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MaryAnn Anselmo has started to sing again after recovering from brain surgery and having successful treatment with a drug that targeted a mutation in her tumor cells.

Why Doctors Are Trying A Skin Cancer Drug To Treat A Brain Tumor

A drug that's effective in patients with certain forms of melanoma is being tested as a treatment for other cancers whose genetic code contains an identical mutation.

Baritone Franco Pomponi is Richard Nixon, soprano Maria Kanyova is Pat Nixon and baritone Chen-ye Yuan is Chou En-Lai in San Diego Opera's NIXON IN CHINA. March, 2015.

'Nixon In China' And Why Modern Opera Can Be Scary And Exciting

San Diego Opera production highlights Nixon's 1972 trip to China as inpiration

The town of Port Isaac in England, the location used in the DOC MARTIN series.

Doc Martin's Portwenn

Airs Friday, May 29, 2015 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

'B & Me' Is Intelligent, Immoderate, And A Bit Belabored

J.C. Hallman's audacious account of his engagement with the erotic writing of Nicholson Baker makes a splash, but critic Heller McAlpin says the book sometimes runs aground in self-indulgence.

Portuguese architect Margarida Castro (right) provides a tour of Porto in 2014. She is one of three unemployed architects who set up Worst Tours to show visitors the poverty in the city, which has been hard hit by the country's weak economy in recent years.

Portugal Beckons Tourists With Sun, History And ... Slums

Forget the cathedrals and wine houses that have made Porto, Portugal, famous. A new guided tour takes visitors to back alleys and boarded-up businesses — the effects of Europe's economic crisis.

Kay O'Neil has been an audio describer for more than a decade. She provides descriptions of the opera for the visually impaired.

Audio Describers Bring San Diego Opera To Visually Impaired

The free service is available at all operas

U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert leaves Sejong Center for Performing Arts in downtown Seoul, South Korea after the attack.

North Korea: Attack On U.S. Ambassador Is 'Deserved Punishment'

Pyongyang said it welcomed the attack on Mark Lippert, who was assaulted in Seoul by a knife-wielding political activist who said he opposed joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises.

The Jackson 5. Born Aug. 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, Michael Jackson spent nearly his entire life as a public per- former. At age four he was singing with the family group; a charismatic bundle of energy who was musically wise beyond his years, he soon became their lead vocalist and front man. Onstage, using every ounce of his old-school training, he modeled his dance moves and singing on James Brown and Jackie Wilson, and portrayed a self-confidence that belied his shy, private personality.

MOTOWN 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (MY MUSIC)

Airs Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

New Orleans bandleader John Moore chose his "Deacon" nickname at the suggestion of a mischievous drummer. At 73, he's one of the city's most beloved musicians.

A Hero At Home, Deacon John Moore Is New Orleans' Best-Kept Secret

He formed his first dance band in 1960, and adopted the pious nickname Deacon on the suggestion of a mischievous drummer. Now 73, Moore is one of the city's most beloved musicians.

The <em>Saturday Night Live</em> team meets for a read-through in 1994. Everyone has a designated seat: Lorne Michaels sits at the head of the table (between the windows) the host sits to his right, and the head writer to his left. <a href="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/02/13/050a_saturday_night_live_va_04617_archive.jpg">Click to see a larger version of this image.</a>

See What 'Saturday Night Live' Looks Like The Rest Of The Week

Saturday Night Live celebrates its 40th anniversary on Sunday. Throughout, the show's two photographers have been flies on the wall, capturing read-throughs, rehearsals and back-stage shenanigans.

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