Mar 31 From industrial to creative, re-branding Sacramento with artful dumpsters By KVIE The southeastern quadrant of Sacramento is an industrial community that has seen many industries come through: mining, truck farming, recycling. Now, a group that advocates for the community has decided to re-brand it by asking artists to paint dumpsters. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 3:05 From industrial to creative, rebranding Sacramento with artful dumpsters By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 31 Will Jay-Z's new music streaming service help artists? By Sarah McHaney Entering a market cramped with competition, music mogul Jay-Z has launched Tidal, a new music streaming service owned by artists themselves in the United States. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Documentary chronicles the 'resistance movement' against cancer By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 30 Ken Burns and Siddartha Mukherjee on adapting 'Cancer' from page to screen By Kyla Calvert Mason At a time when documentaries are getting more attention from mainstream moviegoers, Ken Burns, the documentarian behind epics including “The Civil War," “Baseball” and two dozen other films, says the best advice he can offer aspiring filmmakers may seem like… Continue reading
Mar 30 Poet writes unflinchingly about self-inflicted violence and women By artsdesk Sarah Rose Nordgren reads "The Performance" from her debut collection, "Best Bones." When she wrote the poem, she was thinking about self-inflicted violence and women. Continue reading
Mar 29 What's your media diet? See how you compare to the NewsHour team By Elisabeth Ponsot Is it ethical to use a friend's Netflix password? Is cable still worth the cost? Read what NewsHour staff had to say about their media diet and share your thoughts. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 4:05 To draw fresh crowds, symphony offers modern take on classical music By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 5:08 'L'Allegro,' a Mark Morris masterwork, makes its television debut By PBS News Hour Thirty-five years after starting his dance company, Mark Morris is making the leap to television with a production of "L'Allegro" on PBS’ Great Performances. Jeffrey Brown talks to the famed choreographer. Continue watching
Mar 27 Photos: Exhibit allows a glimpse at Cuba, forbidden to Americans for so long By Victoria Fleischer New York's Robert Mann gallery opened “The Light in Cuban Eyes,” a two-month long exhibit of 24 Cuban photographers. The exhibit is an offshoot of a book by the same name, which showcases 50 artists and was published earlier this… Continue reading