Arts Jan 16 Grateful Dead doin’ that rag one final time To mark the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, the four original members announced they will be playin’ in the band together for a final performance at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Poetry Jun 12 Charles Wright named U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Wright, a master of capturing landscape and meditation in verse, has been named the next Poet Laureate of the United States by the Library of Congress. It is the latest in a long list of honors and awards for…
Arts Jun 25 Profile of Phish’s Trey Anastasio to Air July 2; Share Your Show Photos Now Editor's note: This post will be updated with new videos leading up to the July 2 Trey Anastasio interview on the PBS NewsHour. // All right Phish fans, get ready: the PBS NewsHour's profile of Trey Anastasio will air…
Arts Mar 15 New Anthology Captures Postmodern American Poetry What is postmodern poetry? That's the question Paul Hoover poses for his introduction to the Norton Anthology's second edition of "Postmodern American Poetry."…
Politics Nov 06 Battleground Dispatches: Election Day Roundup Voters in Ohio cast their ballots. The battleground state is being watched closely as a potential key to winning the White House. Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images. For the last month, the NewsHour worked with public media partners around the…
Politics Oct 10 Battleground Dispatches: Reporting from the Election’s Front Lines Voting booths set up for early voting at the Black Hawk County Courthouse on September 27, 2012 in Waterloo, Iowa. In Iowa, 36 percent of voters cast an early ballot in 2008. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. The presidential race…
Nation Jul 16 Yahoo! Nabs Google’s Marissa Mayer as Company’s New CEO Yahoo! has a new leader. Again. Marissa Mayer has been tapped to be the company's next CEO, the fifth person to take the helm of the Internet giant in five years. A longtime Google executive, Mayer had been responsible for…
Arts Sep 08 ‘Parallel Currents’ Showcases a Poet’s Collection of Latin American Art Entering Ricardo Pau-Llosa's home in Miami, visitors can't help but feel they've stepped into an art museum. From the kitchen to his high-ceilinged study, nearly every inch of his place is covered with works by contemporary of Latin American artists.
Arts Jul 16 Lissy Rosemont Writes Songs at My Dining Room Table Front-woman of the Junior League Band, Lissy Rosemont is set to release her third full-length album, "Jelly Roll," this week with a concert at Washington, D.C.'s Rock N Roll Hotel. Lissy is singer, guitarist, pianist, banjo player...and the author's fiancee.
Nation May 12 Genetics and Athletics: Is It in You? _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f6aqe9c',482,304,""); Great athletes are often referred to as "naturals" in their respective sports, but how much of their talent can be traced back to DNA is still uncertain to scientists. Are there genes that make some of us fantastic sprinters?…