Andrew Limbong
Andrew Limbong is a reporter for NPR's Arts Desk, where he does pieces on anything remotely related to arts or culture, from streamers looking for mental health on Twitch to Britney Spears' fight over her conservatorship. He's also covered the near collapse of the live music industry during the coronavirus pandemic. He's the host of NPR's Book of the Day podcast and a frequent host on Life Kit.
He started at NPR in 2011 as an intern for All Things Considered, and was a producer and director for Tell Me More.
Originally from Brooklyn and a graduate of SUNY New Paltz, he previously worked at ShopRite.
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Some concert organizers are making plans to forge ahead cautiously this festival season, hoping that increased vaccination will make concerts safe and appealing. -
The actor, known for her comedic roles on Arrested Development and Archer, died in her sleep on Wednesday. -
The live music industry breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed a $15 billion grant program for struggling venues. But owners still face uncertainty and delays. -
The moves came after TMZ posted a video of the fast-rising country star using a racial slur. -
Dustin Diamond played the awkward sidekick Screech in the hit sitcom. He died Monday of cancer, after having been diagnosed three weeks ago. -
The Westworld actor alleged that Brian Warner, better known as industrial-rock musician Marilyn Manson, was her abuser, naming him for the first time in a statement posted to Instagram. -
The son of Italian immigrants worked with luminaries such as filmmaker Jean Cocteau and designer Christian Dior before launching his own line. -
The lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary couldn't sum up the year in just one word — so they went with a whole list instead. -
An exhibition at MoMa PS1 features work created by currently or formerly incarcerated artists and their family members. Curator Nicole R. Fleetwood knows what it's like to love someone on the inside. -
Di Prima wrote over 40 books of poetry and memoir, including her collection the radical and political Revolutionary Letters,
