Feb 18 Watch 3:09 When Danai Gurira couldn’t find complex stories about African women, she wrote her own By PBS News Hour Danai Gurira is a playwright and performer who wants to make sure women of color don’t search in vain for stories they can relate to. Her latest play, "Eclipsed," is premiering on Broadway, and she also has a starring role… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 7:16 How composer Carter Burwell helped craft the love story of ‘Carol’ By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson A movie score usually goes unnoticed, unless it’s very bad -- or very good. Composer Carter Burwell has written music for more than 80 films over a 30-year career, but his soundtrack for “Carol” is his first to be nominated… Continue watching
Feb 17 The joy of going to school in post-Ebola Sierra Leone By Sara B. May Months after Ebola forced the people of Sierra Leone into protracted isolation, communities are rediscovering the importance of school and other public spaces. Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch 8:32 Why revisiting the Black Panther revolution resonates today By PBS News Hour A new documentary on Independent Lens traces the influence of the Black Panthers on U.S. politics and culture in the 1960s. Stanley Nelson, director of "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the film and… Continue watching
Feb 16 Lianne La Havas defies easy labels in Grammy-nominated ‘Blood’ By Frank Carlson Lianne La Havas' Grammy-nominated album "Blood" was inspired by a 2014 trip to Jamaica. Continue reading
Feb 16 How a composer turned 6 abandoned pianos into a unique concert By KLRU Composer Nathan Felix was living in Los Angeles when he decided to write a piece for six pianos played at once. The catch? He doesn't play the piano. Continue reading
Feb 15 Kendrick Lamar wins and David Bowie gets tribute at the 2016 Grammys By Corinne Segal Kendrick Lamar dedicated his Grammy to hip hop tonight after winning for best rap album, one of his multiple wins for "To Pimp a Butterfly."… Continue reading
Feb 15 On HIV/AIDS, poet challenges you to not look away By Corinne Segal Today is the 258th day that Michael Broder has published a poem on HIV. The online collection, titled HIV Here & Now, is a yearlong project by Broder to publish one poem a day leading up to June 5,… Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 1:53 New museum takes visitors inside Jimi Hendrix’s 1960s London pad By Phil Hirschkorn Considered one of the greatest guitarists in rock 'n' roll history, Jimi Hendrix, who was from Seattle, amassed a following in London before he became famous in the U.S. Now, London officials have turned his last residence into a museum. Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 7:06 Restoring hope by repairing violins of the Holocaust By PBS News Hour At a music shop in Israel, a violinmaker has been collecting stringed instruments once owned by inmates of Nazi concentration camps. Largely silent for seven decades, they now speak for horrors of the Holocaust as part of a project called… Continue watching