Jul 10 Aziz Ansari wants to replace the Confederate flag … with this By artsdesk Comedian Aziz Ansari has an idea of how South Carolina could replace the Confederate flag. We doubt it would pass muster in the state government, but it is unique. Continue reading
Jul 10 What the Confederate flag’s design says about its legacy By Corinne Segal The Confederate battle flag’s design is no accident. According to vexillologist Ted Kaye, it's simple, meaningful and distinctive from other flags. But that's just the half of it. Continue reading
Jul 10 Omar Sharif of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago’ dies at 83 By Corinne Segal Omar Sharif, an Egyptian actor best-known for his roles in "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia," died at the age of 83, his agent confirmed Friday morning. Continue reading
Jul 10 First chapter of Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ released By Larisa Epatko “Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical.” So begins Pulitzer Prize-winner Harper Lee’s new book, “Go Set a Watchman”. The first chapter of the highly anticipated novel was released Friday. Continue reading
Jul 09 There’s a giant ball pit ‘beach’ in the middle of DC By Colleen Shalby The National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., turned their Great Hall into a massive beach complete with an ocean made of 700,000 to 1 million translucent plastic balls. Continue reading
Jul 09 Country music legend Willie Nelson named next recipient of Gershwin Prize By Joshua Barajas Willie Nelson is the first country music star to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the Library of Congress announced Thursday, calling the red-headed stranger a "musical explorer."… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:30 TV is dead? Author says there’s something wrong with that picture By PBS News Hour Nowadays, there are more and more new media video options carpeting the web. But in his new book, “Television Is The New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media In the Digital Age,” Michael Wolff argues that the Internet is… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 4:57 Che Guevara’s son on Cuba’s coming identity crisis By PBS News Hour When Omar Perez was 25, he found out his father was the revolutionary Che Guevara. For Perez -- a poet, artist and musician -- the revelation didn’t much change his outlook on life, or on Cuba. Jeffrey Brown talks to… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch 8:05 In final concert, Grateful Dead bids farewell to faithful followers By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 06 ‘Do I look like a ‘shroom salesman?’ and other things overheard at a Dead show By Jeffrey Brown One man walked directly up to me and asked if I had any mushrooms to sell him. I thought, "Really? Do I look like that guy?" The Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well concert in Chicago was a scene -- a… Continue reading