Aug 12 5 myths about Woodstock that endure 50 years later By Michael Hill, Associated Press Was Woodstock three days of peace and music? Were babies born at the festival? Here is the real story. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 10:36 Santana on Woodstock at 50: ‘Kumbaya will kick your ass’ By Tom Casciato, Mori Rothman, Christopher Booker This month marks the 50th anniversary of the famed music festival Woodstock, and a half-century after playing there, musician Carlos Santana is still going strong. In the second of our two-part series on the guitar legend, NewsHour Weekend's Tom Casciato… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 5:46 ‘Flexn’ dance style stretches limits of self-expression By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green One of New York's newest art centers, The Shed, is premiering a dance performance featuring a unique style called "Flexn," which first formed in the 1990s before going mainstream. As much entertainment as self-expression, one of the creators of this… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch 7:32 What this music revival means for Polish cultural identity Young musicians in Poland are reviving what they are calling the country’s golden era -- which was cut short by the Nazi invasion and World War II. Dances from the 1930s such as the foxtrot and tango are making a… Continue watching
Aug 09 How reading ‘The Woman Warrior’ put Celeste Ng’s feelings into words By Elizabeth Flock "It was so close to my experience, it was almost painful," says the best-selling author. Continue reading
Aug 09 10 kids’ books that made us fall in love with reading By Elizabeth Flock Have you and your child read "The Borrowers" or "The Outsiders"? What about "Octagon Magic"?… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 4:17 How composer Matthew Burtner is putting climate change into song By Valerie Kern, Alaska Public Media Matthew Burtner is a composer and "eco-acoustician," weaving sounds he finds in the Alaskan tundra into his musical compositions. With climate change headlining the news, he hopes artists documenting the glacial melting might awaken their audiences -- and contribute to… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 3:11 Utkarsh Ambudkar’s brief but spectacular take on avoiding ethnic stereotypes Actor and singer Utkarsh Ambudkar has appeared in the movie “Pitch Perfect” and television’s “The Mindy Project.” This fall, he’ll star on Broadway in Lin Manuel Miranda’s “Freestyle Love Supreme.” But despite these high-profile performances, Ambudkar, who is South Asian,… Continue watching
Aug 08 Fans recreate Beatles’ Abbey Road cover shot 50 years on By Associated Press It was 50 years ago today, that The Beatles caused a traffic delay. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 7:15 Actor and director Ron Howard on the joy of being a storyteller By Jeffrey Brown Ron Howard has cultivated a long, storied career in show business, beginning with “The Andy Griffith Show” in the 1960s and continuing to his present success as a director. His latest work is a documentary about opera legend Luciano Pavarotti. Continue watching