Dec 29 Watch 10:16 Making NewsHour Weekend: Tuning into bigger conversations through music By PBS NewsHour This year, NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker and Tom Casciato reported on the notion of masculinity through the lens of music and also profiled musician Carlos Santana. They join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their mutual love for music and how it… Continue watching
Dec 27 The influential people we said goodbye to in 2019 By Bernard McGhee, Associated Press This year saw the deaths of people who shifted culture through prose, politics, pragmatism and persistence. It also witnessed tragedy, in talent struck down in its prime. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 7:21 New film ‘The Two Popes’ explores Catholic ideology’s ‘gray areas’ By Jeffrey Brown When Pope Benedict resigned in 2013, it was the first papal resignation since 1415 -- nearly 600 years. At the time, his successor, Pope Francis, was perceived as essentially Benedict’s opposite. But in a new film, “The Two Popes,” director… Continue watching
Dec 27 ‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press His goddaughter Jane Dorian confirmed his death to The Associated Press early Friday. He died of pulmonary complications in Miami, where he had been living with his partner, real estate broker Terry Marler. Continue reading
Dec 27 Newseum hailed free press, but got beaten by free museums By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Sitting almost equidistant between the White House and the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue, the glass-walled building became instantly recognizable for its multi-story exterior rendition of the First Amendment. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 7:28 Author Sarah Broom on ‘The Yellow House’ and putting New Orleans East on the map By Jeffrey Brown Sarah Broom’s 2019 memoir, “The Yellow House,” won the National Book Award for non-fiction. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Broom to discuss her mother and how an obsession with houses passed down two generations to the author herself, why Broom… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 5:17 At rare J.M.W. Turner show, the watercolors are as fragile as they are many By Jared Bowen, WGBH British painter J.M.W. Turner was both prolific and peripatetic, producing more than 30,000 watercolors during a lifetime in which he traveled throughout Europe. But these works are extremely susceptible to light damage and can be shown only once in a… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 3:05 Mike Love’s Brief But Spectacular take on life as a Beach Boy Singer and songwriter Mike Love is best known as one of the founding members of the Beach Boys, whose infectious harmonies and unique California sound first hit the airways nearly 60 years ago, in 1961. Through the ups and downs… Continue watching
Dec 26 In ‘Circe,’ this witch is more artist than immortal By Elizabeth Flock Author Madeline Miller reimagined a reviled minor goddess from the "Odyssey" into a powerful figure who finds herself through hard work and dedication. Continue reading
Dec 26 Los Angeles prosecutors reviewing 8 cases against Weinstein By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press The Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police departments each brought four investigations to prosecutors, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. No charges have been filed yet. Continue reading