May 11 Celebrating spring with Martha Graham on her 120th birthday By News Desk May 11 marks the 120th anniversary of the birth Martha Graham, the mother of modern dance and the founder of one of the most influential dance schools in America. Continue reading
May 09 Watch Carrie Mae Weems on using photography to peel back the image of power By PBS News Hour Artist Carrie Mae Weems has used photography to explore national and personal history, using herself and her family as stand-ins to explore common narratives, and using the medium as a tool to challenge stereotypes. Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks… Continue watching
May 08 Obama guest of honor at star-studded benefit for genocide survivors’ stories By Sandy Cohen, Associated Press President Obama was the guest of honor Wednesday at a fundraising gala celebrating the USC Shoah Foundation, which Spielberg established 20 years ago to collect video testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides. Inspired by the making of… Continue reading
May 05 Shakespeare loses to the Wu-Tang Clan in vocabulary duel By Colleen Shalby “To be, or not to be” could have been the perfect start to a rap song. Some have even called Shakespeare the original rapper, his use of iambic pentameter the first dropped beat. So, it seems fitting that when comparing… Continue reading
May 05 Weekly Poem: Kevin Powers approaches war with ‘unadorned honesty’ By Victoria Fleischer In his first collection of poems, “Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting,” former Army machine gunner Kevin Powers writes about combat and the consequences of conflict. Continue reading
May 03 Watch ‘Breaking Bad’ star Bryan Cranston steps into LBJ’s shoes on Broadway By PBS News Hour Actor Bryan Cranston is best known for his role on the hit AMC drama, "Breaking Bad." But today he plays President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway show, "All the Way." In a candid interview, NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown sits down… Continue watching
May 03 Watch Q&A with ‘All the Way’ playwright Robert Schenkkan By PBS News Hour In his latest play "All The Way," playwright Robert Schenkkan takes on the complexities of President Lyndon B. Johnson during in his first year in office. In this web exclusive interview, NewsHour sits down with the Pulitzer prize-winning author to learn… Continue watching
May 02 What does (insert your race here) look like? Impossible answers to an impossible question By Victoria Fleischer Here at Art Beat, we don’t want to shy away from difficult conversations and sensitive topics when they are depicted in art. Such was the case when we posted the story “Photographer examines what being white looks like.” It elicited… Continue reading
May 01 Photographer examines what being white looks like By Victoria Fleischer In 2007, photographer Myra Green had just finished “Character Recognition,” a collection of images of her face printed through a historical photographic process called ambrotype on black glass. The project sparked a conversation with one of her friends about race. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Telling the stories behind the Supreme Court ‘gamble’ on same-sex marriage By PBS News Hour Continue watching