Apr 28 Hi-tech scans uncover new details of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring,' but not her identity By Mike Corder, Associated Press Researchers using a battery of modern imaging techniques have gotten under the skin of Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring," but tests haven't answered the key question about the world famous painting's enigmatic subject: who is she?… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 3:08 A mother and daughter's Brief But Spectacular take on the pandemic -- and each other Medical student Choumika Simonis is sheltering in place in Harlem but will soon be a doctor on New York City's front lines. Her mother, Clemene Vertus, who emigrated from Haiti in the 1980s, lives in Queens and has been working… Continue watching
Apr 27 Stephen Sondheim gets starry but tardy 90th birthday concert By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press The starry special called “Take Me to the World” featured performances by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kelli O’Hara, Lea Salonga, Judy Kuhn, Katrina Lenk, Aaron Tveit, Laura Benanti, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 5:12 Louisville musicians make a song for the city amid crisis By Christopher Booker Soon after Louisville, Kentucky shut down in response to the global pandemic, Teddy Abrams, the conductor of the Louisville orchestra, was asked by the city's mayor to create a song that would emphasize its strengths. The end result is a… Continue watching
Apr 25 Courtney Barnett: Sending out 'Empathy Signals' By Tom Casciato The acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett recently completed her first U.S. solo tour. NewsHour Weekend’s Tom Casciato caught up with Barnett at her stop at the historic Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. Continue reading
Apr 24 These photos helped Julia Phillips capture 'one of the most beautiful places in the world' By Julia Phillips "When I arrived in Kamchatka for the first time," wrote Julia Phillips, the author of "Disappearing Earth, "I learned it was even more spectacular than I’d imagined from a distance."… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 6:50 Why pandemic represents 'existential crisis' for performing artists By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport We look to the arts for entertainment, comfort and pleasure -- but they are also an economic engine. According to government analysis, art accounts for almost $900 billion of GDP and over five million jobs. Now, many of these people… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch 2:26 Appreciative neighbors howl for health care workers in Missoula By Breanna McCabe, Montana PBS Despite the grief and horror of the novel coronavirus pandemic, people around the world have shown signs of solidarity, from window arias in Italy to skyscrapers lit up in New York City. Across the U.S., Americans have coordinated group cheers… Continue watching
Apr 23 Chalk art reminds us that the pandemic won't last forever By Joshua Barajas Artists and amateurs alike are using the pavement to connect, advertise and communicate during a period of isolation most of us haven't experienced before. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 6:36 Jane Goodall on animal-human interconnectedness amid the pandemic By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport We mark this 50th anniversary of Earth Day with Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most renowned scientists and environmentalists. A new National Geographic documentary explores her life and work, teaching generations how interconnected we are with the natural world. Continue watching