Dec 02 Watch 5:51 James McBride’s ‘The Good Lord Bird’ offers ‘room to laugh’ at difficult history Author James McBride talks about slavery and humor in "The Good Lord Bird."… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch James McBride’s ‘The Good Lord Bird’ offers ‘room to laugh’ at difficult history By PBS News Hour James McBride talks about the National Book Award winner in fiction, "The Good Lord Bird."… Continue watching
Dec 02 Happy birthday, Georges Seurat! Pointillist painter Georges Seurat was born on this day in 1859--celebrate w/ "Circus Sideshow" http://t.co/qND5frvQqK pic.twitter.com/EygIKywzXp— metmuseum (@metmuseum) December 2, 2013… Continue reading
Dec 02 At David Hockney’s ‘Bigger’ exhibition, what you see is what you get By Arts Desk Spencer Michels looks on as a cameraman shoots the artworks hanging at the exhibit "David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition" at San Francisco's de Young Museum while. Photo by Cat Wise/PBS NewsHour You may get a jolt when you enter… Continue reading
Dec 02 Weekly Poem: Clive James reads ‘Whitman and the Moth’ By Ellen Rolfes In May of 1891, photographer Samuel Murray accompanied the New York sculptor William O'Donovan to Walt Whitman's home in Camden, N.J., Murray photographed Whitman as an aid to O'Donovan's sculpting the poet: "they took hell's times in all sorts of… Continue reading
Dec 02 White House gives check-up on HealthCare.gov website By Terence Burlij The Health and Human Services Department released a progress report Sunday on its effort get the troubled HealthCare.gov website on the mend. Administration officials said the worst of the online glitches, bugs and delays may be over. Photo by Andrew… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch World-shattering drama: War photography A wide-ranging exhibit titled "WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath" pulls moments from 165 years to reveal what happens before, during and after battle. Jeffrey Brown talks to a curator from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts about… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Worldreader aims to eradicate global illiteracy by giving children e-readers Worldreader aims to eradicate global illiteracy by giving children e-readers… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch How Norman Rockwell held a mirror up to American ambitions and common values How Norman Rockwell held a mirror up to American ambitions and common values… Continue watching
Nov 27 What seven teams of architects and engineers built with food By Jason Breslow, Victoria Fleischer Architects, engineers, designers and students build their structures for the 17th annual Canstruction competition in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Photo by Tidewater Community College Every year in more than 150 cities throughout the globe, architects, engineers, designers and… Continue reading