Aug 22 This poet is making sure women of the Bauhaus movement get their due By Elizabeth Flock The Bauhaus German art school of the early to mid-20th century is today associated with several things: its stark white modernist buildings, its emphasis on re-combining arts and craft, and the male artists and architects who taught there, including Paul… Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 6:25 'Mrs. Fletcher' becomes an object of desire in Tom Perrotta's new novel By PBS News Hour Suburbia, sex and a touch of the supernatural are familiar themes for novelist Tom Perrotta, author of “Election,” “The Leftovers” and “Little Children.” In his new book “Mrs. Fletcher,” Perrotta offers a story about an empty-nester who adopts a new… Continue watching
Aug 19 This projection artist is using the Trump International Hotel to protest the president By Lora Strum “The President of the United States is a Known Racist and Nazi Sympathizer,” read an artist's projection on the side of the Trump International Hotel. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 3:25 Math is amazing and we have to start treating it that way By PBS News Hour Numbers and algorithms aren’t just useful to mathematician Eugenia Cheng -- they’re exhilarating. That’s why she’s on a mission to help transform math’s notoriously boring reputation in education into one of thrilling wonder and creativity. Cheng gives her humble opinion… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 8:14 Movies are more than screen deep. Here's how to watch like a critic By PBS News Hour A movie teaches us how to watch it in the first few minutes, says Ann Hornaday, film critic for The Washington Post. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Hornaday, author of “Talking Pictures,” to discuss how she hears what movies and… Continue watching
Aug 18 Spotify has removed white power music from its platform. But it's still available on dozens of other sites By Elizabeth Flock Music that promotes white nationalism is still easily available for free on YouTube and SoundCloud and for sale from independent music labels and distribution services. Continue reading
Aug 18 The 4 coming-of-age memoirs you need to read By Elizabeth Flock Author Tom Perrotta, who wrote "Election," "Little Children" and "The Leftovers," shares his favorite real-life stories about growing up. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 3:39 What Calvin Trillin learned from his college writing course By PBS News Hour As a longtime writer for The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin was less interested in directly explaining why what he was writing was important than in just telling a good story. Trillin offers his Brief but Spectacular take on some of… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 2:07 A surfing contest where everyone doggie paddles By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, four-legged waveriders take part in a unique surf competition. Special correspondent Laura Klivans of KQED reports, with video by Serginho Roosblad. Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Archeologists dig up France's 'mini Pompeii,' a Roman town frozen in time by fire By PBS News Hour There’s an archaeological race against time underway in France as archaeologists work to save artifacts from a site dubbed as a “mini Pompeii.” This discovery of these 2,000-year-old Roman ruins is being called perhaps the most important of its kind… Continue watching