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
Mar 13 Poet’s Notebook: Difficult Knowledge By Natasha Trethewey Visiting the King County Juvenile Detention Facility I couldn’t help thinking of the words of poet Robert Frost. In my own life I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make… Continue reading
Mar 12 Want to add a word to the official Scrabble dictionary? Now’s your chance By Zachary Treu Tired of staring blankly at six consonants and a “U” during family game night while your little brother just adds an “S” to everything and your great-aunt Ruth spells out “IS” and “AM” three times each? It’s time to give… Continue reading