Arts Jun 17 Connecting through art when a pandemic keeps us apart American artists of all kinds are responding to the pandemic with new creations. As Jeffrey Brown reports, the art can serve as both a call to action and a means of healing -- for maker and audience alike. The story…
Arts Jun 16 Mary Chapin Carpenter on ‘Songs from Home’ and a new album as a tonic for the times Five-time Grammy-winner Mary Chapin Carpenter has sold 15 million records and was scheduled to spend the summer touring and releasing a new album. But when the pandemic hit, she shifted to "Songs from Home" online, attracting a huge following. In…
Nation Jun 01 Roxane Gay, Anna Deavere Smith and Tay Anderson on the protests’ hope and despair For analysis of the deeper systemic issues that are underlying the country’s civic unrest, Judy Woodruff talks to Roxane Gay, a noted essayist and author whose work frequently addresses issues of race, identity and privilege; Anna Deavere Smith, award-winning playwright…
Arts May 27 Remembering influential AIDS activist Larry Kramer Playwright and pioneering AIDS activist Larry Kramer has died of pneumonia at age 84. He fought for greater resources and awareness of HIV, as well as for gay rights, during the 1980s and 1990s. Kramer was also a novelist and…
Arts May 25 How Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix series offers ‘a sense of community’ During this pandemic, people have turned to streaming entertainment services in record numbers. One of the bingeable offerings available is “Never Have I Ever,” a new series on Netflix from actor and producer Mindy Kaling. Amna Nawaz talks to one…
Arts May 13 How Yo-Yo Ma’s ‘Songs of Comfort’ are inspiring musical collaboration The ‘Songs of Comfort’ project world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma launched on social media continues to expand in new directions. Jeffrey Brown looks at the growing collaboration in these mini performances, as tough times bring people together through music -- and…
Arts May 11 The NewsHour’s family of furry friends Amidst these difficult times, we wanted to acknowledge the outpouring of interest in the furry creatures who keep some of us company, on- and off-camera, and those pets who are becoming part of the NewsHour family on social media, too.
Arts May 01 Trombone Shorty on what happens when New Orleans’ musical heartbeat falls silent Jazz Fest, one of the nation’s liveliest annual music celebrations, should have been full-throttle this week in New Orleans. Instead, the city remains locked down, a hot spot in the COVID-19 pandemic with close to 6,500 cases and over 400…
Arts Apr 23 Why pandemic represents ‘existential crisis’ for performing artists We look to the arts for entertainment, comfort and pleasure -- but they are also an economic engine. According to government analysis, art accounts for almost $900 billion of GDP and over five million jobs. Now, many of these people…