Jun 12 Watch 7:47 Hollywood bets on familiar reboots and female-centric summer movies By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Poet Juan Felipe Herrera reads 'Five Directions to My House' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 11 Christopher Lee, the definitive Dracula and veteran actor, dies at 93 By Joshua Barajas British actor Christopher Lee, known for portraying the immortal bloodsucker Dracula, among other villains on the silver screen, has died at the age of 93, his wife confirmed Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 11 Jazz saxophonist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ornette Coleman dies at 85 By News Desk American jazz musician and composer Ornette Coleman, whose ground-breaking saxophone playing earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 2007, died Thursday morning in Manhattan at age 85. Continue reading
Jun 11 The accidental history of pride anthems By Corinne Segal Walk into any LGBTQ pride event during the month of June, and you’ll probably end up dancing to Diana Ross’ 1980 iconic release “I’m Coming Out.” But Ross herself did not intend it that way. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 1:25 Photographer uses camera to reconnect with homeless father By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, what happened when a photographer who documents the lives of Hawaii's homeless learned that her own father was living on the streets of Honolulu. Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch 6:21 From the fields to the Library of Congress, Juan Felipe Herrera took a winding path to poetry By PBS News Hour Juan Felipe Herrera is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, novels for young adults and collections for children, most recently “Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes.” He is the son of migrant workers from Mexico, and today he… Continue watching
Jun 10 Son of migrants, Juan Felipe Herrera to become first Latino U.S. Poet Laureate By Jeffrey Brown He’s the son of migrant workers and today Juan Felipe Herrera becomes the next U.S. Poet Laureate, the first Latino to hold the position. Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met Herrera at the place where it all started. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 6:10 New Yorker's 'Comma Queen' offers a guide for the grammatically insecure By PBS News Hour In "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," Mary Norris recounts a life of grammatical grief and glory as a copy editor for The New Yorker. Norris joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the magazine’s style standards, and whether… Continue watching
Jun 08 Women lead victories in 2015 Tony Awards By Corinne Segal The 69th annual Tony Awards brought recognition to fresh subjects and accomplished women in the industry. In "Fun Home," Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir was brought to life on stage, introducing audiences to a young lesbian growing up in… Continue reading