Nation Jan 07 7 tips for successful aging Eva Allegria works out at an AltaMed PACE Center, which helps elderly individuals stay healthy, active and happy for longer into old age. Photo by Dan Caston/ PBS NewsHour Eighty-six year old Eva Allegria has been living independently in…
Poetry Oct 23 Teen poets writing in a troubled city EmbedVideo(7741); In addition to workshops and classes, InsideOut hosts poetry readings throughout the city. The NewsHour recently attended one at the Dell Pryor art gallery in Midtown Detroit. Here are Patty Lare, and two InsideOut alumni -- Terrell Morrow…
Arts Oct 23 Teen poets writing in a troubled city // In addition to workshops and classes, InsideOut hosts poetry readings throughout the city. The NewsHour recently attended one at the Dell Pryor art gallery in Midtown Detroit. Here are Patty Lare, and two InsideOut alumni -- Terrell Morrow and…
Arts Aug 05 Monday on the NewsHour: Chris Thile Makes Plucky Move From Bluegrass to Bach // Musician Chris Thile performed for the PBS NewsHour at the Rockwood Music Hall in Manhattan. Here he plays the final movement of Bach Sonata #1 in G-minor. Chris Thile is a musician…
Arts Jul 10 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Poet Liao Yiwu Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. A new memoir about his time in prison called "For a Song and…
Arts Jul 10 Weekly Poem: ‘Massacre’ By Liao Yiwu, Translated by Wenguang Huang (Composed on the morning of June 4, 1989) Dedicated to those who were killed on June 4, 1989 Dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution Leap! Howl! Fly! Run! Freedom feels…
Arts Jun 18 Pulling Back the Burka: A Glimpse of Afghan Life Through Poetry Journalist and poet Eliza Griswold set out to document Afghan life through the prism of oral folk poems shared mostly among Pashtun women. Seamus Murphy, the London-based photographer and filmmaker who worked with Griswold on the landay project, narrates a…
Arts May 22 Wednesday on the NewsHour: The Houston Grand Opera Sings to a New Audience An epic journey told in song. Laments about lost loves. A protracted death scene. Just another production at the Houston Grand Opera. But there's nothing typical about "Cruzar la Cara de la Luna," or "To Cross the Face of the…
Arts May 13 Charles Henry Rowell Is ‘Prepared to Do Battle’ Using Poetry For nearly four decades, Charles Henry Rowell has been a talent scout of sorts, looking for young and often ignored African-American artists. His mission is to identify, nurture, promote and publish new black writers.
Arts Mar 04 Weekly Poem: ‘Soul’ David Ferry is the author of several books of poetry and translations. His collection "Bewilderment" won last year's National Book Award for poetry. A profile of Ferry will air soon on the NewsHour.