A new four-part documentary series by Ken Burns paints a sweeping portrait of a man whose life intersected with many of modern America’s most profound changes. By Finn Cohen Stephen B. Oates ...

Ken Burns is famous for documenting battles. Now he’s joined one. Lure Fishbar has been a staple in New York’s Soho neighborhood for 20 years, and local Burns is campaigning to save it from ...

On Nov. 25, 1783, Capt. Johann Ewald watched the start of the biggest party New York City had ever seen. “On all corners one saw the flag of thirteen stripes flying, cannon salutes were fired ...

The award-winning filmmaker has slept in the same bedroom for over four decades. He credits his home with allowing him to make the films everyone said he couldn’t. Ken Burns has lived in this ...

With Ken Burns and Sarah Burns, he wrote, directed and produced The Central Park Five, ... which won a Peabody Award and Best Non-Fiction Film of 2012 from The New York Film Critics Circle. ...

Ken Burns on the genius of Leonardo da Vinci 07:20. ... He's also a New York Times bestselling author, a five-time TED speaker, and host of 20 NOVA science specials on PBS.

On Nov. 25, 1783, Capt. Johann Ewald watched the start of the biggest party New York City had ever seen. “On all corners one saw the flag of thirteen stripes flying, cannon salutes were fired ...