Jul 05 Public radio’s iconic ‘Prairie Home Companion’ celebrates 40 years By Megan Thompson A three-day anniversary event kicked off Friday at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, where Garrison Keillor first broadcast "A Prairie Home Companion" on July 6, 1974. Back then, there were about 12 people in the audience. Today the show… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Documenting gay rights activists at dawn of the movement By PBS News Hour KQED presents a report on photographer Anthony Friedkin and his efforts to document gay life more than 40 years ago. Friedkin's photographs were ahead of their time and most galleries wouldn’t show them -- until now. The culmination of Friedkin’s… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch ‘Degenerate Art’ exhibit explores Nazi assault on modern art By PBS News Hour A new exhibit at the Neue Galerie in New York juxtaposes the classical 19th century paintings and sculptures that Adolf Hitler loved, with the abstract art that he hated and labeled "degenerate." The Nazis put on a show of so-called… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Auction for 18th century viola starts at $45 million By PBS News Hour An 18th century viola by Antonio Stradivarius, the famed Italian lute-maker, is up for auction at Sotheby's starting at $45 million. The old stringed instruments, known as "Strads" are praised for their masterful craftsmanship. But a French researcher who blindfolded… Continue watching
Jun 15 Legendary radio personality Casey Kasem is dead at 82 By Elisabeth Ponsot Casey Kasem, the radio legend known for counting down the nation's greatest hits on the "American Top 40" broadcast died on Sunday. He was 82. Continue reading
May 30 Arts education helps build ‘whole people,’ says singer Jessye Norman By Frank Carlson Award-winning singer Jessye Norman has a big problem with declining arts programs in America’s schools. “It is a big issue and it makes me completely crazy,” Norman told correspondent Jeffrey Brown, when they sat down to discuss her new memoir,… Continue reading
May 25 Watch Soldier documents experience in Afghanistan in tintype photographs By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 23 Fire engulfs iconic Art Nouveau building and school in Scotland By Lorna Baldwin Firefighters in Glasgow, Scotland today battled to save what they could of the Glasgow School of Art, one of Scotland’s most famous and treasured buildings. The main doors of the Glasgow School of Art. Photo by Flickr user… Continue reading