Feb 21 Watch 7:36 Praise for the printed page: Will Amazon leave French bookstores in peril? By PBS News Hour In France, even though the price of books was fixed years ago to prevent price differentiation, some worry the country's thousands of bookstores may now be in jeopardy as more customers flock to online retailers, such as Amazon. The online… Continue watching
Feb 15 Chinese New Year celebrations around the globe ring in the Year of the Goat By News Desk Celebrations around the world are already underway for the Chinese New Year, which begins next Thursday, Feb. 19 and lasts until March 5. Often marked by fireworks and family feasts within China, customs and observances of 2015's Year of the… Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 4:08 Will 'Fresh Off the Boat' turn the tide for Asian Americans on TV? By PBS News Hour The new ABC sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat" debuted to winning ratings and marked the first time in 20 years you could watch a network series centered on an Asian-American family. But will the popular sitcom clear the path for… Continue watching
Feb 11 In 'The Sculptor,' cartoonist Scott McCloud tackles mortality, love, art By Ruth Tam Cartoonist Scott McCloud, best known for the “Understanding Comics” series, talks about “The Sculptor,” his first graphic novel and his first work of fiction in over 30 years. Continue reading
Feb 07 Photos: Life in the Mississippi Delta in the 1980s and 90s By Brian Epstein, Daniel Costa-Roberts Photographer Birney Imes spent more than 20 years wandering through the Mississippi Delta region capturing images of the lives he came upon. Continue reading
Feb 01 The next Serial? 12 podcasts to listen to instead of watching Super Bowl XLIX By Andrew Mach Still feeling a void after the end of Serial? Not really into the big game? Here's a list of podcasts you can listen to in the time it takes to watch Super Bowl XLIX. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 7:22 Investing in America's cultural capital By PBS News Hour The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities turn 50 this year. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Jane Chu of the NEA and William “Bro” Adams of the NEH about the contributions artists and humanists make… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 4:03 Theater on a canal? Avant-garde productions immerse audiences, cut costs By PBS News Hour Site-specific theater, a growing art form that immerses audiences into productions, has become a tool for some producers to save money by defraying pricey traditional staging. NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green reports on a show playing from a particularly unconventional site… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch Aspiring filmmakers get a kickstart on their teen zombie movie By PBS News Hour Sam Suchmann and Mattie Zufelt are best friends. Three years ago, these teenagers with Down syndrome had the idea to make a zombie movie. Now, with help from their supporters, they have raised more than $50,000. The NewsHour's Mike Melia… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Photographer captures how veterans experience the collision of war and the civilian world By PBS News Hour Continue watching