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Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) is apparently President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be Interior secretary, a position usually reserved for Westerners. But Salazar is getting mixed reviews at best from environmentalists and public lands advocates, while agricultural and mining interests are relieved.

The budding superstar debuted a new song with Phony Ppl and performed hits from Fever and Tina Snow during the first night of NPR's Tiny Desk Fest.

Jemisin is the only author to win three Hugo Awards in a row — for her Broken Earth trilogy, which begins with an apocalypse. She says she likes to explore what apocalypses mean for different people.

It's hard to remember now, but MTV did once play music videos all day. A new oral history recalls that golden age, and the network's meteoric rise to the top of the music industry.

The author of Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux shares her summer book recommendations for young readers ages 8-13.

Suspense rules fiction this week, with a new cop protagonist from Ian Rankin, a tale by Lars Kepler that rivals the Dragon Tattoo series, and a debut novel inspired by Sherlock Holmes. In nonfiction, there's a history of ballet and Patti LuPone's memoir of the Great White Way.

University of Massachusetts Amherst officials faced tough questions from faculty and staff Tuesday. It happened during a special meeting that featured the chancellor and other leaders explaining what led up to over 130 people being arrested at a pro-Palestinian encampment last week.

Americana rockers The National Reserve bring their classic, rootsy sounds to the Egremont Barn in South Egremont, Mass. , tonight at 7:30pm . The Brooklyn - based outfit ’ s blend of guitar - driven country - rock, blues, soul, and old - time rock ‘ n ’ roll should appeal to fans of Little Feat, The Band, Neil Young , the Rolling Stones, and the Allman Brothers Band . (Fri, May 3)

Councilors passed revisions to the city’s housing zoning code and bade farewell to outgoing councilors.

Celtic baroque band Makaris brings its singular Irish-accented twist on the music of J.S. Bach to the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., on Sunday at 4pm, in a presentation by Close Encounters With Music. Scottish music proved creatively productive and financially lucrative for several composers during the 18th century. Haydn and Beethoven alone arranged hundreds of these traditional songs for home performance. Makaris shows why this repertoire proved so popular with audiences and artists. (Sun, Mar 17)