The garden apartment, so familiar and ubiquitous today in Queens, was a new building type that transformed the urban landscape and the lifestyle of an emerging middle class. In the early 20th century, a number of the city’s most influential activists and intellectuals lived in these complexes. Dr. Jeffrey Kroessler, Associate Professor, Lloyd Sealy Library, [...]
We’re excited to announce the launch of The Human Spark web site. A three-part series to be broadcast on PBS in 2009, The Human Spark will follow Alan Alda in his quest to find the answer to one question: “What is the nature of human uniqueness?” Read more…
In 1974, the United States Supreme Court ordered President Nixon to surrender tape recordings of White House conversations about the Watergate affair. In the 1992 PBS documentary film “Nixon” producers draw from archival footage and interviews with experts about Richard Nixon’s controversial career. Listen to an interview with a Nixon Campaign Staff Member John [...]
The House approved Wednesday a hotly-debated housing rescue package aimed at helping strapped homeowners avoid foreclosures after President Bush dropped his opposition to the bill. Experts examine the measure on NewsHour. Originally aired: July 23, 2008
Sixteen-year old Joshua Jones of Chicago, Illinois kicks off Season Two of From the Top at Carnegie Hall. He also plays with the Gospel choir in his church and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Percussion Scholarship Group. Watch the video.
A century after falling out of favor among doctors, medicinal leeches are back in hospitals, sucking away on patients’ wounds. Watch the segment and read more about this treatment.
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe, about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the very existence of black holes. Watch a video about the visionaries behind the Hubble.
R&E had a chance early this past spring to visit members of a Chinese family as they honored their ancestors at their graves. It is the belief of many Chinese that there is an ongoing spiritual connection between them and their forebears. Watch the report here. Originally aired: July 18, 2008.
This film documents the lives of a group of young Palestinian men working illegally as construction laborers in the Israeli city of Modi’in. They work for Israeli contractors by day while hiding from police by night. Watch film.
‘Sally Gross – The Pleasure of Stillness‘ is an intimate portrait of critically-acclaimed dancer and choreographer Gross, called “the most poetic of minimalist modern-dance choreographers” by the NY Times. Watch this film online, completed in 2007.
