2020-04-04 Getty Museum Asks Public to Recreate Works of Art
For years, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles has been famous for its large collection of European paintings, sculptures and…
2020-04-03 Jazz Great Ellis Marsalis Dead at 85, Fought Virus
Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz musician, teacher and head of a musical family has died after being infected with coronavirus.…
2020-04-04 Plague as Art: Over the Centuries, Many Kinds of Stories
Lauren Beukes is a writer who likes to tells stories about power between men and women. Her new book “Afterland,”…
2020-03-28 New Pearl Jam Album Rocks Hard on Climate Change
It has been almost six-and-a-half-years since the American music group Pearl Jam released an album. That changed Friday when the…
2020-03-28 Zimbabwean Artist’s Stone Sculptures Find Worldwide Praise
When Dominic Benhura started creating traditional Zimbabwean sculptures as a young man 40 years ago, he never thought it would…
2020-03-26 Maryland Musician Holds Daily Concerts During Coronavirus Outbreak
The spread of the new coronavirus has completely changed the daily routines of people around the world. Many are trying…
2020-03-23 Ugandan Poet Taking on Politics With Poetry
Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending more than a year in prison for some words she…
2020-03-21 Musicians Invite Us to Their Living Rooms
The spreading coronavirus has canceled several touring performances from top musical artists. But some of these musicians have found a…
2020-03-21 Inside with Coronavirus, Chinese Discover the Joy of Cooking
Chef Zhang Xuesi lowered the fire on the stove where he was cooking his Cantonese meal. He added all the…
2020-03-17 Hip Hop Museum to Open in New York
Hip hop is getting its very own museum in its birthplace in New York State. Hip hop is the name…
2020-03-16 Billionaire Will Raffle Away Picasso for Charity
Billionaire art collector David Nahmad cannot remember why he bought “Nature Morte,” a small oil painting by Pablo Picasso. Nahmad…
2020-03-14 US Botanic Garden Celebrates 200 Years of Plants and Flowers
Visitors come to the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. to enjoy many different plants, and the peace of…
2020-03-07 Nashville Expands Music Offerings to Movies, Video Games
Nashville, Tennessee is already known to many Americans as Music City. It is famous for country music in the United…
2020-02-29 ‘Human Computer’ for NASA Space Flights Dies at 101
The United States space agency recently marked the loss of a very important person to America’s early space efforts. NASA…
2020-03-06 Website Brings Attention to Lesser Known People in Black History
Professor Matthew Delmont decided a few years ago that he wanted to change how he teaches African American history. Delmont…