Sep 14 New, critical edition of George and Ira Gershwin’s works to be compiled Credit: Library of Congress George and Ira will soon be getting the Shakespeare treatment. The estates of the two Gershwin brothers have reached a deal with the University of Michigan, in which the University will be granted access… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Gilding the Ages: Edith Wharton’s Berkshire Sanctuary Edith Wharton’s novels rarely go more than a couple of years without a film or television adaptation. They are certainly never absent from high school and college curricula. Wharton was a taste-maker in other ways -- she wrote popular books… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Innovative Art of Burning Man Ditches the Desert to Find New Life in Cities Innovative Art of Burning Man Leaves the Desert to Find New Life in Cities… Continue watching
Sep 13 How British Columbia cut its drunken driving fatalities in half .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } PBS NewsHour Weekend's William Brangham… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory by… Continue watching
Sep 12 Where Poetry Lives: Sharing Moments and Verse When Memory Fades By Molly Finnegan PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown, right, and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, center right, launch the series “Where Poetry Lives.” Their first stop: Brooklyn. Photo by Anne Davenport/NewsHour “A short walk in the park, a sax, a lot of poetry:… Continue reading
Sep 12 Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment By Margaret Myers In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory… Continue reading
Sep 12 Poet’s Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past By Natasha Trethewey U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey kicks off the "Where Poetry Lives" tour with NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown in New York. Photos by Anne Davenport Editor's Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. Continue reading
Sep 12 Poet’s Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past By Molly Finnegan Editor’s Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. “Where Poetry Lives” features Trethewey and NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. The pair will be on-location, reporting on issues that matter to Americans through the… Continue reading
Sep 12 Online abuse "While minorities and homosexuals are often targeted, experts say no group is more abused online than women."Greg Sandoval for The Verge on the rape and death threats women face on the Internet. Continue reading