Jul 24 8 things you didn't know about the electric guitar By Alison Moore, Amanda Gomez 50 years after Bob Dylan debuted his electric sound at the Newport Folk Festival, check out eight electric guitar-related facts to consider the next time you plug in. Continue reading
Jul 24 KEXP breaks down Beastie Boys' 'Paul's Boutique' all day today By Corinne Segal From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. EDT today, Seattle-based KEXP is live on the airwaves with everything you ever wanted to know about the Beastie Boys' album "Paul's Boutique."… Continue reading
Jul 23 Teen singers find their voice in 'Black Lives Matter' movement By Kelly Whalen How the "Black Lives Matter" movement is inspiring conversations among young singers about identity and the role of art in social change. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 4:42 Pulitzer winner wants his readers to question their limits By PBS News Hour When Gregory Pardlo found out he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Digest,” he thought there had been some mistake. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Pardlo -- the author of two collections but not previously well-known within the poetry community… Continue watching
Jul 22 Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gets his passport back By Corinne Segal The Chinese government returned artist and activist Ai Weiwei's passport Wednesday after holding it since 2011. Continue reading
Jul 22 Photos: Why visibility matters to these LGBTQ youth By Corinne Segal Five years ago, photographer Laurel Golio and journalist Diana Scholl launched a mission to tell as many young LGBTQ people's stories as possible. Continue reading
Jul 22 8 things you didn't know about Dr. Seuss By Joshua Barajas Surprising facts about the man who wrote some of the country's most beloved children's books, whose posthumous book "What Pet Should I Get?" comes out next week. Continue reading
Jul 21 E.L. Doctorow, acclaimed author of historical fiction, dies at 84 By Corinne Segal E.L. Doctorow, an author beloved for his works of historical fiction including "Ragtime," "World's Fair," "Billy Bathgate" and "The March," died Tuesday of complications from lung cancer. Continue reading
Jul 21 How a dissident Cuban artist is helping to empower NYC's disenfranchised By Corinne Segal As a Cuban embassy opens in the U.S. this week for the first time in decades, Cuban dissident artist Tania Bruguera is preparing for some important transitions of her own. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Free dance lessons teach NYC students to think on their feet By PBS News Hour The National Dance Institute has been sending dance instructors into New York City schools for nearly 40 years, teaching kids who would otherwise have little access to arts education. Jeffrey Brown reports on how founder Jacques d’Amboise grew the institute… Continue watching