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"You can't be a novelist, you can't be a creative person, if you are so cynical about the world that everything you say and write is negative," says novelist James McBride. He won the 2013 National Book Award for his novel <em><a href="https://www.npr.org/books/titles/189562779/the-good-lord-bird">The Good Lord Bird.</a> </em>

'Emphasize The Positive': James McBride On The Kindness That Shaped Him

McBride's novel, Deacon King Kong, takes place in 1969, in a Brooklyn housing project similar to the one he grew up in. "In this book and in this community, people generally love each other," he says.

Nailed It: Bringing Science Into Nail Art

A young scientist decided that one way to get girls into science would be by painting neurons and parasitic worms on her nails.

Jessica Doerr's submission to the Hitchcock Group Art Show that opens Aug.18 at Subterranean Coffee Boutique and presented by Thumbprint Gallery and guest curated by Jennifer Cooksey.

Thumbprint Presents Hitchcock Group Art Show

Pop culture-themed show opens at Subterranean Coffee Boutique on Saturday

Conductor Marin Alsop, at a performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2006, just before she became the BSO's music director. She's leaving the organization after 14 years.

Reflections On Connections: Marin Alsop Bids Farewell To Baltimore

The groundbreaking conductor — the first woman to lead a major American Orchestra — reflects on 14 years as music director of the Baltimore Symphony.

Author Tomie dePaola, at a book signing in New York City in 2008.

Tomie DePaola, Beloved Children's Author And Illustrator, Has Died

The author and illustrator — who, by his own reckoning, worked on more than 270 titles — died Monday at age 85. Among his classics is the Caldecott winner Strega Nona, a seemingly ancient folk tale.

"Binge" will be one of the site specific works from quarantine at this year's La Jolla Playhouse WOW (Without Walls) Festival. From Brian Lobel and friends it serves up one-on-one performance pieces that transforms the solitary experience of binge-watching TV shows into an opportunity to find comfort in the lives of fictional characters.

La Jolla Playhouse's WOW Festival Explores Site-Specific Work From Quarantine

Artistic director Christopher Ashley talks about theater's online offerings

Nailed It: Bringing Science Into Nail Art

A young scientist decided that one way to get girls into science would be by painting neurons and parasitic worms on her nails.

ACROSS THE PACIFIC

Stream now or tune in Tuesdays, Aug. 18, 2020 from 8-10 p.m. & Aug. 25 from 8-9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Filmmaker Frances Causey walking with a ghost-like woman figure next to her.

The Long Shadow

Airs Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

GREAT DECISIONS IN FOREIGN POLICY: Artificial Intelligence: The Global Race For The New Frontier

Stream now or tune in Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

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