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PBS The NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan tours an exhibit now at the Smithsonian about the famed Apollo Theater.
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Built in 1914 and originally named Hurtig and Seamon's New Burlesque Theatre, Harlem's famous Apollo Theater first catered to whites only. However, ownership changed hands in 1934 and a new era in black entertainment and American pop culture was launched.
An installati...on chronicling the history of the landmark theater is on display at the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
PBS Supersisters blogger Patience writes about the unique, loving bond shared by her daughter and her father. Does your family have a similar relationship? Tell us about it.
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His English is all but gone, just a few words here and there. He isn't sure how it happened exactly, but said he just can't remember anymore. Maybe it was his retirement this year, or no daily practice. But for whatever the reason, he is returning to where he started; the language that is closest to his heart.
PBS We've collected trailers for the biggest programs coming to PBS this fall, and put them all in one place. See them in the "2010 Fall Previews" collection on the PBS Video Portal. Which of these shows will you put on your calendar?
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- Into the ballpark The Tenth Inning by Ken Burns- The scene of the crime Masterpiece Sherlock - The edge of controversy POV The Most Dangerous Man in America - Under the big top Circus
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In Minneapolis, two arts organizations -- mnartists.org and Springboard for the Arts -- have taken a business model created by small, independent farmers and adapted it for the visual arts. Just as Community Supported Agriculture (or C.S.A.) programs connect growers dir...ectly to the people buying and eating their food, a new Community Supported Art program assists artists in selling their work to local patrons through a kind of seasonal subscription.
See MorePBS PBS NewsHour columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the week's top news.
PBS How is it that an error on the Washington Post's website that had been pointed out by a multitude of commenters went uncorrected for roughly two weeks? PBS MediaShift Idea Lab blogger Scott Rosenberg tells the tale of a silly error that stuck around for far too long.
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Of this we can be certain: There is no such thing as the intersection of Mozart Place and 16th Street NW. These two Washington, D.C, thoroughfares in the Adams-Morgan area parallel each other.
So when people who knew the neighborhood read the Washington Post's "Crime S...cene" post on Aug. 12 about a homicide in the area, and saw a reference to such a location as the place where the victim was found, they knew something was wrong. In fact, the first three commenters on the story pointed out the mistake.
PBS The NewsHour has created a comprehensive library of content related to Hurricane Katrina -- all in one place, via the link below.
PBS Whether you wear whatever's handy or put together a well-coordinated ensemble, your outfit makes some sort of fashion statement. But imagine wearing clothes that could, literally, speak for themselves. Learn more from the Inside NOVA blog.
PBS As New Orleans and the Gulf Coast mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this weekend, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly reprises its 2007 Web-exclusive interview with jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard about his CD "A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)" and the meaning of the storm.
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Listen to more of our 2007 interview about Hurricane Katrina with jazz great Terence Blanchard, who says there has to be something for us to learn from this.
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Diane Singleton of Houston, Texas, admits she's 50-something but not much more. On her Facebook page, however, you can find out where she went to high school and which local businesses she "likes." Singleton is part of a growing number of 50- to 65-year-olds using social networking tools on the inte...
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NEED TO KNOW explains the background of the very public war going on
right now between shipping giants FedEx and UPS.
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A brief provision in an airline safety bill has prompted a heated, and confusing, public spat between shipping giants UPS and FedEx.
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This Day in History -- 1908: Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States was born in Stonewall, Texas.
Watch as American Experience chronicles LBJ’s political rise and his presidential legacy in the documentary, "The Presidents: LBJ."
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Part of the award-winning The Presidents collection.
PBS Nannies and other domestic workers are a largely invisible part of the workforce who traditionally have had no recourse for employer mistreatment. Next week, New York will sign the nation's first domestic workers' rights bill -- but some say that comprehensive childcare reform is the missing factor.
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New York is poised to sign the nation's first law protecting the rights of nannies and other domestic workers. But can working moms afford it? And is national childcare reform needed?
PBS KQED News in San Francisco is in the midst of a big growth phase. It's hiring more journalists, expanding its coverage and launching new projects. PBS MediaShift blogger Katie Donnelly details the changes and what they mean for readers, viewers and listeners.
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Last month, KQED News in San Francisco dramatically expanded the scope of its news coverage with a new website, an increase from six to 16 local radio newscasts and the addition of eight news staffers, including six producers/reporters, a developer and a social media sp...ecialist. Its expansion will continue over the next several months (look for a new news blog in the next couple of months).
PBS On Thursday's PBS NewsHour, Paul Solman talked to Harvard Law School professor Robert Mnookin, an expert on negotiation, about his new book "Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight." Mnookin has offered to answer viewer questions on negotiating. Post them in the comments section below and the NewsHour will publish answers next week.
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