Feb 11 Watch Telling the story of ‘Monuments Men,’ soldiers who helped save Western civilization’s treasures By PBS News Hour During World War II, the Nazis systematically looted art works from all over Europe, while combat and aerial bombing unintentionally destroyed major landmarks. The story of the quest to protect, rescue and restore Europe’s cultural treasures is told in a… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Singing robots show humanity of technology in opera of the future By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Sci-fi opera ‘Death and the Powers’ is doing things differently … with robots By Anne Azzi Davenport "Death and the Powers" has been called the future of the opera. Composed by Tod Machover and developed at the MIT Media Lab, this science fiction opera fills the stage with robots alongside actors and combines computers with the sounds… Continue reading
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