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John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders is an hour-long variety show recorded live at the City Winery in New York. With an exciting mix of musicians, authors, comedians who perform and generally have a blast together.

For Tell Me More's poetry series, Muses and Metaphor, host Michel Martin speaks with writer and poet Holly Bass to review her picks from listener submissions. The series is in celebration of National Poetry Month, and all month long, listeners are invited to send in poetic tweets, no longer than 140 characters, via Twitter, using the #TMMPoetry.

As part of Tell Me More's series for National Poetry Month, host Michel Martin shares a poetic tweet by Laura Barkat of the website TSPoetry.com. Listeners are invited to tweet original poems of 140 characters and less to #TMMPoetry.

Alec Baldwin appeared in Congress this week to argue for increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA is receiving about $147 million this year — about $20 million less than in 2010. Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep talks to Baldwin about his latest funding push.

As part of Tell Me More's series for National Poetry Month, host Michel Martin shares a poetic tweet from translator and writer Susan Layug of Chicago, Illinois. Listeners are invited to tweet original poems of 140 characters or less to #TMMPoetry.

Comedian Joan Rivers' new book I Hate Everyone, Starting With Me details the things Rivers can't stand. And self-described "fermentation revivalist" Sandor Katz's new book, The Art of Fermentation, explores the ancient culinary art form.

Each month, NPR's All Things Considered invites a poet into the newsroom to see how the show comes together and to write an original poem about the news. This month, our NewsPoet is Robert Pinsky. Want to write your own poem about the day's news? You can put them in the comments below.

What is up with all the red pants lately? Audie Cornish turns to Nick Sullivan, fashion director of Esquire Magazine, to find out. Sullivan confirms that red pants are a trend, with roots in the day outfits worn by members of the New York Yacht club.

"It was written for the masses," says the director of a New York organization raising money to bring Shakespeare's work to new audiences.

It's not whether you like the bacon sundae or you don't like the bacon sundae that matters. It's how you think about it — really.