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Anna Deavere Smith

Arts, Culture & Media

Anna Deavere Smith is best known for playing the national security advisor on The West Wing but she’s also a theater pioneer — writing and performing plays based on hundreds of interviews with real people. On stage at the Aspen Ideas Festival, she describes her current work, “Let Me Down Easy,” about the resilience of […]

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Keeping Up With the Sarah Joneses

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“Tennessee Blues”

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“Christmas in Washington”

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Nereida Comes to America

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Sarah Jones channels a young Dominican immigrant living in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. “Nereida” tells her story about her family’s first miracle in America.

Willing to be Lucky

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Kurt remembers the essay that brought him to New York, and the blind date that changed his life.

“City of Immigrants”

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Steve Earle‘s wife and musical collaborator, Allison Moorer, joins Earle on this love song to their new hometown.

Nereida Comes to America

Arts, Culture & Media

Sarah Jones channels a young Dominican immigrant living in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. “Nereida” tells her story about her family’s first miracle in America.

“Christmas in Washington”

Arts, Culture & Media

Steve Earle casts a critical eye on the political scene, in a song from his record El Corazon.

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