Doris Duke's Shangri La
The heiress built a home in Honolulu that was a testament to the cultures she discovered in her 'round-the-world travels, and now it's the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design
Arts
Take Five: Arts & events around the U.S. (December 6)
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Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" inspires a Broadway musical
The landmark 1995 album became the unexpected soundtrack of a generation, and is now the basis of a show with an original story by Diablo Cody
For the birds: Illustrator David Sibley
One of the most respected and successful chroniclers of avian life has produced bestselling field guides for birdwatchers, covering more than 800 species
Rescuing art: The creativity and science of restoration
The painstaking work of art restorers, who remove decades of dulling dirt and dust or repair damaged works, is meant to help art stand the test of time by keeping time at bay
Take Five: Arts & events around the U.S. (November 15)
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"We, the People": Mary Whyte's portraits of 50 veterans from 50 states
The South Carolina artist's subjects, exemplars of patriotism, are as diverse as the nation they served
Take Five: Arts & events around the U.S. (November 8)
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Art collective Meow Wolf
What is Meow Wolf? An art collective founded in Santa Fe, N.M., whose name came from words picked out of a hat, and which puts on immersive exhibitions that tantalize audiences with vivid visuals and storytelling that is magical, mysterious, or just downright weird. Their latest exhibit, called "The House of Eternal Return," is contained in a former bowling alley purchased by one of the group's benefactors, "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin. Conor Knighton reports.
Enter the immersive art world of Meow Wolf
The Santa Fe-based collective of artists invites audiences to step into a whole different dimension, putting on exhibitions that tantalize with vivid visuals and storytelling that is magical, mysterious, or just plain bizarre
Take Five: Arts & events around the U.S. (November 1)
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How scary music makes movies scarier
Composers and scientists discuss how the scores for such horror films as "The Shining" and "Get Out" work their magic
Gargoyles and grotesques get their closeup
The mischievous creatures that decorate the upper reaches of the National Cathedral, in Washington, D.C., range from the menacing (Medusa, Darth Vader) to the cheeky (a crooked politician)
Take Five: Arts & events around the U.S. (October 25)
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Helen Frankenthaler: An artist lost in the moment
An exhibition of seaside-inspired works by the abstract expressionist painter evokes the magic of landscapes and the textures of a temporal experience
More From Sunday Morning
A pilgrimage to the desk with the greatest view
In the late 1970s, a group of university students in West Texas, wanting a place to study with a view, hauled a desk to the top of Hancock Hill in the town of Alpine. Today, the desk is a pilgrimage for hikers seeking a meditative place.
"Severance" star Adam Scott
The former "Parks and Recreation" star heads the surreal, critically-acclaimed series about workers at a mysterious corporation whose brains are altered to create distinctly separate personalities in and out of the office.
Laufey on creating her own sound
Whimsical and romantic, the music of Icelandic singer and cellist Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir blends pop, jazz, classical and bossa nova – a "mishmash," she calls it. Her latest album is "A Matter of Time."
Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape.
This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 17)
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
To tip or not to tip: That is David Sedaris' question
The humorist has some thoughts about gratuities, especially when they're pre-programmed onto a screen.
The JFK Files
More than six decades after the Kennedy assassination, the existence of unreleased documents from the investigation has continued to fuel questions - and conspiracy theories - in search for a "smoking gun." What did the recent release of thousands of documents reveal?
At 75, "Sunset Boulevard" is ready again for its closeup
Billy Wilder's caustic tale of Hollywood, obsession and murder, in which a fading star of silent pictures tries to recreate her fame, is back in its full dark glory.
Steve Wozniak on fighting internet scams
The computer inventor and co-founder of Apple is sounding the alarm about one of the great threats of this new Information Age: internet fraud. He talks about how he is fighting for the victims of online scams involving AI, cryptocurrency and faked messages.
The crypto craze sweeping Washington and Wall Street
While many Americans are still baffled by cryptocurrency, enthusiasm for these digital assets is growing - despite the potential risks of integrating digital currencies with the mainstream economy - in part due to support coming from the White House.