Nov 04 Watch 6:05 Enriching the lives of Nashville seniors, one song at a time By John Yang, Leah Nagy In Nashville, the nonprofit Music for Seniors connects the city’s musicians with its older residents in an effort to build community and improve seniors’ quality of life. Now, the organization is teaming up with researchers at Vanderbilt University to see… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 3:47 This Detroit bead museum honors an African legacy while modeling revitalization By Mary Ellen Geist Detroit is home to an unusual museum that draws on African history and customs, filling an entire city block with installations and sculptures. The MBAD African Bead Museum also allows visitors hands-on experiences -- and acts as a stabilizing force… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 2:55 Why seeing a role model who looks like you is so powerful "I’ve always thought that seeing is believing,” said Dr. Elizabeth Wayne, a biomedical engineer. In her career, that’s meant innovating new ways of showing people what happens in the body, but also, as a black woman in the sciences, the… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 5:05 Why music has such profound effects on the brain By Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman Why does music give us chills, motivate us to work out and make us feel connected to one another? Neuroscientist and opera singer Indre Viskontas explains the power of music and its effects on our brains in her new book,… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 8:13 Brad Pitt on turning undertold stories into movies: ‘Every film needs some champion’ By Jeffrey Brown As one of the world's biggest and best-known movie stars, Brad Pitt is spending as much time helping get films made as he is acting. His latest project, "Ad Astra," is about a journey to the far reaches of the… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 3:06 Angel Otero’s brief but spectacular take on discovering his artistic voice Artist Angel Otero’s brand of visual storytelling is a unique one: he creates oil skins from paint poured onto glass and peeled off in sheets once it dries. But as a child growing up in Puerto Rico, Otero had a… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 8:40 How blockchain technology could revolutionize the art market By Miles O'Brien The technology underpinning blockchain is a powerful decentralizing network architecture that could revolutionize many industries. Now, some artists are leveraging blockchain to help guarantee the authenticity of their work -- and ensure that they get paid. Miles O’Brien reports on… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 3:29 How acclaimed photographer Robert Frank examined America ‘beneath the surface’ By Amna Nawaz Robert Frank was among the most influential photographers of the 20th century, known for vividly capturing the quirks and social divisions of everyday American life. His work was distinguished by a unique artistic style as well as a focus on… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch 3:16 How Cambodia’s 1st all-male, gay dance company is preserving tradition In 2015, artist Prumsodun Ok formed Cambodia’s first all-male and gay-identified Khmer dance company -- in his living room. Part of his mission was to support the revival of an art form all but destroyed by the reign of the… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 6:09 At Santa Fe’s International Folk Art Market, culture is the commodity By Kathleen McCleery Master artists from around the world gather in Santa Fe, New Mexico, each summer for the International Folk Art Market. The world's largest folk art market, it aims to preserve cultural traditions and foster economic opportunity. But it holds special… Continue watching