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Left: Jordan Harrison with her grandmother, Judy Greene. Right: Freshly made butter mints. Jordan Harrison/Collage by NPR hide caption
Allison Stines holds a photo of her family while she eats a family-favorite cookie: Martian droppings. Allison Stines/Collage by NPR hide caption
When Ellie King and her husband were married, they had Grandma Phoebe's fruitcake as their wedding cake. Ellie King/Collage by NPR hide caption
Pete Kincaid and his grandchildren Jan Kincaid Clifford/Collage by NPR hide caption
Nathan Lane in Pasadena, Calif. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption
Coco Hernandez (Irene Cara) performs at a graduation ceremony in a scene from Fame, directed by Alan Parker, 1980. United Artists/Archive Photos/Getty Images hide caption
Cartoonist Charles Schulz poses with a sketch of Snoopy in his office in Santa Rosa, Calif. Schulz, who died shortly after his retirement in 2000, would have turned 100 on Nov. 26. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
Bluegrass icon Billy Strings (right) recorded his new album Me/And/Dad with his stepdad, Terry Barber. The album features songs that Strings learned from Barber during his childhood. Joshua Black Wilkins/Sacks And Co. hide caption
Futura 2000's Break Train, 1980. Photograph by Martha Cooper. Martha Cooper hide caption
The Wiz is just one of the shows celebrated in the new Museum of Broadway. Monique Carboni/Museum of Broadway hide caption
Sibling rivalry takes the stage on Broadway; plus Randall Park's latest 'Blockbuster'
Kara Wang and Markian Tarasiuk in Christmas at the Golden Dragon. Allister Foster/Crown Media hide caption
Tattoo artist Cedre Csillagi has completed 11 of what will eventually be 1,000 pansy tattoos. Hilary Reed/Cedre Csillagi hide caption
Suzan-Lori Parks (right), and the cast of Plays for the Plague Year. Parks, a prolific playwright, is doing something new with this play — she's acting. Joan Marcus hide caption
For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it
Ricki Lake attends the Stand Up For Pits Foundation Comedy Night at the Hollywood Improv. Amanda Edwards/Getty Images hide caption
Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra won the 2022 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Italy in May. Next year's contest will be the first ever in which viewers from non-participating countries can cast their vote. Giorgio Perottino/Getty Images hide caption
Tsireya in Avatar: The Way of the Water 20th Century Studios hide caption
Coins of the Celtic Treasure are on display at the local Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching, Germany, May 31, 2006. A senior official said Wednesday that organized crime groups were likely behind the theft of the ancient gold coins stolen from a museum in southern Germany this week. Frank Maechler/AP hide caption
America Ferrera (clockwise from top left), Eva Longoria, Rosie Perez, Ivette Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson and Christy Haubegger are using their platforms to promote empowerment and representation. Mike Gallegos for NPR hide caption
Harry Styles and Alessandro Michele attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2019 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/ hide caption
Rick Clingman jamming Rick Clingman hide caption
The Mexican band Son Rompe Pera, one of the highlights of the 2022 edition of the WOMEX festival. Marc van der Aa/Courtesy of the artists hide caption