This Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, join PBS Nature for special events at the Bronx Zoo.
Zoo visitors can participate in a series of special activities and performances this …
Five thousand years ago the Minoans, Europe’s first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. Yet in their heyday, they mysteriously disappeared. “Sinking Atlantis” digs deep into the Minoan soil and history, following archaeologists who are finding evidence of a massive tsunami that devastated the Minoans – and may have spawned the myth of Atlantis.
WLIW New York’s acclaimed Visions series makes an aerial pilgrimage to Israel, the world’s only Jewish state – home to approximately 7.2 million and the Holy Land of the three …
A pioneer in the field of painting and multimedia, Rauschenberg passed away Monday night at age 82. Beyond his work, he was a primary member of the arts revolution …
Senator John McCain sought to distance himself from President Bush yesterday when he called for more action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and called for a mandatory cap-and-trade system to …
On Mother’s Day, New York community members and bird watchers woke to some disturbing news. The body of one young red-tailed hawk that lived in Riverside Park was found lifeless, …
“A Walk to Beautiful” tells the stories of rural women who make their way to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, seeking treatment for obstetric fistula, a life-shattering complication of childbirth that was once common in the pre-industrial United States but that is now relegated to the poorest regions of the world.
The most powerful earthquake to hit China in 30 years killed more than 12,000 people, with the death toll likely to rise with thousands more reportedly buried under crumpled buildings. …
Meet Eric Downs, a recent New York City transplant already singing his first role at the Met Opera in Prokofiev’s The Gambler. Find out what he loves about opera and watch him sing “Vi Ravviso” from Bellini’s La Sonnambula.
Dozens of Burmese expatriates rallied in the rain outside the United Nations on Friday, May 9, 2008, calling on the junta to allow aid into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar. Thirteen spoke to three of the protesters, some of whom have family trapped in the disaster zone. Watch the video:
