Jan 14 ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘The Revenant’ sweep Oscar nominations By Corinne Segal In an announcement that surprised and delighted fans this morning, "Mad Max: Fury Road," which follows the road warrior Max as he battles for survival in a dystopian wasteland, received 10 Oscar nominations. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 6:22 Architecture becomes a tool to fight poverty through this Pritzker winner By PBS News Hour Architecture's highest prize was awarded to Chile's Alejandro Aravena, a man little known outside his field who is working to address real world problems of urban housing. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Aravena to discuss his philosophy as a designer. Continue watching
Jan 13 Life after water on the Iran-Afghanistan border By Corinne Segal Mahdi Barchian photographs the unthinkable: life without water. Continue reading
Jan 13 Photos: The elegant, problem-solving designs by architecture’s top prize winner By Corinne Segal Alejandro Aravena, an architect known for his innovative approach to solving urban problems through social design, received the Pritzker Prize on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 13 ‘Serial’ podcast shifts to biweekly schedule By Joshua Barajas Once a weekly podcast, new "Serial" episodes will now come out every other week, host Sarah Koenig announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 7:21 Stuck behind bars, a writer found a way to connect to the world By PBS News Hour Reginald Dwayne Betts grew up an honor student with hopes for college, but went to prison at 16 for carjacking, his first run-in with the law. Reading, and poetry in particular, became a comfort and gave him a new identity. Continue watching
Jan 12 ‘Making a Murderer’ convict Steven Avery files new appeal By Joshua Barajas The convicted killer featured in Netflix's hit documentary series "Making a Murderer" filed for a new appeal Tuesday for his release. Continue reading
Jan 12 Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts on America’s ‘lost generation’ By artsdesk Reginald Dwayne Betts grew up an honor student with hopes for college, but went to prison at 16 for carjacking, his first run-in with the law. Reading, and poetry in particular, became a comfort and gave him a new identity. Continue reading
Jan 12 This Seattle choir aims to help members recover from trauma By Aileen Imperial, KCTS The choir group is supported by Path with Art, a Seattle-based nonprofit with a mission to connect people recovering from homelessness, addiction and other trauma to arts programming. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 5:07 Remembering David Bowie, constantly changing icon who inspired By PBS News Hour David Bowie appeared in many guises, shapes and forms, as music legend, fashion icon and performer, standing out as a heroic cultural figure for decades. After releasing his final album last week, he died of cancer Monday, just two days… Continue watching