

For D'Angelo's disciples, Monday night was a chance to see an artist defined by distance and mystery up close.

Twisted, violent and occasionally surprising, Swedish director Niels Arden Oplev's American debut aims to be a darkly humorous journey into New York City's underbelly. But ultimately Dead Man Down is just dark, with foreboding cinematography and an overly complicated plot.

A judge has blocked Alabama's governor from signing a school choice bill, after a lawsuit alleged that lawmakers bypassed state rules when they substantially revised the legislation in committee. A vote on the bill was marked by confusion, anger, and accusations of "sleaziness" and "hypocrisy."

Frontman Craig Minowa talks about tragedy in his past and how the group's new album, Love, reflects his own healing process.

A powerful leadership group — the Catholic Seven — is stepping forward and heading in a bold new direction: basketball. These schools want out of the Big (football) East Conference.

In Mohsin Hamid's fictional how-to, a nameless protagonist makes a fortune selling knockoff bottled water in a thirsty Asian metropolis. Hamid joins NPR's Steve Inkeep to discuss the book's conceit and the side effects of rampant development.

John Kerry's first trip as secretary of state took him to Europe — where he spent time growing up as the son of a diplomat. Kerry, who also had stops in the Middle East, says he can't speak as freely now as when he was a senator.