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Set in 1960s New Orleans, A Confederacy of Dunces centers around Ignatius J. Reilly, a glutton in a city known for its cuisine. A new cookbook looks at the food central to the heralded comedic novel.

Police say the attack that killed 16 people followed a dispute between employees of the club and some young men.

Paolo Sorrentino's film is set in a Swiss spa that functions as a landlocked "Ship of Fools" — allowing us to follow several characters during their stay. Youth stars Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel.

Back in colonial times, Britain forced India to hand over the 105 carat diamond. Now that India and its neighbor Pakistan are independent from Britain, the Pakistani wants it back.

NPR Music's panel of public-radio experts can't turn off new songs by Khruangbin, Carla Morrison, Martin Courtney and more.

A banner over the Bonne Bière cafe's awning reads "Je Suis En Terrasse" — I'm on the terrace — a defiant message that spread in the days after the Nov. 13 attack.

The Detroit band's loud, screeching, grousing rock can be profound, poetic and bewildering. Singer Joe Casey barely moves throughout this performance, which only adds to the intensity.

This week's show takes a look at the latest from Pixar — both the somewhat disappointing feature and the awesome short — and we consider the times we've changed our minds.

Her voice dripping with Southern R&B grit, Moreno and her band never lose sight of the emotion in the holiday classics they perform at KUT in Austin, Texas.

This Sunday is the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment banned slavery in America. To…