Jan 08 Watch 4:39 Oprah leads Hollywood's call to end sexual harassment By Jeffrey Brown At the Golden Globe awards Sunday night, Hollywood’s biggest stars wore pins saying “Time’s Up,” a nod to a campaign to end sexual harassment in the industry. Several stars, including Oprah Winfrey, also made impassioned calls to speak up about… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 6:50 This artist is taking on America's history of violence By Jeffrey Brown Multimedia artist Carrie Mae Weems hosted a day of music, art and talk in a public event called “The Shape of Things,” exploring America’s history of violence. Jeffrey Brown reports from New York about what inspired Weems to take on… Continue watching
Jan 08 What you reading? By Jeffrey Brown From the beginning we were eager to make this a collaboration, and in the New York Times we got exactly what we hoped for. Continue reading
Jan 08 After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican poets ask again what it means to belong By Jennifer Hijazi For artists who are both New Yorkers and Puerto Ricans, the concept of identity is fluid and complicated. Continue reading
Jan 07 The secret to creativity – according to science By Valerie van Mulukom, The Conversation Modern science backs Picasso, who once said 'Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.'… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:30 Music helps people in nursing home once considered unreachable By PBS News Hour A California nursing home is using music therapy with residents suffering from dementia. In collaboration with inewsource news service in San Diego, Joanne Faryon reports on how music is reaching those once considered unreachable. Continue watching
Jan 05 10 video games you can play with your family By Michael Boulter It may come as a surprise, but a recent report shows that some two-thirds of parents play video games with their children at least once a week. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 9:00 What orchestras can teach executives about conducting business By Paul Solman Corporate executives are getting a lesson in leadership and communication from the conductor’s podium thanks to the Music Paradigm, a program that trains business leaders in the fine art of teamwork. Paul Solman goes behind the scenes of a recent… Continue watching
Jan 03 Now Read This Book Club Join us each month as we choose a book, discuss it here and take your questions for the author. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 6:02 Introducing the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, 'Now Read This' By PBS News Hour The PBS NewsHour has teamed up with The New York Times to bring you a new book club called Now Read This. It will allow readers to participate in discussions in real time and ask questions of the authors. The… Continue watching