Apr 07 Watch the 1000-year-old dance tradition nearly killed by the Khmer Rouge By Cynthia Stone, KQED Charya Burt trained as a classical Cambodian dancer, Now, she's passing on her art and drawing on a painful family history under the Khmer Rouge to push her dance in new directions. Continue reading
Apr 06 Poet Bill Berkson reads 'The One God' By artsdesk Listen to Bill Berkson read “The One God” from his new collection “Expect Delays.”… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 7:34 Elisabeth Moss embraces 'everywoman' characters from Mad Men's Peggy to Broadway's 'Heidi' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 1:43 Heavenly music turns Missouri nuns into chart-topping stars By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, an order of monastic nuns in rural Missouri topped Billboard’s classical music chart, their fourth consecutive No. 1 debut since 2012. The co-founder of the group offers a look at the lives… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 6:52 Bringing the Tudors to television and Broadway in 'Wolf Hall' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 5:30 How Michelle Obama's upbringing shaped her White House priorities By PBS News Hour In “Michelle Obama: A Life,” veteran political journalist Peter Slevin tackles a different side of politics by examining how the first lady’s life story influenced her priorities in the White House. Gwen Ifill sits down with the author to discuss… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 6:31 T.C. Boyle examines complexity of American violence in his latest novel By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 01 Devote a slab of your day to our Pet Rock live stream By Joshua Barajas The concept for the easy, cheap pet sprung out of bar conversation with friends. But the product was an overnight success, selling 1.5 million rocks over a period of months for $3.95 apiece. Continue reading
Apr 01 Jeffrey Brown's advice for young journalists? Expect the unexpected. By Nora Daly PBS NewsHour’s chief correspondent for arts and culture Jeffrey Brown addressed questions from student journalists in a Facebook chat. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 6:40 Why Scott Simon shared his mother's death with an unseen audience By PBS News Hour Scott Simon is known as the voice of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, but he also gained an audience when he used Twitter to document his mother’s final days. His 140-character observances of the life and death of his mother led… Continue watching