PHILADELPHIA — Sun Ra, the Afrofuturist bandleader and intergalactic visionary who based his Arkestra in Philadelphia for decades, is heading to PBS. "Sun Ra: Do the Impossible," the Christine ...

West Virginia - Wild and Crazy Season 11 of Emmy award-winning Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope covers the globe from North America to Africa to Asia. Join host Joseph Rosendo as he hikes Taiwan’s Taroko ...

Sun Ra, the Afrofuturist bandleader and intergalactic visionary who based his Arkestra in Philadelphia for decades, is heading to PBS. It will be shown locally on WHYY at 9 p.m. Feb. 20. Sun Ra, who ...

Middle school students in Newark grapple with Elie Wiesel’s harrowing Holocaust memoir. The short stand-alone film Night in Newark takes place in the 7th grade classroom of the extraordinary teacher ...

There's a new documentary that just dropped on HBO Max. Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! It's about, well, Mel Brooks! And yes, he turned 99 this past June. Brooks joined us on Bullseye back in 2013.

PBS will soon highlight a pioneering musician whose band is still based in a Germantown rowhome. Sun Ra, the late bandleader of the Sun Ra Arkestra, is the subject of an episode of "American Masters" ...

One of the most important considerations for any arts critic and reviewer is to ponder the role that new work plays in the democratization of society. For any critic to embrace a genuine role as a ...

From swing to bebop to free jazz, Sun Ra bridged myriad musical styles to create a singular avant-garde sound, and with his ever-evolving collective, the Sun Ra Arkestra, he pushed the boundaries of ...

Follow the extraordinary true story of Dottie Mae, a beautifully adorned P-47 Thunderbolt that earned the tragic distinction of being the last U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft lost in Europe during World ...