Nov 09 Uniting through narrative: A vet’s plan to connect with civilians By Elisabeth Ponsot The weekly workshop is held by Words After War, a literary nonprofit that brings together veterans and civilians for writing instruction in an effort to bridge the gap between the two increasingly separate groups. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch ‘The other one percent’: Bridging the military-civilian divide in Brooklyn By Elisabeth Ponsot Tuesday is Veterans Day -- a day to honor those who have served. But since the draft ended in 1973, the number of Americans who serve in the armed forces has decreased dramatically, leading to what some fear is a… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Could Brooklyn hipsters help save the middle class? By PBS News Hour Frozen ginger slushies, tea-based pro-biotic drinks, a bed bug-killing steam machine -- these are just a few of the locally-grown products coming out of Brooklyn’s burgeoning artisan economy. But as popular as these start-ups may be, are they generating more… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Pulitzer-winning poet Vijay Seshadri fuses the fantastic with the everyday Continue watching
Jun 13 Pulitzer-winning poet Vijay Seshadri fuses the fantastic with the everyday By Frank Carlson The Bangalore-native, Brooklyn-based poet assiduously collects the details of his life, his world, his ruminations big and small, in the hope that once amassed and ordered they'll connect with readers and arrive at a higher meaning. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch Students stick around for two years of college at innovative Brooklyn high school By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Nicky Nodjoumi’s Art in Exile Nicky Nodjoumi's art in exile: From Tehran to Brooklyn… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory by… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Hundreds of Thousands in N.J. and N.Y. Lack Power in Slow Post-Sandy Recovery Hundreds of Thousands in N.J. and N.Y. Lack Power in Slow Post-Sandy Recovery… Continue watching