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Peter Shaffer's play "Amadeus" comes to the Cider Mill Stage

Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton's persona has taken on an almost saint-like manifestation in recent years, writes Amanda Marie Martinez.

Why do we need Dolly Parton to be a saint?

Media outlets have become so quick to feed the public feel-good stories about the singer that routine fact-checking seems to be getting overlooked, as a recently viral story shows.

Students from municipal schools in Caxias do Sul, a city with a majority white population in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, paint an image of US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., as they participate in a program called "Qualifying Education of Ethnic-Racial Relations."

Here are six podcasts to listen to in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Here are conversations from across public media to listen to as we reflect on the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

In this photo released by the Dnipro Regional Administration, smoke rises after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building leaving many people under debris in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Saturday.

The U.K. pledges tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles target multiple cities

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also promised to provide artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting Kyiv and a number of other Ukrainian cities.

President Biden pictured at his home office in his private residence in Wilmington, Del., in 2021. This week, the Department of Justice announced that improperly stored classified documents had been discovered at the president's Wilmington home.

Here's what we know about the classified documents found at Biden's home and office

The fast-moving revelations have placed the president under the investigation of a special counsel and ignited Republican criticism. The White House said on Saturday that more documents were found.

The Pentagon released this image of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) that was later determined to be a drone last year. The U.S. office that investigates UAP received hundreds of reports in 2022. This image was captured through night vision goggles during naval exercises off the U.S. East Coast in early 2022.

The Pentagon got hundreds of new reports of UFOs in 2022, a government report says

The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, formed last year, is focusing on some 171 cases — including some in which objects "appear to have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics."

Devendra Banhart grew up in Caracas in the '90s, but didn't perform his first show there until 2022.

How Cusica Fest is trying to rebuild the Venezuelan music industry

A music festival in Caracas, Venezuela is building momentum for renewed creativity and expression in the country, amidst an ongoing political crisis.

An self-portrait of Deena Mohamed, author of the graphic novel <em>Shubeik Lubeik — </em>a fantasy story of making wishes in modern-day Egypt.

This graphic novel imagines what would happen if you could buy and sell wishes

Artist and author Deena Mohamed created a graphic novel about how wishes would — or wouldn't — work in modern-day Egypt. Her much-praised book is now out in English. It's ... a wish come true!

San Francisco drag queen Juanita MORE! poses at the center of her chosen family. For many queer people, creating one can be a necessary key to surviving.

For many, family bonds can run deeper than shared DNA

For many people, creating a chosen family is a necessity - a key to survival. And it can be especially important for queer people, who may be underhoused or rejected by their biological families.

Roads and infrastructure are increasing being overwhelmed by heavier rainfall, like the California Central Valley town of Planada in January. Most states still aren't designing water systems for heavier storms.

Federal climate forecasts could help prepare for extreme rain. But it's years away

Thanks to a new federal law, cities will get better forecasts about how climate change intensifies rainstorms. Still, it won't be in time for billions of dollars of federal infrastructure spending.

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