Aug 21st, 2008 · A landmark film about the lives of Native Americans in 1950s Los Angeles has been given a new life. Thanks to the efforts of filmmaker Charles Burnett and award-winning author Sherman Alexie, the 1961 film The Exiles has been restored. Burnett and Alexie speak about the film's significance and relevance more than 40 years after its release.
Aug 20th, 2008 · The book Cornerstones pays tribute to the places that make a city human: the cornerstones of the city's social geography. In New Orleans, naturally, many of those places are bars.
Aug 6th, 2008 · Although he never played a note, Granz has no equal in the history of popular music. Under his own family of independent labels, the concert and record producer organized hundreds of the landmark jazz performances and albums of the 20th century.
Jul 4th, 2008 · When Carole King's album Tapestry came out in 1971, it became one of the best-selling albums of all time and marked her as one of pop's most talented songwriters. King's masterpiece has been reissued as a 2-disc Legacy Edition by Sony. Music historian Milo Miles takes a look at the landmark work.
Jul 4th, 2008 · The Washington National Opera presents George Gershwin's landmark opera, in a performance originally webcast live on NPR.org from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The show also includes interviews with director Francesca Zambello, conductor Wayne Marshall and more.
Jun 30th, 2008 · Earl Warren served as U.S. chief justice through much of the 1950s and 1960s, a time when the court made landmark civil rights decisions and other rulings with wide-ranging social importance. Warren's retirement came 40 years ago this month.
Jun 29th, 2008 · The landmark Supreme Court decision on gun rights has sparked a series of lawsuits by the National Rifle Association against handgun bans in five jurisdictions around the country. The NRA is suing San Francisco, Chicago and three smaller municipalities.
Jun 28th, 2008 · A day after the Supreme Court issued a landmark gun ruling striking D.C.'s handgun ban, the National Rifle Association filed suit in five jurisdictions to overturn their bans as well. One of the suits is against the City of San Francisco over its ban on handguns in public housing.