Sep 01 Watch 4:59 Offa Rex revives centuries-old folk songs with new sound By PBS News Hour Offa Rex -- a transatlantic collaboration of the English singer Olivia Chaney and the American indie rock band The Decemberists -- is putting a modern twist on traditional folk songs that were previously revived in the 1960s and ‘70s. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch 3:23 A summer colony where seabirds and science nest By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, an island six miles off the coast of Portsmouth, N.H., is home to a colony of terns — a species of seabirds whose numbers are quickly dwindling worldwide. Every summer, the island… Continue watching
Sep 01 WATCH: Offa Rex performs the song, 'Old Churchyard,' channeling rich oral history By Andrew Bossone The British folk song, "The Old Churchyard," performed here by the Portland band The Decemberists and English singer Olivia Chaney at this year's Newport Folk Fest, is part of a rich, oral tradition passed along by musicians and… Continue reading
Aug 30 Small Michigan museum holds massive collection of Edward Curtis' Native American photography By Lorna Baldwin More than 700 works by photographer Edward S. Curtis are on exhibit at the Muskegon Museum of Art in what’s believed to be the largest ever exhibition of his work. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 3:40 Artists remake the world's wonders in lilliputian scale By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a team of 600 artists from eight countries have teamed up for an exhibit in Times Square that displays the world’s most iconic landmarks in miniature. Gulliver’s Gate is an interactive exhibit… Continue watching
Aug 29 360-video: An up-close view of a miniature world's tiny tourist destinations By Julia Griffin Gulliver’s Gate -- an elaborate, miniature world just two blocks from New York City’s Times Square -- features 300 scenes from around the world scaled down to one-87th their real life proportions. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 7:37 'Raising Bertie' paints portrait of hope and hardship for three young men By PBS News Hour Documentary filmmakers Margaret Byrne and Ian Kibbe spent six years following the lives of three young African-American men in rural North Carolina. The resulting documentary, “Raising Bertie” offers an intimate look at how they navigate school and generational poverty. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 3:14 The problem with only liking things we find relatable By PBS News Hour The social media culture of “likes” is contributing to our conformity, says novelist and creative writing teacher Charmaine Craig. Instead of trying to empathize with the unfamiliar, we “like” and find refuge only in the things that seem most relatable. Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 3:28 It's time to really get uncomfortable and talk about racism, says this filmmaker By PBS News Hour As filmmaker Damon Davis tells it, being black in America comes with anxiety. To survive, he says, you’re constantly walking on eggshells because the way you talk and the clothes on your back can be used as a weapon against… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 6:37 How old-timey 'skiffle' music liberated British rock By PBS News Hour Singer/songwriter Billy Bragg gained fame as a punk rock and folk musician in the 1980s. Now nearing 60, he’s still singing songs of protest and passion, but also singing the gospel of skiffle, a folk and blues-inspired genre that helped… Continue watching