Artist David Driskell died last year of COVID-19 at age 88, but he's finally getting his due. For the first…
Anne Azzi Davenport
Acclaimed film director Ava Duvernay, whose projects include "The 13th," "When They See Us," and "Selma", is behind a new…
In the summer of 1969 cameras captured a series of concerts in Harlem featuring artists who would go on to…
Jeffrey Brown reports on a story of choreography and community, as renowned dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones explores who…
There's no business like show business, but for 18 months during the pandemic, Broadway theaters had virtually no business at…
History is being made Monday night at The Metropolitan Opera -- for one of the country's most important cultural organizations…
Artist Shazia Sikander is straddling worlds and using her art to examine how we see the past and present, east…
Ken Burns' latest four-part documentary "Muhammad Ali" will premiere Sunday on PBS for four nights. Jeffrey Brown visited Burns at…
Jeffrey Brown has the story of prominent poet Rita Dove confronting private pains and public strains; home and history. This…
With memories of Sept. 11, 2001 fading for some, and images of that day unknown to a younger generation, the…
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