Feb 17 Underserved Austin students embrace their culture through the art of drumming By KLRU Sevylla del Mazo is a music teacher and founder of Roots & Rhythms, an after-school program that teaches drumming to underserved, bilingual students. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 3:34 Underserved Austin students embrace their culture through the art of drumming By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 3:03 Remembering Philip Levine, writer of poetic odes to honest work By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 16 Every reference Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon made during SNL’s 40th anniversary opening ditty By Colleen Shalby, Justin Scuiletti During SNL 40th anniversary special on Sunday, Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon highlighted many of those witty one-liners and favorite characters during a musical cold open. We rounded them up. Continue reading
Feb 16 Poet Jericho Brown looks back at Saturdays spent cutting grass By artsdesk Listen to Jericho Brown read “Labor” from his new collection, “The New Testament.”… Continue reading
Feb 15 Former U.S. poet laureate Philip Levine dies at 87 By Carey Reed Philip Levine, a former auto worker turned acclaimed poet, died Saturday. He was 87. His death was caused by complications from pancreatic cancer, the New York Times reported. Levine was perhaps best known for tackling the world of the… Continue reading
Feb 15 (Some) quiet on the eastern front as Ukraine’s cease-fire goes into effect By News Desk The cannonade ceased and guns fell suddenly silent across eastern Ukraine at midnight Saturday as a cease-fire between government forces and pro-Russian rebels took effect. As of Sunday afternoon, the truce held in much of the country, but rebels had… Continue reading
Feb 15 Chinese New Year celebrations around the globe ring in the Year of the Goat By News Desk Celebrations around the world are already underway for the Chinese New Year, which begins next Thursday, Feb. 19 and lasts until March 5. Often marked by fireworks and family feasts within China, customs and observances of 2015's Year of the… Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 4:08 Will ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ turn the tide for Asian Americans on TV? By PBS News Hour The new ABC sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat" debuted to winning ratings and marked the first time in 20 years you could watch a network series centered on an Asian-American family. But will the popular sitcom clear the path for… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch 9:30 Watching Snowden’s pivotal moments in ‘Citizenfour’ By PBS News Hour Filmmaker Laura Poitras captured the moment former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself as the source behind a massive document leak of classified surveillance in 2013. Two years later, Snowden’s story is the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary, “Citizenfour.” Jeffrey… Continue watching