May 01 R&B singer Ben E. King dies at 76 By Nora Daly American R&B and soul singer Ben E. King, who is best known for his song "Stand By Me," died Thursday at the age of 76. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 5:53 Whitney Museum re-opens with more space for risk-taking artists By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 30 Photo essay: Exploring the genderqueer community By Corinne Segal A project by photographer Chloe Aftel aims to give greater visibility to the diversity of gender beyond “male” and “female.” For her series “Genderqueer,” Aftel photographed self-identified genderqueer individuals in their homes in an effort to explore a community that she says… Continue reading
Apr 29 Chef, author Eddie Huang says TV needs to add more variety to its menu By Nora Daly Growing up, celebrity chef, restaurateur, author and TV producer Eddie Huang says, "I never watched television with any Asian-Americans that I related to or felt like were real people." Has the new ABC sitcom based on Huang's memoir, "Fresh Off… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 3:44 Restaurateur Eddie Huang says TV needs to add more variety to its menu By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 3:41 ‘Disgraced,’ ‘Wolf Hall’ among Tony nominees for Best Play By PBS News Hour This year’s Tony nominations are out and we’re revisiting two of the nominees. “Disgraced,” nominated for Best Play, examines questions of identity and Islam in America after September 11. “Wolf Hall,” which tells the story of King Henry VIII and… Continue watching
Apr 27 Poet reflects on his time ‘Sleeping in Gaza’ during airstrikes By artsdesk Najwan Darwish is one of the foremost Arabic-language poets of his generation. His English translator, Kareem James Abu-Zeid, reads "Sleeping in Gaza" from his collection "Nothing More To Lose."… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 1:56 Kareem James Abu-Zeid reads Najwan Darwish’s poem ‘Sleeping in Gaza’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 1:56 Art exhibit lets vision-impaired visitors touch masterpieces at Madrid museum By PBS News Hour An exhibition, “Touching the Prado” at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, is designed to give the blind or those with limited sight an opportunity to create a mental image of a painting by feeling it. Alison Stewart reports. Continue watching
Apr 24 Photos: Auto sketches from Detroit’s golden era you were never meant to see By Margaret Myers Detroit inspired the nation with its innovative auto designs of the 1950s and 60s. But most of those designs were never released by the automakers. Like most of the early-stage artwork created by Detroit's design studios, they’ve been destroyed. The… Continue reading