Jul 03 Rebuilding Thomas Jefferson's library By Anne Azzi Davenport Jeffrey Brown visits the Library of Congress to explore what rebuilding Thomas Jefferson's vast book collection can teach us about the very roots of the United States. Continue reading
Jul 03 Willie Nelson on his bloody first performance By Joshua Barajas In an interview on his tour bus in June, country music legend Willie Nelson described to PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown how a nosebleed didn't stop him from completing his first performance. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 7:25 What drives Willie Nelson to keep singing and traveling By Jeffrey Brown, Josh Barajas, Mike Fritz Country legend Willie Nelson, 81, is still on the road. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Nelson to talk about the burst of songwriting behind his new album, “Band of Brothers,” controlling his temper and how he stays fit on tour. Continue watching
Jul 02 Author Walter Dean Myers dies at 76 By News Desk Young adult and children's author Walter Dean Myers has died at age 76. Continue reading
Jul 02 Rappers respond: 'This is how we express ourselves' By Saskia de Melker A man shoots his foe in the head over and over again, leaving him to bleed out on the street. The man has no remorse. He even brags about it. Only this man isn't real. He's a… Continue reading
Jul 01 'I'm contemporary, I'm Native American and I'm an artist' By Carrie Saldo and Lisa Olken, Rocky Mountain PBS Too many people think only of "beads and feathers" when they hear Native American art, says Merritt Johnson, a multi-disciplinary artist of Mohawk and Blackfoot descent. But her sculptures, paintings and performance art go well beyond that. Johnson was one… Continue reading
Jun 30 Weekly Poem: Peter Cole reads 'Song of the Shattering Vessels' By artsdesk "The Invention of Influence" is Peter Cole's fourth book of poetry. A named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007, Cole is also known for his translations, including "The Poetry of Kabbalah: Mystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition" and "The Dream of… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 'Degenerate Art' exhibit explores Nazi assault on modern art By PBS News Hour A new exhibit at the Neue Galerie in New York juxtaposes the classical 19th century paintings and sculptures that Adolf Hitler loved, with the abstract art that he hated and labeled "degenerate." The Nazis put on a show of so-called… Continue watching