Feb 10 Watch MIT Media Lab’s Peter Torpey talks about bringing a new layer of technology to opera By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Tod Machover, creator of “Death and the Powers,” explores the interaction of music and technology By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch The Dallas Opera’s Keith Cerny brings “Death and the Powers” to Texas By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch MIT Media Labs Ben Bloomberg presents the simulcasts interactive technology By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Weekly Poem: Nick Lantz uses ‘how-to’ guides as inspiration By Victoria Fleischer If you pick up Nick Lantz’s new poetry collection, “How to Dance as the Roof Caves in,” you’ll recognize the "self-help" theme running through the titles. To name a few: “How to Travel Alone,” “How to Forgive a Promise Breaker,”… Continue reading
Feb 07 Fifty years after the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, how well do you know Fab Four history? By Colleen Shalby The Beatles made their live U.S. television debut 50 years ago Sunday when they paraded onto Ed Sullivan’s stage and caused a national eruption of Beatlemania. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch As Leno exits ‘Tonight,’ late night TV seeks younger viewers By PBS News Hour After 22 years, Jay Leno will offer his final monologue as host of “The Tonight Show” Thursday. Leno took over the iconic late night television show from Johnny Carson in 1992; now he passes the job on to fellow comedian… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch Seeing the Parthenon through ancient eyes By PBS News Hour An icon of ancient democracy, the story and significance of Athens’ Parthenon has been reinterpreted by numerous cultures. Joan Breton Connelly, author of “The Parthenon Enigma,” joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the landmark’s meaning and whether the Parthenon sculptures (also… Continue watching
Feb 06 Filmmaker Greg Whiteley goes backstage with the Romneys in ‘Mitt’ By Victoria Fleischer When Greg Whiteley first heard about a meeting with the Romney family to discuss whether he should run for president in 2008, he thought it sounded like the beginning of a great documentary. Little did he know that he would… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Greg Whiteley gets personal with the Romneys in ‘Mitt’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching