Novelist and poet Bushra Rehman celebrates the Pakistani American community of 1980s Corona, Queens, and the coming of age of a queer Muslim girl and budding writer in her novel "Roses in the Mouth of a Lion."
Artistic Director Janis Burley Wilson discusses the culturally-specific multidisciplinary programming of the August Wilson African American Cultural Center for the Pittsburgh community.
Author of the NEA Big Read title "Nothing to See Here" Kevin Wilson discusses the serious issues at the heart of this outrageous (and outrageously funny) novel.
Signature Theatre’s Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner talks about making musical theater magic in Northern Virginia with Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods."
Navajo/Diné Textile Artist and Weaver and 2022 National Heritage Fellow TahNibaa Naataanii talks about the practice of Navajo/Diné weaving--an art that is a way of life.
Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee) discusses her novel Crooked Hallelujah which gives us the stories of four generations of Cherokee women and the love, support, and conflict they share as they navigate their lives in and out of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma...
We are celebrating Native American Heritage Month and National Heritage Award by revisiting Penobscot Nation Ash/Sweetgrass Basketmaker and 2016 National Heritage Fellow Theresa Secord who discusses bringing an ancient art into the 21st century.
Step Artist and producer and 2022 National Heritage Fellow C. Brian Williams discusses the rich cultural history of stepping and his work bringing the art form from Black fraternities and sororities to audiences in more than 60 countries and 49 state...
Director of Communications for the Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society in Athens Ohio Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed talks about repurposing a vacant but historically significant Black church into a cultural center—with an assist from the Citizens’ In...
Filmmaker Loira Limbal talks about her 2020 documentary Through the Night which examines a home-based 24-hour day-care center and the personal cost to the mothers who need it and the woman that runs it.
Flamenco Artist and 2022 National Heritage Fellow Eva Enciñias has spent her life to elevating flamenco while weaving it into the fabric of community-life, teaching generations not just the dance steps, but the history and significance of flamenco it...
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