Mar 17 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, UNESCO heads to Egypt to assess threats to cultural sites. Continue reading
Mar 17 Live Chat: Paul Solman, Patchwork Nation’s Chinni on Economic Inequality By Paul Solman Editor's note: Join us at 3 p.m. ET Thursday for a chat between Paul Solman, Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation and Derek Thompson of The Atlantic. The discussion will be moderated by PBS… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Slide Show: Craig Colorusso’s ‘Sun Boxes’ "Sun Boxes" by Craig Colorusso is a solar powered sound installation. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Stories from SXSW: Music and Interaction Design Discussion on the intersection of music and User Experience Design. Continue watching
Mar 16 Stories from SXSW: Finding the Harmony Between Music and Interaction Design At the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival, two presenters decided to reevaluate their work in interactive design by way of a metaphor that taps the festival's 25-year-old roots: music. Continue reading
Mar 16 On Wednesday’s NewsHour: Japan Struggles to Control Reactor, Gadhafi’s Forces Advance in Libya JAPAN's DAMAGED REACTORS | The threat of a nuclear meltdown at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant was compounded by high radiation levels for workers addressing the crisis. Five days into the crisis, aid workers shifted the focus of… Continue reading
Mar 16 ‘Natural Selection’ and ‘Dragonslayer’ Are Big Winners at SXSW Film Festival Two films were big award winners at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. "Natural Selection" by director Robert Pickering and "Dragonslayer" by director Tristan Patterson took home Jury Awarded Best Feature Narrative and Documentary, respectively. Continue reading
Mar 16 The Financial Blame Game: Who’s At Fault? 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: Michael Cassady Question: With the suffering from the financial crisis falling… Continue reading
Mar 16 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, one of the last remaining old time actresses of the Yiddish theater has died. Continue reading
Mar 15 Paul Solman, Patchwork Nation’s Chinni Talk Income Inequality in Ohio By Elizabeth Shell Business correspondent Paul Solman and Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation recently traveled to two counties in Ohio: Crawford and Delaware. Thirty years ago the counties had similar average incomes but they've grown apart. The town of Galion… Continue reading