2015-10-30 The Boy on Graves-End Road by Caty Weaver
Editor’s Note: This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners. Each story has video,…
2015-10-28 World Series Teams Last Won in 1980s
The last time the Kansas City Royals won baseball’s championship – the World Series – it was 1985. Ronald Reagan…
2015-10-21 ‘Back to the Future’ Celebrates 30 Years
Thirty years ago, Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled in time “back to the future” in the film “Back to…
2015-10-26 What Makes Beauty So Appealing?
Every year the entertainment magazine People publishes a list of who it considers the most beautiful people in the world.…
2015-10-18 Route 66: ‘The Highway That’s The Best’
On November 11, 1926, a 3,900-kilometer long highway was established in the United States. It was not the first American…
2015-10-10 Who Goes to a Rock Concert With Their Mother? Millennials!
When musicians over the age of 50 are the star performers, you expect to see many baby boomers cheering them…
2015-10-04 California Dogs Riding The Waves
Some people enjoy the water sport of surfing. Many others enjoy watching those surfers riding the waves. And still others…
2015-09-19 Two-Step Dancing with Ghosts at Arizona Club
The students have returned to classes at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. But they cannot spend all their time just…
2015-09-10 Oklahoma Rodeo Celebrates Western Traditions
Rodeos are hugely popular sport events in the Western states of America, where horseback riding, livestock animals and fancy rope…
2015-09-12 Sam Smith To Sing for New James Bond ‘Spectre’
When it comes to a James Bond movie, we all have been taught that there are at least two things…
2015-09-14 Willis Conover, the Voice of Jazz, Is Now Online
Saxophonist Ahmad Alaadeen said this about jazz music. “Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a…
2015-09-06 Country Music Ladies Put Men in Their Place
American country music lyrics often describe women as they might appear in men’s dreams. This is especially true of songs…
2015-09-06 Rare Pictures Capture Native Americans in Late 1800s
Over a century ago, Walter McClintock captured rare images of Native Americans and their culture. McClintock was the son of…
2015-09-02 Tanglewood Music Center Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The world famous Boston Symphony Orchestra normally performs at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. But its summer home is the…
2015-08-22 Movie Shows Rap Group ‘Straight Outta Compton’
The music genre known as gangster, or gangsta, rap was born in the poor, dangerous neighborhood of Compton, in Los…