PBS NewsHour1 day agoMerleFest celebrates music from the Appalachian region and boosts the local economyPBS NewsHour - Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison ThoetMerleFest has been a mainstay on the music circuit since 1988. People flock to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina each year …
PBS NewsHour2 days agoNew exhibit chronicles work of late painter Barkley Hendricks and his use of the cameraPBS NewsHour - Jared Bowen, GBHBarkley L. Hendricks was a contemporary American painter who made pioneering contributions to Black portraiture and conceptualism. Special …
PBS NewsHour2 days agoFive years after taking its last bow, Ringling Bros. is back – this time, without animalsPBS NewsHour - Associated PressMIAMI (AP) — “The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal acts five years after shutting down its …
PBS NewsHour4 days agoYoung playwrights use the theater to confront the trauma of gun violencePBS NewsHour - Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Madison StatenIn 2021, more than 1,500 children and teenagers in the United States were killed by gunfire. Activists across the country are working to shed light …
PBS NewsHour6 days agoUkrainian band Kalush Orchestra wins Eurovision with a show of support for a nation gripped by warPBS NewsHour - Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press, Colleen Barry, Associated PressTURIN, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday in a clear show of popular support …
PBS NewsHour6 days agoTwitter feed memorializes Americans who have died during the pandemicPBS NewsHour - Sam Weber, Maea Lenei BuhreEach day the Twitter thread “Faces of COVID” posts the names, images and a short remembrance of Americans who have died from COVID-19. The project …
