Dec 18 Soweto Gospel Choir: Songs of Hope The Soweto Gospel Choir blends the rich sounds of traditional African music with dance and a variety of musical genres -- rock and hip-hop, and American gospel and R&B -- and the combination has earned the choir legions of fans… Continue reading
Dec 18 Planner of Rwandan Massacres Gets Life Sentence By Admin, PBS News Hour A U.N. tribunal convicted a senior Rwandan military officer Thursday of orchestrating Africa's largest genocide in modern history and sentenced him to life in prison for masterminding the deaths of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch Colo. Project Teaches Job, Life Skills to Help Women Combat Poverty Armed with $500 worth of beans, two women founded a non-profit group in Denver to empower impoverished women by teaching them workplace skills and providing jobs to the chronically homeless and unemployed. Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Dec 17 LA MOCA Weighs Options in Face of Financial Struggles The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is struggling to keep its doors open and hold onto one of the world's best collections of post-World War II art. Continue reading
Dec 17 Franz West: Sit Down and Stay Awhile The work of Austrian sculptor Franz West is showing in its most comprehensive American survey to date in "Franz West, To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work 1972 -2008" at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Continue reading
Dec 16 Architecture for the Masses Architect Bryan Bell likes to quote a certain statistic: Only 2 percent of homebuyers work with an architect to design a home that fits their needs. In other words, shelter is a necessity, architecture is a luxury. Continue reading
Dec 16 Jeffrey Brown Unveils Art Beat on the Program By Arts Desk In case you missed it Monday evening, here are correspondents Jeffrey Brown and Judy Woodruff talking about Art Beat on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Online NewsHour Launches Art Beat Blog The Online NewsHour has created a blog devoted to arts news from around the world. NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown explains what kinds of information viewers can find on the blog. Continue watching
Dec 15 Welcome to Art Beat! By Arts Desk Welcome to Art Beat, a new blog covering news, issues and events in art and entertainment, brought to you by NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown and NewsHour reporters. Continue reading
Dec 15 Rebuilding New Orleans with Prospect.1 By Arts Desk Tonight on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown reports on the New Orleans' efforts to rebuild its art scene and its tourist industry through Prospect.1, an exhibition of contemporary art billed as the largest of its kind ever held in the United… Continue reading