OK, Downtonians, t-minus 7 weeks and counting till the January 4 premiere and the excitement continues to build! Last weekend I was grounded, stuck in my apartment with a bad cold. So I thought, what a great excuse to pull …

The advent of digital distribution has blown the doors off the traditional discovery process for singers and songwriters. In the spirit of the PBS Arts documentary, Hitmakers, we spoke to a handful of people from the music industry in the New York area about how the internet has changed their experience and how they’ve managed to make it work for them.

On Wednesday, humans landed a tiny little robot on a comet very, very far away. The logistics of accomplishing this feat are extreme, and the barriers to success were huge. Now that Philae — the washing machine-sized lander segment of …

On November 13, THIRTEEN’s new Off-Broadway series, Theater Close-Up, visits a theater close to host Sigourney Weaver’s heart: The Flea in Lower Manhattan. Weaver has starred in several plays there, among them The Guys and Mrs. Farnsworth. About the Play …

Sled Hockey made its debut at the 1994 Paralympic Games. The gameplay is similar to ice hockey, however, instead of skates players use double-blade sleds, which allow the puck to pass beneath. They also use two double-ended sticks, each of …

In the spirit of How We Got to Now‘s Sound episode, where host Steven Johnson sounds off on the history of all things acoustic, we’re taking a look at four amazing innovations in modern sound tech. Sound from Vision How …

photo courtesy Art21/Studio Bruguera Tania Bruguera has eaten dirt in Havana, herded crowds of museum-goers in London, and organized for immigration reform in Queens. Born in Cuba in 1968 and currently residing in New York, her interdisciplinary practice takes many …

As Halloween nears, it’s time for ghosts of seasons past to come out, for thoughts to turn to things that go bump in the night and, more importantly, to what am I going to go dressed as? Will you be …

Updated April 17, 2020 Originally premiering on Theater Close-Up in October 2014, THIRTEEN, in special collaboration with the Public Theater, is delighted to make Richard Nelson’s four-play Apple Family cycle available again for a limited period of streaming from April …

THIRTEEN’s new Off-Broadway series, Theater Close-Up, premiered October 2 with John Van Druten’s London Wall from The Mint Theater Company. Want to learn more about the Mint and this acclaimed production? Read on, dear theater lover! About the Play London …