How artists have depicted Circe’s power through time
Here's a small sampling of the goddess' rich visual history, from ancient Greece to contemporary America.
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‘Circe’ author Madeline Miller answers your questions
Madeline Miller, author of our December pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown…
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Making NewsHour Weekend: Tuning into bigger conversations through music
This year, NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker and Tom Casciato reported on the notion of masculinity through the lens of music…
The influential people we said goodbye to in 2019
This year saw the deaths of people who shifted culture through prose, politics, pragmatism and persistence. It also witnessed tragedy,…
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New film ‘The Two Popes’ explores Catholic ideology’s ‘gray areas’
When Pope Benedict resigned in 2013, it was the first papal resignation since 1415 -- nearly 600 years. At the…
‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88
His goddaughter Jane Dorian confirmed his death to The Associated Press early Friday. He died of pulmonary complications in Miami,…
Newseum hailed free press, but got beaten by free museums
Sitting almost equidistant between the White House and the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue, the glass-walled building became instantly recognizable for…
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Author Sarah Broom on ‘The Yellow House’ and putting New Orleans East on the map
Sarah Broom's 2019 memoir, "The Yellow House," won the National Book Award for non-fiction. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Broom…
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At rare J.M.W. Turner show, the watercolors are as fragile as they are many
British painter J.M.W. Turner was both prolific and peripatetic, producing more than 30,000 watercolors during a lifetime in which he…
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Mike Love’s Brief But Spectacular take on life as a Beach Boy
Singer and songwriter Mike Love is best known as one of the founding members of the Beach Boys, whose infectious…
