Salman Rushdie’s new children’s book, Luka and the Fire of Life, tackles dark themes in a short, funny way. A NASA aerospace engineer moonlights in nightclubs as “DJ Scientific.” And our American Icons series continues with a look back at Jimi Hendrix’s legendary Woodstock performance of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
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