President Biden took aim at the former president in remarks at a Washington dinner Saturday. But he also warned of threats to freedom and democracy at home and abroad. Source
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An Alabama sculpture park evokes the painful history of slavery
In Montgomery, the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park – 17 acres filled with nearly 50 sculptures by world-famous artists – evokes the history and repercussions of slavery in America. Source
Alabama sculpture park evokes history of slavery
In Montgomery, Alabama, a long-neglected plot of land, wedged between a maze of train tracks and the river, has been transformed into the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park – 17 acres filled with nearly 50 sculptures by world-famous artists like Kehinde Wiley, Hank Willis Thomas, Simone Leigh and Rose B. Simpson. It’s the latest installation by the Equal Justice Initiative to evoke the history and repercussions of slavery in America. Correspondent Mark Whitaker reports. Source
Koi: “Swimming jewels”
Koi carp are loved and admired for their size and bright markings and not just in Japan; breeders exported nearly $50 million worth of koi last year, with America the second-largest importer of koi in the world. Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer visits a fish beauty pageant of sorts at the All Japan Koi Show in Tokyo, and talks with fish breeders and aficionados about the charisma of koi. Source
Posing questions to “Jeopardy!” champion-turned-host host Ken Jennings
He was an all-time “Jeopardy!” champion who became host of the venerable game show that is marking its 60th year on the air. Ken Jennings talks about training as a contestant, and what it means to him to succeed the late Alex Trebek. Source
Posing questions to “Jeopardy!” champion-turned-host Ken Jennings
He was an all-time “Jeopardy!” champion who became host of the venerable game show that is marking its 60th year on the air. Ken Jennings talks about training as a contestant, and what it means to him to succeed the late Alex Trebek. Source
“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings
He was an all-time “Jeopardy!” champion who is now host of the venerable game show that is marking its 60th year on the air. Correspondent Luke Burbank puts the answers – no, the questions to Ken Jennings about how he trained as a contestant, and what it means to him to succeed the late Alex Trebek. Source
“The Notebook”: Turning the bestselling romance into a Broadway musical
In 1996 Nicholas Sparks’ romantic novel became a bestseller. Eight years later it was adapted to a classic movie starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. And now, the love story that was “a song, a dream, a whisper,” is a Broadway musical. Source
“The Notebook” brings its romance to Broadway
In 1996 Nicholas Sparks’ romantic novel “The Notebook” became a bestseller. Eight years later it was adapted to a classic movie starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. And the love story that was “a song, a dream, a whisper,” is now a Broadway musical. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Sparks and with members of the creative team that turned his book into a show that is already causing considerable audience joy and weeping. Source
Thomas Dambo’s magical troll art
The Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo uses reclaimed wood and scraps from landfills to create giant works of art depicting trolls – magical creatures that he has installed in 17 countries. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Dambo about his creation depicting Oscar the Bird King, hidden in the woods of Vashon Island near Seattle, and how his sculptures blend in with the natural world. Source