Wu Man is a professional Chinese musician living in the West. Her instrument is the pipa, a stringed instrument plucked like a guitar.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sherman Alexie is one of America’s most acclaimed young writers with strong opinions about what it means to be a “real” Indian.
Thinking about taking piano lessons at 69? Or violin at 73? Maybe guitar after you retire? Well, even if you're not thinking about those things, maybe you should be. According to Francine Toder, author of “The Vintage Years,” learning a musical instrument is one of the best things you can do for your mind and body as you get older.
Steve Almond tells Steve Paulson some of his favorite candy bars are the regional specialities, and remembers the pop rocks craze.
Young activist Roni Krouzman tells Anne Strainchamps what it was like to participate in the demonstrations in Seattle, and how today’s protests resemble street theater.
The number one selling gospel artist last year is also a lightning rod in the Black Church.
“Buzkashi Boys” was one of the film shorts nominated for an Oscar this year. This is a coming of age story set in Afghanistan’s national sport, Buzkashi. It's a game of horse polo played with a dead goat instead of a ball.
Historian Steven Mintz tells Jim Fleming that the idyllic, carefree American childhood never existed.
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