Nov 01 What is Día de los Muertos? An expert explains the holiday celebrating loved ones who have died By Casey Kuhn and Mathew Sandoval, The Conversation The holiday is celebrated though ritual observations like constructing altars, or ofrendas, filled with offerings to the dead and decorating family gravesites to commune with the dead. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 7:38 Author Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new memoir reflects on family’s experience of war and exile By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Madison Staten The Vietnamese-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen has long written on themes of war, refugees and exile. He covers those directly and personally in a new memoir about his own family’s experience, "A Man of Two Faces." Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 31 How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries By Bella Isaacs-Thomas When investigators debunked the real-life existence of these undead monsters, it didn’t kill their appeal. Continue reading
Oct 29 How ‘La Catrina’ became the iconic symbol for the Day of the Dead By Mathew Sandoval, The Conversation She’s the icon of Day of the Dead, with her visage endlessly reproduced during the holiday. While some people might presume it’s always been this way, La Catrina is actually a transcultural icon whose prestige and popularity are equal parts invention… Continue reading
Oct 28 Matthew Perry, ‘Friends’ star who played Chandler on hit TV show, dies at age 54 By Associated Press “Friends” star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television’s most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 8:41 How a young conductor in Kentucky is using music to serve his community By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport At a time when many classical music and other traditional arts organizations are facing major challenges, a young conductor in Louisville, Kentucky, is expanding the playbook. He's combining music-making with public service and orchestrating community in every corner of the… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 5:32 Artist turns her work into love letters to husband fading into the fog of Alzheimer’s By Pamela Watts, Dorothy Dickie We bring you a story about art and love involving a Massachusetts artist whose work took a dramatic turn when her husband began to lose himself to Alzheimer’s disease. Rhode Island PBS Weekly reporter Pamela Watts reports for our arts… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 7:29 David Brooks writes about the art of seeing others in new book ‘How to Know a Person’ By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens David Brooks is a regular on the NewsHour every Friday night. But while you were watching him, David was watching all of us. Pulling from his observations and other works, his new book, "How to Know a Person: The Art… Continue watching
Oct 25 Trailblazing ‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered first Black action movie hero, has died at 81 By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor for Black filmmakers who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in the 1971 action movie "Shaft" and several sequels, has died. He was 81. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 2:57 A Brief But Spectacular take on Black women, sex and the church By Katie Hodgman Deesha Philyaw is a writer whose debut short story collection, “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award. Her works touch on themes of race, sex, gender and pop culture. Philyaw shares her… Continue watching