Sep 05 Agnes Obel taps into the piano’s ‘dreamy nature’ By Victoria Fleischer Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel grew up surrounded by guitars, pianos, marimbas and double basses. Her father collected and sold instruments and her mother was a classical pianist, so perhaps music was in her blood. Continue reading
Sep 04 Al Green, Tom Hanks among Kennedy Center Honorees By Brett Zongker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — It’s a rare honor for an artist to receive accolades from the president, let alone have him sing one of your tunes. Now Al Green can claim both, knowing that President Barack Obama is a fan. Green is… Continue reading
Sep 02 Detroit high school students turn their city’s tumult into a musical of hope By Zosette Guir, Detroit Public TV For years, the performing arts students at Detroit's Cass Tech performed the traditional plays and musicals that high schools across the country stage. But last fall -- inspired by the city's beloved Heidelberg Project -- they decided to create their… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch Detroit high school students imagine their city’s rebirth in self-produced musical By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 01 What we’ve been reading this summer By Ariel Min As Labor Day winds to an end and the rigors of school and work encroach upon us, we here at the PBS NewsHour thought it would be nice to share some of the books that we've been reading this summer. Continue reading
Sep 01 Weekly Poem: Mark Ford reads ‘In Loco Parentis’ By Victoria Fleischer Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Mark Ford is the author of four collections of poetry, including "Soft Sift" and "Six Children." "Selected Poems" is his most recent and comprises work from three decades of writing. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch How a book designer plucks a vision from an author’s pages By PBS News Hour If you judge a book by its cover, you might want to know what goes into its design. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Peter Mendelsund, author of “What We See When We Read” and “Cover,” about the process of communicating an… Continue watching
Aug 28 Amazon acquisition ‘Twitch’ boasts audience rivaling primetime TV By Charles Pulliam-Moore On Monday, Amazon announced that it had finalized a deal to acquire Twitch.tv, a live streaming video service geared towards the broadcast of video game gameplay. Continue reading
Aug 28 When will Christo wrap the Arkansas River in 5.9 miles of silver fabric? By Kathleen McCleery Imagine stringing nearly six miles of translucent silver panels above a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River in southern Colorado. That’s the latest dream for artist Christo for an environmental work of art in the United States. Continue reading