A PBS "Independent Len" documentary, "We Were Here," recalls the largely gay Castro District of San Francisco of the 1980s and chronicles the early days of the AIDS epidemic. Spencer Michels speaks with the filmmaker David Weissman.
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Lacrosse is a uniquely American sport. We spoke with sports reporter Scott Price about his book, "The American Game: History…
In Boston, music therapy is being used to enrich the well-being of people hoping to overcome trauma. Senior arts correspondent…
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is just a few months short of the four-year mark. PBS's Frontline, working with…
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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died. His family said it was from a “seizure followed by pneumonia.” The native son…
Cliff was nominated for seven Grammys and won twice for best reggae album.
Congressman James Clyburn has spent more than three decades in Congress. In his new book, he turns his attention to…
The self-portrait is among the few Kahlo pieces that have remained in private hands outside Mexico, where her body of…
The issues at this year’s event sprang from a sharp-tongued scolding of Fátima Bosch Fernández, which sparked a controversy marked…
The night’s honorees expressed gratitude for prizes bestowed and for literature itself, and horror and disenchantment at the political and…
Andrew Gn, the pioneering Singaporean fashion designer known for his uncompromising attention to detail, is featured in a new retrospective…
The pieces were up for auction Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s in New York. The painting “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” helped…
Louvre director Laurence des Cars said on Wednesday that the cameras — about 100 of them — will be up…
Sometimes, the right learning environment can change everything. For Courtney Irwin, that place was a youth development center in Salinas,…
For decades, David Kelley has helped people unlock their creativity. A pioneer of design, he founded the Stanford d.school as…
