May 05 Disco deserves more respect. These 5 songs prove why By Joshua Barajas As the Library of Congress celebrates disco for the first time, we asked music historian Bill Brewster to spotlight five revolutionary disco tracks. Continue reading
May 04 Watch Why summer is the season of movie sequels, reboots and spin-offs By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 04 Watch TV pioneer Norman Lear finds joy in creative stress By PBS News Hour Legendary writer and producer Norman Lear was responsible for some of America’s most popular and groundbreaking sitcoms, like “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Jeffersons.” Lear, 94, gives his Brief but Spectacular take on what it means to live… Continue watching
May 03 South Sudan's violence hasn't stopped the spirit of dance hall music By Elizabeth Flock Despite civil war, many young people seek to keep living life as usual, a major part of which is the infectious, can't-stop-dancing, culture of dance hall music. Continue reading
May 02 Returning home, these West Virginians are rewriting the poetry of Appalachia By Elizabeth Flock The poetry community is growing in West Virginia. Many are poets who left and have come back home. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 9:17 How high-tech replicas can help save our cultural heritage By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson Cultural objects around the world are routinely threatened by war, looting and human impact. But a kind of modern-day renaissance workshop called Factum Arte outside Madrid is taking an innovative approach to understanding and preserving the heritage and integrity of… Continue watching
Apr 28 This new book explores black men's feelings on masculinity and boyhood By Kamaria Roberts In their new anthology, "Black Boy Feelings," Jeana Lindo and Richard Bryan confront stereotypes about black men. Continue reading
Apr 28 Nixon biographer recommends 8 other biographies you need to read By Elizabeth Flock John Farrell has read and studied a wide range of biographies over the years. Here are his recommendations for 8 must-read life histories. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 2:58 The art of silence, from the mouth of a mime By PBS News Hour Being a shy, gay man from Montana, Bill Bowers says he knew about silence from early on. When he heard there was an art form devoted to being silent, he knew he had found his calling. Bowers offers his Brief… Continue watching
Apr 27 5 'Southern Charm' secrets for entertaining from Patricia Altschul By Meredith P. Garretson 'Phone shaming,' budget cooking, recipes and other tricks from from Patricia Altschul's new book “The Art of the Southern Charm.”… Continue reading