Arts & Culture
Coverage of the Arts by Weekend America.
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Cleaning to an "Icy Blue Heart"
Roxanne Cronin listens to "Icy Blue Heart" by John Hiatt while she cleans. And mends a broken heart.
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Cole's Guitar, by Brian Turner
On December 3, 2003, Brian Turner crossed the Kuwaiti border into Iraq. He was an infantry team leader with the Third Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Second Infantry Division. Turner is a poet, and he shares his thoughts of home on his final night in Iraq.
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The Eagles Carolers
Cindy Simmons of Seattle, Wash., is a lecturer of First Amendment law. She feels it's her duty to reinforce the secular voice in public spaces and to balance out the chorus of baby Jesus songs and snowman medleys. So for the past six years, Cindy and a small following--seven secular carolers and a puppy--have taken to caroling songs by the Eagles.
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Great Moments in Small Talk
A few weeks ago, Weekend America asked listeners to send us their small talk stories. Small talk is a big part of the holidays, when innocuous chatter can smooth over many an awkward moment. But sometimes, small talk can get us into trouble. We hear how.
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A Vocal Holiday Tradition
Rebecca Summerlot lives in Orlando and listens to us on WMFE. She tells us how singing in front of hundreds of people signals the holidays for her.
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Joe Sacco's "Palestine"
Joe Sacco travels around the world collecting stories and conducting interviews like other reporters, but instead of writing articles, he draws comics. Sacco's most successful book is called "Palestine." This week, a special edition of the book goes into wide release.
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Letters: Horse Rustlin' and "Puff" Endings
This week we open the Weekend America mailbox, and we hear your thoughts on chopping down Christmas trees, how "Puff the Magic Dragon" could end happily and how horse theft is a real problem in the U.S.
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The Puppetless Puppet Show
Listener Lisa Romano lives in Earlysville, Va. She remembers putting on a Christmas Eve puppet show for her parents in their home with her older sister. The puppets weren't string puppets or sock puppets - they were a mix of Barbies, My Little Ponies and bits of other toys.
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All Tomorrow's Parties, in Houston
The downturn in the economy has hit the Houston, Texas, gala party scene hard.
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Puff, the Scary Magic Dragon
He's green and magic and lives by the sea, but for Bill Radke, Puff inspires fear and dread.
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Santa on a Surfboard
An American remembers celebrating Christmas in the Panama Canal Zone when her father was stationed there as an army doctor.
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Radio Twentysomething
Megan Chaney tells Bill Radke
