Mar 28 Watch 4:05 To draw fresh crowds, symphony offers modern take on classical music By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 25 Lawrence Ferlinghetti recounts more than six decades of life in San Francisco By Joanne Elgart Jennings The first time I met Lawrence Ferlinghetti was unforgettable: It was early on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and Elizabeth Farnsworth and I were working on a story about him for the PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Mar 03 Artist builds a wind-powered soup-serving soil-testing kitchen in Philadelphia By Joel Wanek, KQED For one week in 2011, North Philadelphia residents could see a windmill atop the roof of a formerly abandoned building. Test tubes of soil floated in the downstairs window of what was advertised as "Soil Kitchen," a place where you… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 5:47 Artist Amy Franceshini wants to confuse you … and that’s a good thing By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 In Veterans Courts, prosecutors become social workers for the accused By Spencer Michels Since the main job of district attorneys is to indict and prosecute criminals, you might find it odd that many of those prosecutors are whole-hearted supporters of a system that acts to treat — not to punish — the problems… Continue reading
Feb 03 San Francisco dance troupe bears witness to history of human trafficking By Joel Wanek, KQED Lenora Lee, the artistic director of her dance company Lenora Lee Dance, creates large-scale interdisciplinary choreography that combine video projection, martial arts, music and text to talk about culture, history and human rights issues. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 5:49 San Francisco dancers confront history and human rights through video, text By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 7:10 Library social worker helps homeless seeking quiet refuge By PBS News Hour Meet the nation's first full-time library social worker. Instead of trying to keep homeless residents from taking shelter in the urban haven of public libraries, San Francisco has adopted a new approach: employing a trained professional to address the needs… Continue watching
Jan 28 From nurses to social workers, see how public libraries are serving the homeless By Sandi Fox Public Libraries have become more than just a makeshift day shelter for the homeless, they are actively reaching out to them to provide services. Here are seven examples of what libraries across the nation are doing to serve the homeless. Continue reading
Jan 08 New York City bans restaurants from using plastic foam containers By Anna Sillers New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration announced today that, starting July 1, the city’s food establishments will be banned from using plastic foam containers. Continue reading