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What the Islamic State might do next after the death of its leader

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to director of Century International, Thanassis Cambanis, about how the Islamic State may react after the militant group lost its leader during a U.S. raid.

An illustrated guide: 5 easy art projects to try at home

Sarah Urist Green, creator of PBS' The Art Assignment, walks through five fun art projects that don't require fancy supplies or talent to create and enjoy.

From left, Huda Attar and her daughters, Eslah and Shorook, in the kitchen baking. Huda is teaching Eslah how to make <em>knafeh</em>, a Middle Eastern dessert consisting of a thin noodle pastry stuffed with cheese, soaked in syrup and topped with pistachios.

A Daughter Bakes A New Connection With Family During Ramadan

At home in Ohio during the pandemic, photographer Eslah Attar is using newfound family time to learn from her mother and sister how to bake traditional desserts ahead of Eid al-Fitr.

<strong>A Labor of Love:</strong> For his "I Hate Perfume" collection, Christopher Brosius blends and bottles all of his scents by hand in his workshops. The process may be labor-intensive, but it allows him to create singular scents that can't be mass-produced.

Mmm, Is That Roast Beef You Smell? No, It's Perfume

Would you wear a perfume that made you smell like "A Day at the Beach?" How about "Baby's Butt?" If so, scent inventor Christopher Brosius can help. His Brooklyn boutique is at the vanguard of the anti-perfume movement.Would you wear a perfume that made you smell like "A Day at the Beach?" How about "Roast Beef," or "Baby's Butt?" If so, scent inventor Christopher Brosius can help. His Brooklyn boutique is at the vanguard of the anti-perfume movement

Three-Minute Fiction: Time Is Running Out

Short story writers, your time is short! The deadline for this round of our contest Three Minute Fiction is Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. The rules set by this round's judge, writer Danielle Evans, are simple: One character must come to town and, one character must leave town. And remember, your story can't longer than 600 words.

Say goodbye to the red Netflix envelope, which the company is phasing out in favor of a new DVD delivery service called "Qwikster."

Netflix Won't Send You DVDs Anymore; Now They'll Come From 'Qwikster'

Netflix has decided to spin off its DVD rentals into the new service "Qwikster." Will this really fix its customer-dissatisfaction problems and restore peace?

Australian Artist Profits From Government Grant

An Australian artist received a government grant for $20,000 in cash. He neatly stacked the money into a pile. Voila, art! The piece is called Currency. It went up for auction and the winning buyer will pay $21,350.

Three-Minute Fiction: Round 7

We have our judge, we have our writing prompt and now we have our date. Round 7 of our exclusive Three-Minute-Fiction contest starts Saturday, September 10.

<em>Chicago Tribune</em> columnist Clarence Page says if old wounds are holding you back from going to your high school reunion, you're missing out.

Why High School Reunions Are Good For You, Really

When high school reunions roll around, people come up with all kinds of excuses not to attend. But Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says that regardless of how difficult your high school experience was, reunions can actually be therapeutic.

<p><strong>Beard of Avon?</strong> Rhys Ifans plays the 17th Earl of Oxford, who in the preposterous calculus of <em>Anonymous</em> is the "real" author of Shakespeare's plays.</p>

'Anonymous': Stylish Claptrap, By Any Other Name

Could Shakespeare have been in love if he didn't even exist? Director Roland Emmerich's Elizabethan-era costume drama turns a cockamamie idea about the Bard's "real" identity into a ridiculous but handsome thriller.

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