Apr 20 Watch 5:03 Translating Dante's heaven and hell through the eyes of African artists By PBS News Hour Art curator Simon Njami loved the works of Dante, but he realized that the renaissance text about hell, purgatory and paradise didn't speak to the experience all readers, including himself. He set out to re-imagine the Divine Comedy, to update… Continue watching
Apr 20 Poet writes a letter to her 'high school obsession,' the Atom Bomb By artsdesk Watch poet Catherine Pierce read her poem “Dear Atom Bomb” at the 2015 AWP Conference and Bookfair in Minneapolis. Continue reading
Apr 20 Full list of 2015 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism and the arts By News Desk The Pulitzer Prizes for works of journalism and the arts produced in 2014 were announced Monday -- with magazines officially eligible for the first time. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 6:25 Singer Rhiannon Giddens taps America's deep musical roots By PBS News Hour Rhiannon Giddens has studied opera and fronted a Grammy-winning old-time string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Now her debut solo album, produced by T. Bone Burnett, showcases her range and celebrates the musical influence of American women like Odetta, Patsy… Continue watching
Apr 15 Rhiannon Giddens performs 'Julie,' a song inspired by a slave's story By Frank Carlson, Mike Fritz Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the first to admit she's big into history, and in particular the history of the South and the Civil War. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch David Brooks: Humility is the central virtue, pride is the central vice By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch 7:01 Why character, not career success, is key to a life of consequence By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 14 Netflix adds audio descriptions for visually impaired to 'Daredevil' and other shows By Justin Scuiletti "Daredevil," Netflix's newest original series that features blind lawyer Matt Murdock take to the streets as the eponymous protagonist, ironically didn't come prepared to aid blind fans in watching the blind hero. Continue reading
Apr 14 Artist layers ads and vintage cartoons like a decaying billboard By Twin Cities PBS Greg Gossel creates mixed-media art from pop culture imagery, typography, texture, found sigs and billboard scraps. Continue reading