Nov 24 WATCH: Aretha Franklin brings Twitter to its knees with longest national anthem ever By Joshua Barajas CBS clocked Franklin’s rendition of the national anthem at four minutes and 35 seconds. Continue reading
Nov 21 Through writing, a poet returns to the Appalachian home she left By Mary Jo Brooks Melissa Range was raised in Appalachian Tennessee, and she says she is constantly exploring through poetry the deep connection she has to that region. “Those mountains have a pull on you. I don’t feel at home there, but I don’t… Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch 1:18 Sharon Jones, soul and blues singer, dies at 60 By PBS News Hour Sharon Jones, a powerful soul and blues singer who achieved mid-life fame as lead singer for the Dap-Kings and who returned to touring this year after fighting cancer, has died. The NewsHour’s Christopher Booker reports. Continue watching
Nov 19 Sharon Jones, who led a soul revival as Dap-Kings frontwoman, dies at 60 By Corinne Segal Sharon Jones, whose albums and electrifying live performances with her backup band the Dap Kings helped lead a soul and funk revival, died Friday at the age of 60. Continue reading
Nov 19 WATCH: Jeffrey Brown interviews authors at the Miami Book Fair By artsdesk The 33rd annual Miami Book Fair, hosted at Miami Dade College, has gathered hundreds of authors and readers for a three-day event that lasts Nov. 18-20. Continue reading
Nov 18 Honored for songwriting, Motown legend Smokey Robinson proves he really got a hold on pop music By Joshua Barajas The Library of Congress honored Smokey Robinson in a tribute concert, awarding the soul legend with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. PBS stations nationwide will air the event tomorrow, Feb. 10, 2017. Check your local listings. Smokey Robinson was… Continue reading
Nov 18 Marilyn Monroe ‘birthday dress’ fetches $4.8 million at auction By Alison Thoet The skin-tight, crystal-covered gown Marilyn Monroe wore during her 1962 performance of “Happy Birthday Mr. President” picked up $4.8 million at auction Thursday night. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 2:38 How cartoons remind us that life goes on By PBS News Hour New Yorker magazine cartoon editor Bob Mankoff says he and his staff spend an extraordinary amount of time selecting and editing the cartoons that readers might not find funny. Mankoff offers his Brief But Spectacular take on the cartoons that… Continue watching
Nov 17 Congressional commission proposes women’s history museum By Alison Thoet A bipartisan congressional commission is calling for a women’s history museum to be erected on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Nov 17 Column: How colors get their names By Claire Bowern, The Conversation A Yale linguist explains how many colors exist in your language’s rainbow. Continue reading