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In the late 1800s, Jewish immigrants brought the Eastern European tradition of synagogue murals to Burlington. Now one such mural, painted in 1910, is being restored.

Amazon's new original comedy series, "Alpha House," features four U.S. senators — all Republicans — sharing living quarters on Capitol Hill. But the show, a creation of Gary "Doonesbury" Trudeau, tries to make fun across political aisles.

On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers — mostly young, immigrant women — lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City. On the 100th anniversary of the tragedy, people around the country are remembering the victims, and the labor legacy they inspired.

What do you get when you put 40 high-energy New Yorkers in a tiny Brooklyn kitchen and tell them all to cook dinner? Chaos. We check out a monthly gathering aptly named "Chaos Cooking."

There are 200 community food banks in the U.S. providing free groceries to the needy. About two dozen of them, including one in Hillside, N.J., run community kitchens that train people for careers in the culinary arts.

Amid crumbling buildings and empty lots, small farms have sprung up in the city. Some farmers buy up abandoned space for planting, while others have simply repurposed city land. Local produce businesses have blossomed, but a lack of definitive policies has left some in limbo.

Clarinetist David Krakauer is known as both a classical virtuoso and a hard-rocking player of klezmer, the instrumental music of East European Jewry. His new band, a 10-member group called Abraham, Inc., has audiences dancing in the aisles and features legendary trombonist Fred Wesley Jr. and beat architect DJ Socalled.

At the Bamboo Bike Studio in Brooklyn, N.Y., cycling enthusiasts can assemble their own bikes from scratch in just one weekend. Bike building classes are full until April, but the studio's owners say they don't want the bamboo bike frames to be just another fad.

Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman compares Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot to some of the giants of opera. Helfgot is the chief cantor at Manhattan's Park East Synagogue and has sung at the Metropolitan Opera. Now he and Perlman have recorded an album together that goes back to a time when cantors were opera stars. Jon Kalish reports.

Volunteers in New York City are conducting bedroom makeovers for young men and women with disabilities. Blissful Bedrooms is a nonprofit organization that is committed to helping those with limited mobility achieve the room of their dreams.