Apr 10 Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman on 'The Late Show' By Colleen Shalby CBS announced Thursday that Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman on "The Late Show," just one week after the legendary host announced his retirement. Continue reading
Apr 09 'Of thee I sing:' A tribute to a 20th-century great By News Desk Sky Jabali-Rainey, a 4th-grade student from Washington, D.C., dressed as contralto Marian Anderson Wednesday for an event commemorating the African-American singer's April 9, 1939, performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Continue reading
Apr 09 Poet Gerald Stern to receive the Poetry Society of America's prestigious Frost Medal By artsdesk On Wednesday night the Poetry Society of America will honor poet Gerald Stern with the Frost Medal, the organization's highest award, given for lifetime achievement. The medal has previously been awarded to poets such as Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch Journalist, naturalist and novelist Peter Matthiessen, 86, took readers to new territory By PBS News Hour Peter Matthiessen was a co-founder of The Paris Review, an author of more than 30 books, and winner of the National Book Award in both fiction and non-fiction. He succumbed to leukemia at the age of 86, just days before… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Mickey Rooney, irrepressible performer who spent his life on stage and screen, dead at 93 By PBS News Hour Mickey Rooney's career as an entertainer began while he was a toddler, and lasted for nine decades. He was Hollywood's top box office star by his teen years, and his hit movies included “Boys Town,” "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad,… Continue watching
Apr 07 40 years ago, people took a chance on ABBA By Joshua Barajas Video by YouTube user mozpiano2 Forty years ago Monday, members of the Swedish pop group ABBA stepped on stage during the Eurovision Song Contest to take a risk that eventually led to their international superstardom. Donning silver platforms and… Continue reading
Apr 07 Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney 'put on a show' in nine-decade career By Justin Scuiletti Mickey Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose acting career spanned nine decades across film, television and stage, died Sunday night from natural causes at his North Hollywood home at the age of 93. Rooney, born Joseph Yule Jr. in Brooklyn,… Continue reading
Apr 07 Weekly Poem: Steve Scafidi Jr. reads 'Portraits of Abraham Lincoln with Clouds for a Ceiling' By artsdesk Steve Scafidi Jr.'s poem "Portraits of Abraham Lincoln with Clouds for a Ceiling" is published in "Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present." In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War,… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch Steve Scafidi Jr. reads 'Portraits of Abraham Lincoln with Clouds for a Ceiling' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 06 Author and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen is dead at 86 By News Desk Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen died at his home on in Sagaponack, N.Y. of leukemia on Saturday. He was 86. Matthiessen was known as a novelist and non-fiction writer as well as for his work as an environmental activist and American… Continue reading