Apr 09 5 books for troubled times from this indie bookstore in Pakistan By Elizabeth Flock "The Last Word," an independent bookseller in Lahore, Pakistan, recommends five books that "celebrate the provocateur, the vilified, and the misunderstood."… Continue reading
Apr 07 This Passover, make a flourless chocolate cake from Joan Nathan By Meredith P. Garretson It’s a rich, elegant cake, wonderfully delicate yet sturdy and a relatively simple finale to your Passover Seder -- or any other gathering. Continue reading
Apr 07 Why do actors and actresses have separate award categories? MTV just eliminated theirs By Dayana Morales Gomez When the MTV Movie and Television Awards airs May 7, acting categories will be non-gendered. Continue reading
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