Jan 12 Watch 5:51 Depicting colonialism and globalization through art ‘full of contradiction’ By PBS News Hour A “Wind Sculpture” by visual artist Yinka Shonibare MBE was recently installed in front of the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. It’s the seventh in Shonibare's series of vibrantly colored and patterned public artworks that are made… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch A classical pianist on her genre’s ‘golden time’ — and Ray Charles By PBS News Hour “Music entered my life before I knew it,” says classical pianist Jeanne Stark. Stark grew up in Belgium during what she calls a “golden time” for classical music and was granted a scholarship by the queen herself, who recognized Stark’s… Continue watching
Jan 12 Why Shepard Fairey’s inauguration protest posters won’t have Trump on them By Elizabeth Flock "We thought it was the right time to make a campaign that’s about diversity and inclusion, about people seeing the common bonds we have, and our connections as human beings," says the graphic artist of his project “We the People”… Continue reading
Jan 09 The all-American essence of Kansas, Camaros and ‘Jennifer’ By Elizabeth Flock “[This poem] looks at the emptiness of American Exceptionalism and concepts of our ‘greatness’ but by talking about the name Jennifer… a quintessentially American name,” said Adair-Hodges, who said the poem came out of “thinking about names as signifiers” --… Continue reading
Jan 09 Read actress Meryl Streep’s full Golden Globes speech By News Desk While accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes in California Sunday night, actress Meryl Streep praised Hollywood's diversity and criticized President-elect Donald Trump for mocking a disabled reporter. You can read her full speech here. Continue reading
Jan 07 ‘We, as a people, still exist’ — artist illuminates Native American history with family photos By Corinne Segal The Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe is one of hundreds of Native American tribes that remain unrecognized by the federal government. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 8:27 ‘Hidden Figures’ brings NASA’s overlooked black pioneers to light By PBS NewsHour “Hidden Figures” is a story about reaching for the stars while fighting racial and gender barriers. The new movie follows the careers of three black women who worked at NASA’s Langley headquarters in Virginia during the 1950s and ‘60s to… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 2:42 How sports gave way to singing for this rising star By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, J’Nai Bridges dreamed of playing professional basketball, but when she chose choir as her senior year elective, her teachers immediately recognized her gift. Now she’s a rising opera star. Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 9:12 Internet history is fragile. This archive is making sure it doesn’t disappear By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson What’s online doesn’t necessarily last forever. Content on the Internet is revised and deleted all the time. Hyperlinks “rot,” and with them goes history, lost in space. With that in mind, Brewster Kahle set out to develop the Internet Archive,… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 8:01 In 2016, what stood out in music By PBS News Hour What were the best songs and biggest musical trends of 2016? Jeffrey Brown sits down with Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s Ann Powers to discuss their top picks. Continue watching