May 12 I gave my mom the KFC romance novella. Here's her review By Joshua Barajas She read the whole durn thing. Continue reading
May 12 What makes comedian W. Kamau Bell laugh By Elizabeth Flock "Comedy is like expensive cheese," comedian W. Kamau Bell once said. "Well, it's like cheese, in general. Everybody likes what they like, and everything they don't like, they think is the worst." That may be the case, but still… Continue reading
May 12 New museum pays homage to the best of communist-era kitsch By Larisa Epatko Visitors to the new Kitsch Museum in Bucharest, Romania, can see a crucifix nightlight and Last Supper clock, among dozens of other gilded baubles and plaster statues of the pre-1989 communist era. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 2:40 Migration is both natural and magical to this artist By PBS News Hour It took poetry and a community of writers of color to get Jess X. Snow to overcome her stutter. Now, the child of Chinese immigrants -- who writes about the nature of migration -- feels like she is the first… Continue watching
May 11 Alynda Segarra's advice for making it as a vagabond musician By Frank Carlson “I think when you're younger it's really good to emulate your heroes,” she said.“But now I feel like... Alynda.”… Continue reading
May 10 Watch 7:12 Saying farewell to some opera roles, Renée Fleming has career high notes ahead of her By PBS NewsHour Despite reports that renowned soprano Renée Fleming is taking a bow from singing, this diva is not departing. Fleming, 58, plans to perform in concerts on stages around the world, and to take roles offstage as well. Fleming joins Jeffrey… Continue watching
May 10 WATCH: After proposed travel ban, this Sudanese singer found her voice again By Elie Khadra, KQED Arts Salma Hagag, 51, learned to sing in Sudan as a child, before she moved to Egypt and, eventually, the United States. But nobody in her adopted country had heard her voice — until she performed at a sold-out concert in… Continue reading
May 08 From Trayvon Martin to Sandra Bland, these poems use court documents to honor black lives cut short By Elizabeth Flock The Black Lives Matter movement asks us to say the names of the black men and women who have died in encounters with police. Poet and educator Simone John wants us to also understand their stories, through her debut collection… Continue reading
May 06 In a changing corner of Brooklyn, public art teaches kids ABCs By Corinne Segal Local artists in a Brooklyn neighborhood are contributing to a public art project aimed at helping kids learn the alphabet. Continue reading
May 05 Watch In 'Behold the Dreamers,' the American dream and immigrant reality collide By PBS News Hour Imbolo Mbue, author of "Behold the Dreamers" and winner of the 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, sits down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss her first novel, the story of immigrants coming to the U.S. from Cameroon to confront the reality… Continue watching