May 26 Weekly Poem: Dan Chiasson and his poetry time machine By Victoria Fleischer Poet Dan Chiasson started working on his book “Bicentennial” after the death of his father, who left when Chiasson was 7 months old. While the two never really knew each other, that event prompted Chiasson to revisit his childhood in… Continue reading
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May 23 Watch What would Plato ask a neuroscientist? By PBS News Hour Can we reconcile the advancements of our modern world with Plato’s philosophical questions of free will? In “Plato at the Googleplex,” author Rebecca Goldstein imagines how Plato would approach neuroscience, the Internet and other technologies that make philosophy obsolete to… Continue watching
May 23 Fire engulfs iconic Art Nouveau building and school in Scotland By Lorna Baldwin Firefighters in Glasgow, Scotland today battled to save what they could of the Glasgow School of Art, one of Scotland’s most famous and treasured buildings. The main doors of the Glasgow School of Art. Photo by Flickr user… Continue reading
May 22 Manga aims to give voice to Fukushima reactor workers By Justin Scuiletti The best way to get inside information on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may be through pages of a comic book. Continue reading
May 21 Watch Using dancers’ discipline as leaping off point for academics By PBS News Hour The National Dance Institute of New Mexico aims to instill in young people the lessons of success through lessons in dance: hard work, perseverance and health. This year, NDI taught nearly 8,000 students — a majority from low-income families —… Continue watching
May 21 Broadway Bound student-dancers perform ‘Fabulous Feet’ By Kathleen McCleery The National Dance Institute of New Mexico helps students make big strides in and out of the classroom. The program makes the case that exposure to dance, music and other artistic expressions can improve student achievement. Watch a performance of… Continue reading
May 21 Watch Broadway Bound student-dancers perform ‘Fabulous Feet’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 20 Watch Graduate students encourage poetry through community service By PBS News Hour Master of Fine Arts students at Antioch University in Los Angeles are required to do community service to enhance the “writing life” of others. As part of our series Where Poetry Lives, poet laureate Natasha Trethewey joins Jeffrey Brown to… Continue watching
May 20 Walt Disney’s original pitch for Disneyland released By Justin Scuiletti "In these pages is proffered a glimpse into this great adventure ... a preview of what the visitor will find in DISNEYLAND." Those words, written by Walt Disney, adorn the first page of a pitch to gain funding for his… Continue reading