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Artist builds a wind-powered soup-serving soil-testing kitchen in Philadelphia

By Joel Wanek, KQED

For one week in 2011, North Philadelphia residents could see a windmill atop the roof of a formerly abandoned building. Test tubes of soil floated in the downstairs window of what was advertised as "Soil Kitchen," a place where you…

Time-lapse artist shows us his vivid California dreams

By KVIE

Sacramento photographer Justin Majeczky has a knack for capturing beautiful scenes in and around his city.

Underserved Austin students embrace their culture through the art of drumming

By KLRU

Sevylla del Mazo is a music teacher and founder of Roots & Rhythms, an after-school program that teaches drumming to underserved, bilingual students.

Underserved Austin students embrace their culture through the art of drumming

By PBS News Hour

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‘We don’t do kiddie shows’: Alaskan puppeteers create theater for adults

By Alaska Public Media

For Geppetto’s Junkyard, a puppetry troupe based in Haines, Alaska, few topics are off-limits and puppet shows are for adults.

San Francisco dance troupe bears witness to history of human trafficking

By Joel Wanek, KQED

Lenora Lee, the artistic director of her dance company Lenora Lee Dance, creates large-scale interdisciplinary choreography that combine video projection, martial arts, music and text to talk about culture, history and human rights issues.

Meet Amy Sacka, who took 500 photos of Detroit in 500 days

By WTVS, Detroit Public Television

Photographer Amy Sacka captures the beauty and stories of Detroit in daily pictures.

Ohio photographer creates smartphone surrealism

By Jackie Shafer, WOSU

Amy Leibrand creates surrealistic images with her smartphone camera and editing apps. She's now a recognized figure in the mobile photography movement.