Mar 12 Foreclosures Rise 6 Percent Between Jan., Feb. By Admin, PBS News Hour Despite several major lenders and states halting foreclosures, the number of households threatened with losing houses jumped 6 percent in February after falling 10 percent in January, RealtyTrac announced Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 12 'New' Mark Twain Story to Be Published On Monday, a nearly 400-year-old portrait of William Shakespeare was uncovered in England. Now comes news that a previously unpublished short story by Mark Twain will come out next week, nearly 99 years after his death. Continue reading
Mar 11 Sketchbook Project Draws Artists Together Two young men hit the road with sketchbooks from more than 2,700 artists. It's not the greatest heist of found art ever; it's the third annual Sketchbook Project, now touring galleries across the country in a two-door Honda Civic. Continue reading
Mar 11 Is This William Shakespeare? Earlier this week, lovers of the Bard got a special thrill: the unveiling of supposedly the only known portrait of William Shakespeare painted during his lifetime. Continue reading
Mar 10 From Moscow With Jazz The forecast called for a mix of rain and snow in Moscow, and that's exactly what greeted Jackie Ryan last month when she arrived for her first visit to the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. Continue reading
Mar 09 More Than a Weekly Poem: A Conversation and Reading With Poet Laureate Kay Ryan By Arts Desk Known for short, compact writing and for living a very quiet life, Kay Ryan has taken on a big and very public role as the nation's Poet Laureate. For more than thirty years, Ryan has lived and taught remedial English… Continue reading
Mar 09 Justices Reject Expanded Protections for Minorities Under Voting Rights Act By Admin, PBS News Hour A Supreme Court ruling Monday refused to expand protections for minorities under the Voting Rights Act, a decision that may affect the redrawing of legislative boundaries following the 2010 Census. Continue reading
Mar 09 Obama Lifts Restrictions on Stem Cell Funding By Admin, PBS News Hour President Obama on Monday ended his predecessor's policy of restricting the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research. Continue reading
Mar 09 Blurring the Boundaries of Jazz, Arabic Music By Arts Desk In another in our series about the Kennedy Center's Arabesque art festival, Jeffrey Brown profiles Egyptian musician Fathy Salama, who began playing the piano at age 6 and performing at Cairo clubs at 13. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch Musician Salama Blends Jazz, Traditional Arab Style Musician Fathy Salama started playing piano in Cairo jazz clubs at age 13, and has since been recognized for his combinations of traditional Arab music and jazz, winning a 2005 Grammy award for his collaboration with Youssou N'Dour on the… Continue watching