Sep 16 Weekly Poem: ‘Experimental Geography’ Meena Alexander reads a poem, "Experimental Geography," from her soon to be published collection, "Birthplace with Buried Stones." Alexander is an English professor at the City University of New York and teaches at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 50 Years Ago, Baptist Church Bombing Shakes Nation Remembering Civil Rights figures on the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham bombing. Continue watching
Sep 15 Female director takes on strict Saudi social mores Credit: Sony Pictures Classics The film world is abuzz about a new movie making the rounds at major film festivals. "Wadjda" is the first feature film to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, a country that not only… Continue reading
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