Sep 30 Twitter Chat: How well does Hollywood handle LGBTQ characters and issues? By Jaclyn Diaz, Corinne Segal In our next #NewsHourChats, we’ll take a look at criticisms of Hollywood's portrayal of LGBTQ… Continue reading
Sep 30 Why appearing on ‘The Sartorialist’ is the ultimate street-style badge By Jordan Vesey We caught up with Scott Schuman of the popular blog "The Sartorialist" as he prepares to publish his third book on how his photos are never just about the clothes. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 7:25 Anna Deavere Smith tackles school-to-prison pipeline on stage By PBS News Hour For Anna Deavere Smith, actress and path-breaking performance artist, Baltimore is home. After the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the city became a sadly appropriate setting for Smith to tackle her latest project: a one-woman show about the "school… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch MacArthur ‘genius’ Lin-Manuel Miranda on falling in love for a living By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Lin-Manuel Miranda is one of 24 new recipients of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships, also known as “genius grants.” The composer/playwright/performer explains what it’s like to fall in… Continue watching
Sep 29 How one Guatemalan family joined Alaska’s small Hispanic community By Alaska Public Media For Kimberly Mejía Gúzman and her five siblings, moving from Guatemala to Anchorage, A.K. meant the promise of new opportunities -- but it also meant leaving their home behind. Continue reading
Sep 29 Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lin-Manuel Miranda win MacArthur fellowships By Corinne Segal Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates and Broadway composer-playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda join a puppeteer, a video artist, a community leader and many others as the new group of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellows. Continue reading
Sep 28 Why we need to listen to undocumented poets By Corinne Segal When we talk about undocumented immigrants, who are we leaving behind?… Continue reading
Sep 27 ‘I love the adventure’: How painter Alex Katz finds inspiration for his bold works By Phil Hirschkorn At 88, painter Alex Katz is not slowing down. Working from small studies to produce large canvasses, watch as Katz turns a 15x11-feet white canvass into a green, brown, and white depiction of trees, titled "Cross Light 3."… Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch 7:26 Unique mentorship between conductor and pianist sparks musical fireworks By PBS News Hour Pianist Yuja Wang has evolved from prodigy to international superstar, with some help from one of her mentors, music director of the San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas. In collaboration with KQED, Jeffrey Brown talks with the 28-year-old Chinese virtuoso… Continue watching
Sep 25 Why the mentor-musician bond is so important for classical pianist Yuja Wang By Abhi Singh, KQED When Michael Tilson Thomas works with precocious young musicians, they generally show up with an entourage. But not Yuja Wang. Continue reading