Aug 04 Watch 8:17 Why musicians and fans still flock to Newport Folk Festival By PBS News Hour From legendary masters to emerging stars, everyone wants to play the Newport Folk Festival. The relatively small, intimate three-day event sells out before the lineup is announced, attracting musicians who stretch the definition of the genre while retaining the original… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch 7:19 Can a contemporary art mecca anchor this once-industrial town? By PBS News Hour The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, known as MASS MoCA, has become one of America’s largest exhibition spaces for modern creativity, as well as a case study in reviving old industrial towns. Jeffrey Brown reports on the museum’s decision to… Continue watching
Aug 03 This photographer took pictures of every one of her Facebook friends to understand friendship in the digital age By Elizabeth Flock Photographer Tanja Hollander photographed all 626 of her Facebook friends around the world. Here's what she learned. Continue reading
Aug 02 This all-girl Asian-American comedy group delivers biting satire with K-Pop cuteness By Rebecca Oh Through song and satire, AzN PoP! skewers the Asian-American experience and takes sharp digs at stereotypes and whitewashing -- though disarmingly. Continue reading
Aug 02 What these Southerners reciting Walt Whitman verses can teach us about America By Elizabeth Flock For her new project "Whitman in Alabama," Jennifer Crandall spent two years crisscrossing the state and asking Alabamians to recite Whitman to find the threads that tie us together as a nation. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 7:29 A feast of African-American culinary contributions, baked into the South's DNA By PBS News Hour In chef and culinary historian Michael Twitty's new book, ancestry -- both his own and that of Southern food -- is a central theme. With "The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South," Twitty addresses… Continue watching
Aug 01 This sorghum-brined chicken recipe is a lesson in African-American history By Elizabeth Flock In his new book "The Cooking Gene," historian Michael W. Twitty traces the culinary roots of the South. Continue reading
Aug 01 Was Nabokov's 'Lolita' inspired by a little-known story by Salvador Dali? By Elizabeth Flock New findings from a Harvard comparative literature professor suggest that Nabokov's seminal work "Lolita" may have been inspired by two works by surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 6:47 Remembering Sam Shepard, playwright who gave voice to drama of the heartland By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 31 Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and keen observer of American family life, dies at 73 By Dayana Morales Gomez Shepard, 73, died in Kentucky last week following a battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a spokesperson for the family told news outlets. Continue reading