Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
"Last Christmas" was released by the British pop duo Wham! in 1984 and is still a holiday favorite over 20 years later. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
Theater director Simon Stone deconstructs some of the common visual and audio tricks of modern theater, utilizing a cast of first-time volunteer actors recruited in the days prior to TEDxSydney 2011 and rehearsed just once.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The President and First Lady kick off an evening of poetry, music, and the spoken word at the White House.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The First Lady welcomes the first act in an evening of poetry, music and spoken word at the White House. Pianist ELEW and bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding kick off the evening with an instrumental jazz fusion performance. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Mayda del Valle, a poet whose work has helped to raise the bar in poetry circles all over the world, performs her piece "a faith like yours" at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
Difficulty: Advanced
USA
Academy Award winning actor James Earl Jones performs a passage from Shakespeare's Othello at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Writer Ayelet Waldman and her Pulitzer Prize-winning husband Michael Chabon share their White House Talk at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Esperanza Spalding, the first jazz musician to ever win a Grammy award, covers Lauryn Hill's song “Tell Him.” The song is loosely inspired by the famous Bible passage about "faith, hope, and love" from First Corinthians chapter 13.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA Hawaii
Poet, activist, and scholar Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio recites a poem about remembering her cultural roots by honoring her family and recalling their Hawaiian names. The last part of the poem is spoken in Hawaiian.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Brave New Voices slam champion Joshua Bennett performs “Tamaraʼs Opus” at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Writer and star of the Broadway musical In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda performs "The Hamilton Mixtape" at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word. Accompanied by Alex Lacamoire.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
White Lies are from England and make wonderful indie rock music. Check out this tune by them entitled “Farewell to the Fairground.”
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
January 6 commemorates the day that three dudes gave a bunch of gifts to baby Jesus. But... who were they and why did they have hipster beards?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Our newest Who’s That Girl is sports reporter Michelle Beadle. Co-host of ESPN’s SportsNation and ABC’s Winners Bracket, Michelle sat down with Mankind Unplugged’s Heather Welborn and Super Bowl XLI champion Jason David to talk about celebrity crushes and much more.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Wild dolphins playing with a plastic bag and a camerawoman. A video by the Wild Dolphin Foundation.
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