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Butter labels from Irish creameries operating in the 1970s.

To Eat Authentically Irish This St. Patrick's Day, Go For The Butter

From 3,000-year-old peat bogs to 19th-century Brazil to modern foodies, the love of Irish butter has spread far. The secret to Ireland's deliciously rich, creamy butter is in its rolling green hills.

Bloc Party's new album, <em>Four</em>, is a return to their roots.

Bloc Party Gets Back To Basics

The British band's goal was simple: sound like four guys playing music in a room.

Kristen Hannah Perez, a low-income, high-achieving student from Celina, Texas, plans to attend Dartmouth College next fall.

Why Many Smart, Low-Income Students Don't Apply To Elite Schools

A surprising number of academically gifted, low-income students are not applying to the Ivy League universities and selective colleges they're sure to get into.

There's More To Asking Than Just Art

Amanda Palmer's new The Art of Asking outlines a well-intentioned but hazy philosophy of asking for help. Critic Annalisa Quinn says Palmer glosses over societal realities of who has access to help.

Fans of Mexican rock group Maná enjoyed a live performance at a rally for President Barack Obama in Las Vegas on Sunday, Sept. 30.

Mexican Rock Group Highlights Obama Rally In Nevada

Just a few weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign invited one of Latin America's most popular rock bands to perform at a rally in Las Vegas and help solidify his edge over Gov. Mitt Romney with Latino voters in the battleground state.

The Last of Us is as much about the bonds between Joel and his surrogate daughter Ellie as it is about their post-fungal-apocalypse world.

Reading The Game: The Last Of Us

Our occasional series on storytelling in video games continues with a look at The Last of Us. Set in a world undone by a fungal apocalypse, it follows a grizzled smuggler and his surrogate daughter.

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.

The crowd prepares for the national anthem at Petco Park before a Padres game.

San Diego Padres To Salute Military On Sunday

For the first time this season, the San Diego Padres will host their "Military Salute Sunday." Actor Gary Sinise will be among those honored for his work with veterans.

Quentin Joseph, Mayer Hawthorne and Joe Abrams perform on stage. Mayer Hawthorne and his nimble band, The County, blaze through two dozen songs in his updated classic soul style, infused with everything from doo-wop to hip-hop. Over the course of the evening, Hawthorne and his band thrill an invitation-only crowd of 400 at the opulent Grand Ballroom of the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles with selections from his acclaimed new album, "How Do You Do," plus fan favorites such as “Green Eyed Love.”

LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN: Mayer Hawthorne

Airs Friday, April 19, 2013 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Fact And Fiction Blur In Frustratingly Opaque 'Swarm'

Fantasy master Michael Moorcock makes himself a character in his new novel The Whispering Swarm, but reviewer Tasha Robinson says the story doesn't fully satisfy either as biography or fantasy.

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