American history has never sounded so cool — or so A-list. Everyone's favorite documentary filmmaker Ken Burns returns to PBS Nov. 16 with "The American Revolution." It's a six-part, 12-hour treatise ...

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual ...

The American Revolution filmmaker talks about the hypocrisies of US history and what’s missing from our political lives today ...

A Motown Christmas: Repeat of 2024 special with Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey hosting performances by Gladys Knight, ...

These 11 delightful communities offer peaceful settings and small-town charm! Ferndale looks like someone plucked a Victorian village and placed it perfectly intact in northern California. The entire ...

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) “From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen. Not to be extinguished.” Cultural ...

Testing the human animal’s tolerance for plaintive fiddles, wheezy bagpipes, Peter Coyote and the whispery recitations of diary entries, “The American Revolution” is the most Ken Burns-y of Ken Burns ...

Peter Coyote reflects on growing up in Englewood and how the landscape shaped his view of history. Coyote said he lets the script guide him, allowing Ken Burns’ words to shape the tone without ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...