Apr 07 WATCH: That time comic legend Don Rickles roasted PBS By Joshua Barajas Just watch the clip, ya hockey puck. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 3:21 Having a ‘different’ voice didn’t stop her from singing at the top of her lungs By PBS News Hour Singer-songwriter Valerie June says inspiration comes to her in all forms, at all times of the day. The Memphis, Tennessee, native reflects on her unique voice. Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 4:13 How photographer Platon gets up close to capture a person’s truth By PBS News Hour Photographer Platon has captured portraits of the most famous and powerful people on the planet: Bill Clinton, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and many others. How does he break down the personal barriers his subjects put up? Platon gives his Brief… Continue watching
Apr 06 This outsider artist in Baltimore has 5,000 pieces of art in his home By Elizabeth Flock Brian Dowdall, whose paintings are "doomed to make you smile," has been steadily collecting the work of other outsider artists nearly all his life. Continue reading
Apr 05 New ‘Die With You’ video a short reminder that Beyoncé is an artist in control of her narrative By Joshua Barajas Don't hurt yourself, but Beyoncé has a new video out to celebrate her ninth wedding anniversary with Jay Z. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 5:56 Giving advice to young writers, Colum McCann wants to see the fire in their eyes By PBS News Hour It's the sort of thing that Colum McCann says he would have liked to have had when he was younger. In his new book "Letters To A Young Writer," McCann says he writes advice about plot and characterization, as well… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch This poet’s picnic offers a feast of words and music By PBS News Hour You’ll find a feast of music, storytelling and poetry at "Muldoon's Picnic," a monthly show held at the Irish Arts Center in New York. The event, which mixes vaudeville variety show with poetry as an ancient oral art form, is… Continue watching
Apr 03 This poetry uses Mary Magdalene to explore troubles that bedevil modern life By Elizabeth Flock "Magdalene," a new book of poems from former New York Poet Laureate Marie Howe, who was raised Catholic, seeks to reenvision Mary Magdalene for the modern age -- and tackles some of our modern-day problems in the process. Continue reading
Apr 02 How these new Sesame Street and Power Rangers characters are changing Hollywood’s portrayal of autism By Gretchen Frazee Sesame Street is debuting Julia, the first muppet with autism. And the new “Power Rangers” movie includes Billy, the blue ranger, also on the autism spectrum. Both depictions are garnering praise from autism advocates who have long criticized Hollywood’s portrayals… Continue reading
Apr 01 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, acclaimed Russian poet, dies at 84 By Hugh Heckman Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko died Saturday of heart failure in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he taught at the University of Tulsa. He was 84 years old. Continue reading