The Invite is a powerful look at marriage that echoes one of the great works of American theater, Dan Webster says.

One of the many great things about film is its ability to adapt to any scale. An intimate story about one person’s inner life can be just as effective as one spread over a huge canvas with a cast of thousands. On this week’s episode, Movies 101 will look at two new releases on opposite ends of the scale spectrum: The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s multimillion-dollar, decades-spanning epic, and Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, a four-person chamber piece set in a single location.

Director Jean Hardie and student actors from Spokane Civic Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream visited the SPR studio to preview the production, including a reading from Shakespeare's legendary script.

Join SPR as we welcome NPR's David Folkenflik to The Bing Crosby Theater on April 14, 2026

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 35th Annual Record Sale

Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival

Ed Dwight is one of the nation's most significant African American sculptors. A retrospective in Denver highlights some of the 92-year-old artist's best-known works.

Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.

As U.S. service member deaths and injuries from Iranian attacks increased last week, the Pentagon shifted how it releases information on casualties.

In the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discover a new species of monkey, and form a deep friendship along the way.

A mountain tourist town tries to build year-round community by dedicating a building to to craftspeople, and including affordable housing.

A 29-year-old woman confided her suicide plans to an AI chatbot -- not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?

Snoopy's Senior World Hockey Tournament draws teams from around the world, with divisions for players 40 to 70 and older. It began in the 1970s and was founded by Charles M. Schulz.

Former chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Ben Wikler, talks with NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer about his new book "This is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy."

John Moe was languishing at his job when a woman in HR reminded him of his potential.

I'll Take the Fire is the third book in a trilogy inspired by generations of Leïla Slimani's Moroccan French family. She is also the author of the bestselling thriller The Perfect Nanny.