Jan 03 New hi-tech photo brings Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' up close By Associated Press Rembrandt van Rijn’s iconic and huge painting “The Night Watch” is now also a supersized museum photo delivered right to your laptop in unsurpassed detail. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 7:59 Creating a monument to Harriet Tubman 'rooted in community' in Newark, NJ By Michael Hill In the wake of social justice protests in 2020, Newark, NJ, decided to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus. Now, a new monument to abolitionist and legendary Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman is in the works. The monument will be… Continue watching
Dec 31 Limited revelers return to Times Square to usher in 2022 By Bobby Caina Calvan, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The year marched across the globe, time zone by time zone, and thousands of New Year's revelers stood shoulder to shoulder in a slight chill to await the festivities. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 5:04 You can thank Mozart for the taste of this wine By Christopher Livesay The Italian region of Tuscany is renowned for its world-class wine. From the vine to the vat, it is a time-honored practice in which little has changed over the centuries. But as Christopher Livesay explains, there’s one small vineyard here… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 4:30 Betty White's career spanned six decades. Here are its best moments TV icon Betty White has died at 99. Starting her career at the dawn of television, White graced the screen for more than 60 years in a host of unforgettable roles. She brought humor to sitcoms “Life with Elizabeth,” “The… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 5:30 These quilts weave together America's rich, complicated history By Delores Edwards and Jared Bowen, GBH Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts holds a patchwork of American stories — assembled one quilt at a time. Jared Bowen of GBH Boston has a look as part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Continue watching
Dec 31 Amanda Gorman writes end-of-year poem, 'New Day's Lyric' By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden's inauguration made her an international sensation, posted a new work and accompanying video Wednesday on Instagram to mark the end of 2021. Continue reading
Dec 31 Iconic actress Betty White dies at age 99 By Frazier Moore, Associated Press Her combination of sweetness and edginess gave life to a roster of quirky characters in shows from the sitcom “Life With Elizabeth” in the early 1950s to oddball Rose Nylund in “The Golden Girls” in the ’80s to '00s with… Continue reading
Dec 31 'Winnie the Pooh,' 'Sun Also Rises,' Hughes poems among works going public in 2022 By Associated Press "Winnie the Pooh" and "The Sun Also Rises" are among the works from 1926 whose copyrights will expire Saturday, putting them in the public domain in 2022. Continue reading
Dec 31 New Year's Eve muted by omicron, many around the world hope for better 2022 By Nick Perry, Associated Press In many places around the world, plans for New Year's Eve celebrations are muted or canceled for the second straight year due to a surge of coronavirus infections, this time driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. Continue reading