Jul 02 Watch Phish's Trey Anastasio on Community, Commitment and Classical Music Phish's Trey Anastasio on Community, Commitment and Classical Music… Continue watching
Jul 02 Full Interview: Phish Front Man Trey Anastasio Casts Wide Musical Net By Anne Strother // Video shot by Joshua Barajas and Justin Scuiletti Trey Anastasio is still jamming for his adoring fans after three decades on the road. Recently, the Phish lead singer and guitarist has taken his talents to the classical… Continue reading
Jul 02 Read an Excerpt From 'Little Green,' Walter Mosley's New Novel By Molly Finnegan Author Walter Mosley recently joined Jeffrey Brown for a conversation on the PBS NewsHour about his latest novel, "Little Green." Now you can read a passage from that new book… Continue reading
Jul 02 Venus Williams' Other Career: Pay Equity Activist EmbedVideo(6846, 482, 304); At the height of her career, Venus Williams challenged Wimbledon to award equal prize money to women. Gwen Ifill spoke with the director of the new film from espnW, "Venus Vs.," and to sports reporter Christine… Continue reading
Jul 01 Weekly Poem: 'Inside The Good Idea' By Victoria Fleischer Matthea Harvey is the author of "Modern Life," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and is a contributing editor to jubilat, Meatpaper, and BOMB. Continue reading
Jul 01 Amid Turmoil, American 'Prince' David Hallberg Returns to Russia By Molly Finnegan // In his 2011 role as the prince in Sleeping Beauty, David Hallberg became the first American principal dancer at the Bolshoi, the world’s largest ballet company and Russian cultural epicenter since its founding in 1776. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch A Giant Leap to the Russian Stage for American Ballet Dancer Hallberg By PBS News Hour, Jeffrey Brown Ballet star David Hallberg was the first American principal dancer to join the historically insular Bolshoi Theater in 2011. Jeffrey Brown talks to the dancer about his return to the Russian stage for the first time since an acid attack… Continue watching
Jun 30 Amid Turmoil, an American 'Prince' Returns to Russia By Mike Fritz Ballet star David Hallberg returns to the stage of the famed Bolshoi theatre in Moscow this summer for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director, Sergei Filin, badly burned and nearly blind last January. Hallberg became… Continue reading
Jun 28 LivelyHoods Founders Push Jobs, Not Aid, to Youth in Urban Slums By Cat Wise // Maria Springer explains LivelyHoods' mission and work. At age 9, when most kids are relishing the sweet pursuits of childhood, Maria Springer was trying to tackle social justice issues in her hometown of Los Angeles. "I wrote to… Continue reading
Jun 27 Gwen's Take: (Re)Defining Equality It wasn't that long ago that President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act. He did it quietly, literally in the dark of night. Less than three years earlier, he'd signed off on another law gay rights advocates… Continue reading