Dec 07 Watch How Art Basel helped transform Miami’s art scene By PBS News Hour Now in its 14th year, Art Basel Miami Beach is a huge gathering of artists, dealers, collectors and galleries. The show has helped expand Miami’s art scene, spawning satellite fairs across the city, and bringing in millions of dollars for… Continue watching
Dec 07 Refugee life is hard enough on a kid, this artist is trying to brighten up their school By Corinne Segal More than 2.6 million Syrian children are not in school, many of them having left in the midst of a war now in its fifth year. Continue reading
Dec 07 Poet H. Melt shows why gender isn’t always simple By Corinne Segal Gender is often not as simple as it seems. This principle underlies the work of H. Melt, a 25-year-old trans poet who uses the pronoun “they” and released “The Plural, The Blurring,” their debut poetry collection, last week. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch How comics change mainstream narratives about Native Americans By Corinne Segal Continue watching
Dec 07 Kendrick Lamar leads the Grammy pack with 11 nominations By Corinne Segal Kendrick Lamar led at the 2016 Grammy nominations this morning with 11 nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for "To Pimp a Butterfly."… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 6:53 Women take a stand against violence in Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’ By PBS News Hour "Chi-Raq," the latest film from Spike Lee, uses satire to explore the problem of gun violence in America. The movie is set in Chicago, a city that's been wracked by tensions with police as well as a very high number… Continue watching
Dec 04 Scott Weiland, former frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, dead at 48 By Corinne Segal Scott Weiland, who fronted the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, died on Thursday at 48, his wife Jamie Weiland confirmed to the L.A. Times. A post on the musician’s Facebook page said Weiland “passed away in his sleep… Continue reading
Dec 03 Graffiti artists come out to ‘spray for Paris’ after attacks By Corinne Segal Three weeks after terrorists attacked their city, Parisians are speaking loud and clear -- through street art. Continue reading
Dec 01 Raised by zoo, how a group of rescued wolves comes into their own By Alaska Public Media As a zookeeper at the Alaska Zoo, Tim Lescher takes care of a group of gray wolves -- a species he said has been misunderstood. Continue reading
Nov 30 Poet Franny Choi pictures a world without police By Corinne Segal What world a world without police look like? Poet Franny Choi’s work attempts to answer that question. Continue reading