Sunday Morning

What is worthless, but priceless? Overlooked, but treasured? Ubiquitous, but ephemeral? What makes us stop in the street to transcend our pride and stoop to pick it up? It’s the humble, shiny, tiny penny. The Treasury announced it will cease making new pennies by early next year. Will they disappear …

Seems there’s more to smile about now, with the actors’ strike over, and red carpets full again. But in Hollywood, it’s not quite business-as-usual. The big labor dispute is still fresh in people’s minds. Last year, writers and actors walked off the job after contract talks with film and TV …

“If I paint a mountaintop, it’s not really a mountaintop; it’s an idea of a mountaintop,” said artist Ed Ruscha. Some artists are so weird and wonderful, you just can’t stop thinking about them. Maybe that’s why “CBS Sunday Morning” profiled Ruscha in 1983: …and again in 2011… … and …

At the Plumbers and Gasfitters Union Local 5’s training facility, in Lanham, Maryland, young men and women go through a five-year apprenticeship learning the trade, before they can call themselves licensed plumbers. “I was one of those kids that knew I wasn’t going to college,” said Julius Wright, a master …

It happened this past week … the death of a celebrated artist who faced both adversity and late-in-life controversy. Chuck Close died Thursday just outside New York City, of complications from a long illness. Born in Washington state in 1940, Close was an early adherent of photo-realism. Watch “Sunday Morning”‘s …

It happened this past week, the death of ballet dancer and teacher Jacques d’Amboise. Put into dance class by his mother at the age of seven to keep him off the streets, d’Amboise was just 15 when George Balanchine recruited him for the New York City Ballet. He performed on …

For many people, nothing beats a walk in the park – especially on a warm, sunny day. But why stroll, when you can roll? Roller skating, that four-wheel throwback, is staging a surprising comeback. From a crowd in Queens, New York to the Southern California coast, enthusiasts are going old-school, …

Check out these events around the country this coming week: GOLD CANYON, ARIZ.: Arizona Renaissance Festival (Weekends through March 29) Don’t miss raucous revelry at the 32nd annual Arizona Renaissance Festival. It’s a medieval amusement park, 14-stage theater, 30-acre circus, arts and crafts fair, jousting tournament and feast all rolled …

Check out these food events around the country this holiday week: Bangor, Me.: Maine Harvest Festival (November 23-24) Enjoy the fall harvest of over 200 Maine farmers, brewers, distillers, and festival food producers, by sampling their extraordinary creations as they “Celebrate Farm Fresh!” at this year’s 9th annual Maine Harvest …

On September 8, 1930, the comic strip “Blondie” first hit the funny pages. Created by cartoonist Chic Young, the strip originally portrayed Blondie as a Jazz Age flapper, and Dagwood as a carefree playboy. But in deference to the worsening Great Depression, they were transformed just a few years later …