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At Russ & Daughters, it takes three months to learn how to slice salmon. NPR's Scott Simon visits the 100 year-old appetizing store to try his hand at the fine art and talk about their new cookbook.

Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, prehistoric Europe bloomed with surprisingly sophisticated art. From Ireland to France, Scotland to the Greek Isles, we traverse that mystical world of mighty megaliths, torchlit cave paintings, magical goddesses, and wrinkled bog people. We stand in awe as a massive tomb is radiated by a dramatic beam of sunlight and listen to ritual horns that still play today.

Fallbrook Gourd Farm honors the culturally significant fruit

Broadway's union for performers and stage managers says the sticking point is health care.

Two local events, Afrofuturism Lounge and Indigi-Con, are coinciding with Comic-Con and connecting Black and Indigenous comics creators, artists, and creatives across all disciplines.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Kurtis Conner is back on the road with his biggest project yet - "The Goodfellow World Tour." A sell-out performer, podcaster, and global YouTube sensation, Conner is bringing his freshest, funniest material yet to the stage. After studying comedy writing and performance in Toronto, Conner quickly found an audience on Vine, later migrating to YouTube and growing that audience to over 5 million subscribers worldwide. 2023 was a banner year for Conner; he was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics to Watch, partnered with Just For Laughs as a featured artist, and sold out theaters across Australia and New Zealand. Conner isn’t missing a beat in 2024, embarking on his largest tour yet in theaters across the globe. Outside of touring stand up, Conner’s videos regularly hit the top ten trending page on YouTube, and he hosts the Very Really Good Podcast. Kurtis Conner on Instagram / YouTube

One hundred years ago this week, the radio barn dance that came to be known as the Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast from Nashville. Being part of the show still matters to country artists today.

Charles McPherson, saxophone Melissa Morgan, vocals Willie Jones III, drums Gilbert Castellanos, trumpet Additional artists to be announced Spend Valentine's Day with loved ones and the music of Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington. Please note: the San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this program. San Diego Symphony on Facebook / Instagram

For NPR's Word of the Week, we're getting hot: During the Ottoman Empire, people used devices called "zarfs" to hold their coffee cups. Here's what to know about this word's history.