Around the Nation

_Here are some recent arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation._ - Dick Van Dyke "talks to":http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/actor-comedian-dick-van-dyke/ Tavis Smiley about his career and and his new memoir, "My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business." - On June 2, PBS "will rebroadcast":http://www.pbs.org/programs/emile-norman/ "Emile Norman: By His Own Design." The film profiles the self-taught artist who went from creating window displays for Bergdorf Goodman to New York art success story. You can find more previews "here":http://www.pbs.org/topics/arts-entertainment/.

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  - The Low Anthem "talks to":http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/05/20/pm-ghosts-of-industry-the-low-anthems-smart-flesh/ Marketplace about channeling the industrial past of their home state of Rhode Island for their new album, and why they chose to record it in an abandoned factory.   - The participants in the "International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs":http://www.cliburn.org/index.php?page=amateur_competition in Fort Worth, Texas, must all play the same piano. KERA's Bill Zeeble "looks at":http://artandseek.net/2011/05/26/amateur-piano-competitors-thoughts-on-this-years-weapon-of-choice/ this year's instrument, which has provoked some strong reactions. - Ahead of Memorial Day, WHYY's Friday Arts "takes a look":http://constitutioncenter.org/ncc_press_Art_of_the_American_Soldier.aspx at the exhibit "Art of the American Soldier" at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, and talks to actual soldiers and artists who braved the front lines. - The latest episode of "_Craft in America_":http://www.craftinamerica.org/tvseries/story_1275.php aired on PBS on Tuesday. You can watch the full episode "here":http://video.pbs.org/video/1949131631.