Arts Jul 09 How artists are using their talents to help San Jose reduce its carbon footprint San Jose, in California’s Silicon Valley, has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2030. To do this, leaders are enlisting help from an unlikely source, the arts sector, in a first-of-a-kind program in the country. Jeffrey Brown traveled there to…
Arts May 13 Doris Kearns Goodwin on her personal history and ‘An Unfinished Love Story’ "An Unfinished Love Story" is the story of the love of two people for one another and their country. The new book is by an author well-known to NewsHour audiences, Doris Kearns Goodwin. She spoke with Jeffrey Brown for our…
Arts May 10 Madhur Jaffrey marks 50 years of trailblazing cookbook ‘An Invitation to Indian Cooking’ This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we bring you an icon of the community. Madhur Jaffrey first made Indian cuisine accessible to the West decades ago with her milestone cookbook, “An Invitation to Indian Cooking.” This year marks…
Arts Apr 22 Works from artists with disabilities featured in historic exhibition in San Francisco Creative Growth is an art center in Oakland that supports artists with disabilities. The center has artworks in museums across the country and plays a big part in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's new exhibition. Jeffrey Brown reports…
Nation Apr 02 A Brief But Spectacular take on inspiring a love of learning Joan Wicks is a sixth-grade humanities teacher in Los Angeles who helped her students rebound from COVID learning loss through her devotion and advocacy. The school was recently recognized with the California Distinguished Schools Award. Wicks shares her Brief But…
Arts Mar 22 Lenny Kravitz on authenticity, individualism and his unique sound Lenny Kravitz has been busy. He has a new single out Friday from his album set for release in May, an international tour planned for this summer and earlier this month, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of…
Arts Mar 19 The Met’s new exhibit celebrates impact and legacy of The Harlem Renaissance It was an art movement that helped create a new portrait and understanding of Black life in America. Now, The Harlem Renaissance is the subject of an exhibition at one of the country’s leading museums, the New York Metropolitan Museum…
Arts Feb 29 Palestinian American’s art exhibition in Indiana canceled after criticizing Gaza bombings As with universities around the country, some arts institutions have been roiled by tensions in the ongoing war in the Middle East. One controversy has unfolded at the Art Museum of Indiana University where an internationally prominent Palestinian American artist…
Arts Feb 13 Jeffrey Wright on his Oscar-nominated performance in ‘American Fiction’ Jeffrey Wright has had one of the most varied and distinguished acting careers of any American actor in recent decades. While best known in supporting roles, he’s now received his first Oscar nomination as the lead in “American Fiction.” The…
Arts Feb 12 ‘The Space Race’ documentary explores Black astronauts’ efforts to overcome injustice A new documentary explores the little-known stories of the first Black pilots and engineers who were pioneers of NASA's space program. Geoff Bennett has this look at the film, “The Space Race,” which airs on the National Geographic Channel and…