Feb 13 Watch 8:00 Jeffrey Wright on his Oscar-nominated performance in ‘American Fiction’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet 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… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 5:38 How a social media creator matches modern sports images with classic works of art By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Murrey Jacobson, Shoshana Dubnow More than 100 million viewers in the U.S. will tune into the Super Bowl this Sunday. These days, major live sports events are often a two-screen experience. But one fan puts a different lens on the moment, exploring the symmetry… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 5:47 Iranian American writer discusses new novel about struggling with survivor’s guilt By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet, Alexa Gold In 1988, amid the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. military accidentally shot down an Iranian commercial passenger jet, killing all 290 people aboard. That real-life tragedy sets in motion the fictional events in the new novel “Martyr!” a young Iranian American… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 7:34 New book ‘Madness’ documents the racism of a Jim Crow-era mental health facility By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Satvi Sunkara, Alexa Gold Crownsville Hospital in Maryland was one of the last segregated mental asylums in the country. Thousands of Black patients came through the overcrowded, understaffed hospital and many died there. NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton began looking into the facility a… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 5:14 Pakistani artist finds success painting what he’s lived, felt and feared By Jared Bowen, GBH Pakistani-born artist Salman Toor saw his career take off after he made a sudden shift to painting what he’s lived, felt and sometimes even feared. He gave special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston a tour of his ongoing exhibit… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 7:21 Artist reflects on the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest with a knife and paper By Cat Wise Paper cutting is an art form that possibly dates back to the invention of paper itself in China around 2,000 years ago. Since then, many cultures have developed their own unique styles. Special correspondent Cat Wise visited an artist whose… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 5:30 Why Google transformed a quantum computing lab into an artistic oasis By Mike Cerre Advance technology labs are not places where you're likely to find much creative artistic expression, let alone color. But a scientist and an artist have joined forces to help inspire the development of the next generation of computing at Google’s… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 2:35 Remembering the art and energy of tap dance legend Maurice Hines By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Maurice Hines, a legend of tap dance for seven decades, has died. He gained fame with his brother Gregory as the Hines Brothers, delighting audiences on stage, television and film. Jeffrey Brown has this remembrance for our arts and culture… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 6:40 Singer-songwriter Tommy Prine on finding his own voice in the shadow of his famous father By Tom Casciato Singer-songwriter Tommy Prine recently made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry. But his artistic journey that would bring him there was by no means assured. Special correspondent Tom Casciato has the story for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 5:37 ‘Anti-graffiti vigilantes’ fight vandalism along Rhode Island’s shore By Pamela Watts Spray-painted words and pictures, usually clandestine and often illegal, are getting erased by a group of New Englanders who have tagged themselves the anti-graffiti vigilantes. But the method they employ against the perpetrators is an art in itself. Pamela Watts… Continue watching