Dec 24 Watch 8:40 Reflecting on 2018’s best films As 2018 comes to a close, we reflect on its best art -- starting with film. The year included some major blockbusters, but it was also notable for a number of movies containing a socially relevant message. Jeffrey Brown speaks… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 8:50 Bishop Curry on ‘love poetry’ and the royal wedding On our Bookshelf: the power of love to change who we are and the world around us. The head of the Episcopal Church, the Most Reverend Michael Curry, is perhaps best known for the rousing sermon he delivered at the… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 1:37 American troops around the world sing ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ In a NewsHour holiday tradition, the Department of Defense records service personnel around the world singing a seasonal song. This year’s festive tune is “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.”… Continue watching
Dec 21 12 gifts of poetry for everyone on your list By Lora Strum Poets and literary editors share a timeless present -- one that never shrinks, breaks or runs out of battery life. Continue reading
Dec 20 This comedy duo makes philosophy fun. Here are 5 books to read now By Gabriela Martinez, Gretchen Frazee Keith and Kenny Lucas, identical twins, integrate philosophy into parts of their comedy. Continue reading
Dec 19 New Mexico tribe celebrates return of cultural items from global art collections By Mary Hudetz, Associated Press Tribal and federal officials celebrated the return Wednesday of dozens of cultural items to Acoma Pueblo's nearly 1,000-year-old village in New Mexico after the tribe spent years pressing for the repatriations of ceremonial items from galleries, auction houses and private… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 3:06 Poet Franny Choi on the value of imagining alternate realities By Steve Goldbloom What’s the value of asking questions to which we don’t know the answer? Poet Franny Choi’s “Introduction to Quantum Theory” does just that, and she calls it “one of the scariest things” she’s ever written. Choi offers her brief but… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 1:48 Remembering the career of Penny Marshall, director and beloved ‘Laverne’ Penny Marshall may have been first known as Laverne, star of the hit '80s sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," which ran for eight seasons on ABC. But she also forged a career as a successful director. Her 1988 blockbuster "Big," featuring… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 5:44 How these photographers used a camera to tell stories of rural America By Jeffrey Brown, Mike Fritz Photographers Fred Baldwin and Wendy Watriss traveled and worked abroad for years before meeting in the late 1960s. As a couple, they decided to shift their professional focus to the U.S., and specifically to the rural south. Their imagery documents… Continue watching
Dec 18 Director and actress Penny Marshall dies at 75 By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Marshall starred in "Laverne & Shirley" before becoming one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, with hits like "Big" and "A League of Their Own."… Continue reading