May 04 Conversation: 2011 Tony Award Nominations By Molly Finnegan Critic Linda Winer of Newsday discusses the 2011 Tony nominations in a year of many strong new productions. Continue reading
May 04 Around the Nation A mobile printing studio, a couple of rock (art) fans, and Tango fever in Detroit are a few of our arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation. Continue reading
May 04 A Dark Abyss of Blessing or Curse By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: Hillhopper Question: I just listened to a business executive on TV… Continue reading
May 04 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the United Nations helped organize a concert of world-class musicians in Gaza. Continue reading
May 04 Watch ‘The Interrupters’ Confronts Chicago’s Gang Violence "The Interrupters" confronts Chicago's gang violence. Continue watching
May 03 Watch Gauging Americans’ Range of Reactions to Bin Laden’s Death American reactions to the news of Osama bin Laden's death ranged from exuberance to quiet relief. Judy Woodruff discusses U.S. reactions with the Rev. Janet Vincent, who ministered to 9/11 rescuers and families; former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Lauren… Continue watching
May 03 Frontline Goes Inside al-Qaida By Lauren Knapp On Tuesday night, PBS' FRONTLINE will air the first of two stories that delve into al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Correspondents Stephen Grey and Martin Smith explore the Taliban and al-Qaida inside Pakistan. They investigate details of a… Continue reading
May 03 Watch The Death of an Architectural Myth For more on this story, visit PBS NewsHour Art Beat, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/… Continue watching
May 03 New Documentary Recounts Rise and Fall of an Architectural Myth In St. Louis in the 1950s, Pruitt-Igoe was touted as the definitive model for public housing projects in the modern era. Less than 20 years after its construction, the buildings of Pruitt-Igoe were torn down. Continue reading
May 03 A Reading List for the Post-9/11 Era By Molly Finnegan A roundup of NewsHour conversations with writers over the last decade about books that address, directly and indirectly, how 9/11, Osama bin Laden and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have influenced how we live today. Continue reading