Dec 23 Watch 9:33 Arturo Sandoval on falling in love with music and his journey to international fame By Geoff Bennett, Anne Azzi Davenport Famed musician Arturo Sandoval was among those celebrated at the 47th Kennedy Center honors in early December. But as a young boy in Cuba, Sandoval's rise to the top of the music world was inconceivable. He has now won 10… Continue watching
Dec 20 A quick guide to Kwanzaa By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press The holiday, which serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans seven days from the day after Christmas through New Year’s Day. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 4:25 The cultural significance of the movies just added to the National Film Registry By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Simon Epstein The Library of Congress announced the 25 films that made it into this year's National Film Registry. The registry, started in 1989, now includes some 900 movies, chosen for their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to preserving the nation’s film… Continue watching
Dec 16 One of India’s most accomplished classical musicians, Zakir Hussain, dies at 73 By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 6:44 New era in chess: Levy Rozman discusses Gukesh Dommaraju becoming youngest world champion By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Michael Boulter The newest world chess champion is also the youngest ever to claim the title. Eighteen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated defending titleholder Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Thursday, has had a meteoric rise amid a surge… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 6:48 Amy Sherald on the gaze and humanity of her portraits By Jeffrey Brown She has painted portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor. But much of Amy Sherald’s work is about filling in absent images of everyday Americans. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks with the artist and takes us to the first… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 2:27 Gwen Ifill featured in PBS Kids series, ‘Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum’ The animated PBS Kids series, "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum," follows Xavier as he, his sister and friend meet historical figures portrayed as children. In a recent episode, they meet a person very dear to us, Gwen Ifill. Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 7:36 Stevenson reflects on inequities in justice system 10 years after release of ‘Just Mercy’ By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold Bryan Stevenson, the prominent lawyer and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, has blazed a trail representing the poor, wrongly convicted and those on death row. Geoff Bennett sat down with Stevenson to discuss his career and the re-release… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 1:28 Longtime court sketch artist Bill Hennessy Jr. dies Longtime court sketch artist Bill Hennessy, who captured history with his sketchbook for more than 40 years died on Monday at the age of 67. Hennessy took us where cameras could not. He offered the first draft of high-profile legal… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 5:07 Remembering the fierce and lyrical voice of poet Nikki Giovanni By Geoff Bennett Nikki Giovanni, a fierce and lyrical voice of the Black experience, has died. Giovanni's work illuminated love, liberation and the unyielding power of self-expression. Tributes are pouring in from across the country as admirers and friends mourn the passing of… Continue watching