Mar 19 Tolkien’s 88-year-old ‘Beowulf’ translation to be published this spring By Zachary Treu One of the oldest, longest and most influential works in the history of Old English will soon be experienced through the eyes of one of the world’s most beloved fantasy authors. Continue reading
Mar 18 Will the ancient Buddhist temples of Bagan turn into Disney World? By Jeffrey Brown In Myanmar, some scholars worry that Bagan -- the former capital of a powerful kingdom in medieval times -- will be turned into a kind of theme park. Or that it will be "loved to death," as has been the… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Beyond ‘Black Power,’ recounting the under-told story of Stokely Carmichael By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch For troubled teens, making and sharing poetry may be unexpected source of happiness By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 2:58 Angélique Kidjo on African music and using song to create human connections By Anne Azzi Davenport, Jeffrey Brown Continue watching
Mar 17 Is culture at risk in Myanmar? By Jeffrey Brown We are in Myanmar to report on a country opening up to the world, politically, economically, and culturally. A ruthless military dictatorship clamped down on all opposition, prohibited free expression, and kept the country closed off and shrouded in a… Continue reading
Mar 17 Weekly Poem: Ron Padgett reads ‘Thinking about the Moon’ By artsdesk Ron Padgett is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator and member of the New York School. His latest book “Collected Poems” is a compilation of his works from 1960-2004 including 11 previous publications and dozens of uncollected poems. Padgett… Continue reading
Mar 16 Celebrating 73 years of the National Gallery of Art By Kristin Miller The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., turns 73 on March 17. The project the gift of another American of great wealth, Andrew Mellon, who felt that the United States should have a gallery of art comparable… Continue reading
Mar 13 ‘Everything But the News’ gives NewsHour fans a comical behind-the-scenes look By Colleen Shalby PBS Digital Studios' Web series "Everything But the News" follows PBS NewsHour’s public media-obsessed and supposed cub reporter Steve Goldbloom, as he reports on the latest tech trends out of Silicon Valley and beyond. Continue reading
Mar 13 Incarcerated teens write to free their demons; ‘I could have been beautiful’ By Mary Jo Brooks That poem, written by 18-year-old Jada, has become his mantra, of sorts. He began writing poetry five years ago, when he was a patient at a state psychiatric hospital in Lakewood, Wash. There he participated in the Pongo Writing Project,… Continue reading