Tag: history
Broadway play imagines Martin Luther King's last moments
A new Broadway play called "The Mountaintop" imagines Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s private moments in his hotel room in the hours leading up to his death. ...
Nirvana: the last great invention of rock 'n' roll?
Twenty years ago this month, a new sound blasted the cobwebs out of every radio station in America: Nirvana's 'Nevermind,' becoming the defining record for Generation X....
Massive restoration project in Kabul reveals buried history
A massive restoration project in a historic neighborhood in Kabul devastated by the war reveals exquisite buildings buried under garbage....
Learning about 9/11 in the classroom
The challenges to teaching about 9/11 when students are increasingly too young to have many actual memories of the events of that day....
Update of '9/11' documentary revisits firefighters ten years later
In honor of 10-year anniversary of 9/11, Jules and Gedeon Naudet recently remade their 2002 documentary, re-interviewing some of the firefighters from the first film....
Comedian Harry Shearer's serious work: 'The Big Uneasy'
Long time resident Harry Shearer takes a 180 degree shift from his comedy career to write and direct a new documentary about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina....
Beer mystery solved: A yeast voyage and the birth of lager
Scientists have discovered the second half of the hybrid yeast used to make lager style beer, which could mean a better brew in the future....
Ken Kesey's Magic Bus and the tour of The Merry Pranksters
A new documentary contends that author Ken Kesey's legendary cross-country road trip kicked off the psychedelic 1960s....
Freedom of Information and Jack the Ripper
Retired police detective files several Freedom of Information requests to access Jack the Ripper case files....
The big life of the small Mrs. Tom Thumb
'Mrs. Tom Thumb' is a fictional account of the life of Lavinia Warren -- only 32 in. tall and made famous by P.T. Barnum's traveling circus....
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