PBS has launched PBS Arts (www.pbs.org/arts), a new website that offers the opportunity to experience the arts and explore the creative process through special virtual exhibits, videos from PBS national and local programs and interactive features.

The renowned Vienna Philharmonic continues its summertime tradition with another open-air concert held in the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace. With conductor Franz Welser-Möst at the helm, the Vienna Philharmonic returns to the Palace for “Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2010,” part of the “Great Performances” series.

WCVE Corporate Sponsorship Team at the 2010 Retail Merchants’ Marketing Expo

The annual Retail Marketing Expo in downtown Richmond August 3rd drew a record number of exhibitors and people attending this year.  This year’s theme, “Ride the Winning Wave,” showcased opportunities to ride out the recession and into the new waves of the future.

From Fresh Air – Brian May, the lead guitarist in the British glam-rock band Queen, is a modern-day renaissance man.

May’s interests aren’t limited to the rock world. Before Queen made it big, May was studying astrophysics at Imperial College in London.

“Aretha Franklin Presents: Soul Rewind,” a comprehensive collection of rare performances by legendary R&B performers of the classic 1960s-70s soul era, offers an abundance of long-lost archival material that has been recovered from film vaults across the United States, England, Germany and France.

From NPR’s Morning Edition – Step outside on a clear day this summer and look up. What do you see? Blue. And maybe a plane or a bird up there, but otherwise ... nothing. Or so you think.

Hey parents! Did you know about the science and math programming that you and your child can watch online anytime? PBS Kids Go! offers science and math video content that teach and entertain, which makes learning a fun experience for kids in preschool as well as elementary grade levels.

“Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance” earned an "Award of Distinction" from the Communicator Awards. The documentary was also nominated for an EMMY Award through the Capital chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

From NPR’s All Things Considered – We’re seeing the most detailed images of the moon’s surface ever captured from afar — thanks to NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The space probe carries a super-powerful camera, which photographs every bit of the moon’s surface for scientists to examine.