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Category Archive
Culture Canvas May 24, 2012 |
A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.
Q&A: 'Dear World, From Joplin With Love' May 23, 2012 |
Marking the one year anniversary of the tornado, a new exhibit, "Dear World, From Joplin With Love," opened Saturday at the Spiva Center for the Arts. Art Beat talked to executive director Jo Mueller and public relations coordinator Lori Marble about the exhibit.
Weekly Poem: 'Visiting Auschwitz' May 21, 2012 |
Elana Bell is the author of "Eyes, Stone" (2012, LSU Press), winner of the Walt Whitman Award for 2011. Her poems have appeared in Harvard Review, Massachusetts Review, CALYX, and elsewhere. Bell is the writer-in-residence at the Bronx Academy of Letters and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Culture Canvas May 17, 2012 |
A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.
Weekly Poem: 'Your Village' May 14, 2012 |
Elana Bell is the author of "Eyes, Stone" (2012, LSU Press), winner of the Walt Whitman Award for 2011. Her poems have appeared in Harvard Review, Massachusetts Review, CALYX, and elsewhere. Bell is the writer-in-residence at the Bronx Academy of Letters and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Culture Canvas May 10, 2012 |
A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines (back from hiatus).
Maurice Sendak Dies at Age 83 May 8, 2012 |
Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of children's literature who was best known for his book, "Where the Wild Things Are," died early Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., at age 83. He had suffered a stroke on Friday.
Weekly Poem: 'Cinco de Mayo' May 7, 2012 |
Naomi Shihab Nye is the author of several books of poems, including most recently, You "Transfer" (BOA Editions, 2011) and "Yours" (BOA Editions, 2005), which received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award.
Weekly Poem: 'Johnny One Note' April 30, 2012 |
2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize-winner W.S. Di Piero reads "Johnny One Note," from his book "Nitro Nights" (2011, Copper Canyon Press).
Around the Nation April 24, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'I lost my pen, I lost my keys' April 23, 2012 |
Marianne Boruch is the author of seven collections of poetry, including "The Book of Hours" (Copper Canyon, 2011), two volumes of essays on poetry and a memoir. Her honors include two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Around the Nation April 17, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'Tonight' April 16, 2012 |
Rowan Ricardo Phillips is a poet, critic and translator. His first collection of poetry is "The Ground," forthcoming in June by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Phillips is associate professor of English at Stony Brook and director of the Poetry Center and director of Graduate Studies.
Around the Nation April 10, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'Metamorphosis' April 9, 2012 |
Katherine Larson won the 2010 Yale Younger Poets Prize and the 2012 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for her book "Radial Symmetry." She is also the recipient of a Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship.
'The Art of Video Games' at the Smithsonian American Art Museum April 4, 2012 |
"The Art of Video Games" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is one of the first exhibitions to explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium. Featuring 80 games and 20 video games systems, the exhibit walks through the tremendous advances in design, technology and storytelling.
Around the Nation April 3, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'Revisionist History' April 2, 2012 |
Michael Dumanis is the author of "My Soviet Union" (University of Massachusetts Press, 2007), winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry, and co-editor of "Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century" (Sarabande, 2006). He is director of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center and an assistant professor of English at Cleveland State University.
Around the Nation March 27, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
The Daily Frame March 27, 2012 |
A girl looks up at a painting depicting the launch of the Titanic at Titanic Belfast, a visitor attraction in Belfast, Northern Ireland, opening Saturday.
Weekly Poem: 'Arias' March 26, 2012 |
Sean Thomas Dougherty is the author of nine books, including "Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line" (2010, BOA Editions), "Nightshift Belonging to Lorca," a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize, and "Except by Falling," winner of the 2000 Pinyon Press Poetry Prize from Mesa State College.
The Daily Frame March 26, 2012 |
Dancers of the English National Ballet perform British choreographer George Williamson's "The Rite of Spring" last week at the London Coliseum. The performance is part of the English National Ballet's "Beyond Ballet Russes" program, which is celebrates the legacy of Sergei Diaghilev's legendary company.
The Daily Frame March 22, 2012 |
A man practices yoga as a couple rests Thursday in the Carrousel Garden at the Louvre in Paris.
Weekly Poem: 'Journey Through the Past' March 19, 2012 |
Matthew Zapruder is the author of three collections of poetry: "American Linden," "The Pajamaist" and "Come On All You Ghosts" (Copper Canyon, 2010). He is editor for Wave Books.
Around the Nation March 13, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'The House on Laurel Hill Lane' March 12, 2012 |
Megan Snyder-Camp is the author of "The Forest of Sure Things," which won the Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse Award for an outstanding first book.
Around the Nation March 6, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'November Full Moon' March 5, 2012 |
Peter Blair is the author of "Farang" (Autumn House Press, 2010), "The Divine Salt" (Autumn House Press, 2003) and "Last Heat" (Word Works Press, 1999). He teaches at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
Around the Nation February 28, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'Other Denver Economies' February 27, 2012 |
Susan Briante is the author of "Pioneers in the Study of Motion" (Ahsahta Press, 2007) and "Utopia Minus" (Ahsahta Press, 2011). She teaches at the University of Texas-Dallas.
Around the Nation February 21, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'City Out of Time' February 20, 2012 |
Mark Conway is the author of the poetry collections "Any Holy City" (Silverfish Review Press, 2005) and "Dreaming Man, Face Down" (Dream Horse Press, 2010). He directs the Literary Arts Institute at the College of Saint Benedict.
Culture Canvas February 16, 2012 |
A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.
The Daily Frame February 15, 2012 |
"Forever Franco," a sculpture by Eugenio Moreno depicting former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in a soda vending machine, is displayed Tuesday on the eve of Madrid's International Contemporary Art Fair.
Around the Nation February 7, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
The Daily Frame February 7, 2012 |
A visitor looks at "Haran II" by Frank Stella, which is part of the exhibition, "Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945-1980," at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. The exhibition, running through May 6, showcases more than 60 works produced after World War II from the Guggenheim museum's permanent collection.
Weekly Poem: 'haiku (failed)' February 6, 2012 |
Nick Flynn is a poet, playwright and memoirist whose most recent book is "The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands" (2011, Graywolf Press), a collection of poems that are linked to his latest memoir, "The Ticking is the Bomb" (2010, W. W. Norton & Company). He teaches creative writing at the University of Houston.
Conversation: Mark Morris February 3, 2012 |
Jeffrey Brown talks to dance choreographer Mark Morris, whose "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato" was recently performed at Washington's Kennedy Center.
The Daily Frame February 3, 2012 |
Brazilian dancer Edson Barbosa warms up for her performance at the Prix de Lausanne 40th International Ballet Competition in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Daily Frame February 2, 2012 |
Officials at Spain's Prado Museum said Wednesday that a "Mona Lisa" copy owned by the museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's pupils alongside da Vinci himself as he created the original that now hangs in the Louvre.
Weekly Poem: 'Around' January 30, 2012 |
Rae Armantrout is the author of 11 books of poetry and winner of numerous other awards, including the Pulitzer prize. She is also a professor of writing and literature at the University of California-San Diego.
The Daily Frame January 26, 2012 |
A model wears a hand-embroidered cape made from the silk of the golden orb spider in the Victoria and Albert Museum's Medieval and Renaissance Gallery in London. The cape is one of two golden spider silk textiles that exist in the world. It was made in Madagascar over a period of eight years from the silk of 1.2 million spiders.
Around the Nation January 24, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture stories from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
The Daily Frame January 24, 2012 |
A statue of the Madonna recovered by firefighters inside the chapel of the cruise liner Costa Concordia is stored off the Tuscan island of Giglio last week.
Weekly Poem: 'Tale' January 23, 2012 |
Natasha Saje was born in Germany and grew up in New York City and northern New Jersey. She is the author of two books of poems: "Red Under the Skin" (Pittsburgh, 1994) and "Bend" (Tupelo Press, 2004). She teaches at Westminster College in Salt Lake City and in the Vermont College MFA in Writing program.
The Daily Frame January 19, 2012 |
Indian soldiers dance Wednesday before taking part in a rehearsal of the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. India will celebrate its 63rd Republic Day on Jan. 26.
The Daily Frame January 18, 2012 |
A model displays an outfit by Austrian designer Rebekka Ruetz during Wednesday's shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin.
Around the Nation January 17, 2012 |
Here are four arts and culture stories from public broadcasting partners around the nation.
The Daily Frame January 17, 2012 |
British artist David Hockney takes a picture of press photographers with his phone as he poses in front of his painting, "The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire 2011 (twenty-eleven)," at Monday's opening of his exhibition, "David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture" at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Weekly Poem: 'Root' January 16, 2012 |
Terrance Hayes is the author of four books of poems: "Muscular Music" (1999); "Hip Logic" (2002, National Poetry Series winner); "Wind in a Box" (2006); and "Lighthead" (2010), which won the National Book Award for poetry.
The Daily Frame January 12, 2012 |
Nick DeLeon, a soccer player from the University of Louisville, participates in "Creating the Beautiful Game," an art exhibition Wednesday at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo.
Weekly Poem: From 'Movements Forward, Movements Away' January 9, 2012 |
Peter Conners is the author of several books, including the poetry collections "The Crows Were Laughing in Their Trees" and "Of Whiskey and Winter." He is publisher of the not-for-profit literary press BOA Editions.
The Daily Frame January 5, 2012 |
Orphan students from Malawi, who were trained to speak Mandarin at a Taiwanese-funded Buddhist orphanage in Africa, perform dance and kung-fu Wednesday for a group of students in Hong Kong as a part of a cultural exchange program.
Weekly Poem: 'Rime Riche' December 26, 2011 |
Monica Ferrell is the author of the collection of poems "Beasts for the Chase" (2008, Sarabande Books) and the novel, "The Answer Is Always Yes" (2008, Dial Press).
The Daily Frame December 20, 2011 |
A dancer from the Scottish Ballet sews on her pointe shoe straps before performing in a dress rehearsal "Sleeping Beauty" at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.
Weekly Poem: '4th Grade Logic' December 19, 2011 |
P.F. Potvin is the author of "The Attention Lesson" (2006, No Tell Books). He serves on the staff of the online literary journal Drunken Boat. and has been a visiting writer at Emory University and the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Weekly Poem: 'Crossings' December 12, 2011 |
Ravi Shankar is founding editor of the online journal of the arts Drunken Boat. He teaches at Central Connecticut State College where he is poet-in-residence and in the MFA program at City University of Hong Kong.
Weekly Poem: 'Prayer for the Hanoi Man Who Waits for Breakdowns on His Block' December 5, 2011 |
Jennifer Richter is author of the collection, "Threshold," winner of the 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition.
Culture Canvas November 23, 2011 |
A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.
The Daily Frame November 22, 2011 |
Fans of German-born, North Carolina-raised hip-hop artist J. Cole( attend a concert last week at Shepherds Bush Empire in London.
Weekly Poem: 'Radio Crackling, Radio Gone' November 21, 2011 |
Lisa Olstein is the author of the collections, "Radio Crackling, Radio Gone" (Copper Canyon Press, 2006), winner of the Hayden Carruth Award, and "Lost Alphabet" (Copper Canyon Press, 2009). She is associate director of MFA Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
The Daily Frame November 17, 2011 |
A woman walks past a sculpture by Stefano Pierotti titled "Berluscrotto," representing the face of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in Pietrasanta, Italy.
Ward, Finney Are Among 2011 National Book Award Winners November 16, 2011 |
The 2011 National Book Awards were announced at a ceremony in New York Wednesday night.
Weekly Poem: 'Leaf at the End' November 14, 2011 |
Lily Brown is the author of "Rust or Go Home" (Cleveland State University, 2010).
The Daily Frame November 10, 2011 |
Local artist Michael Pilato paints over the image of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky that was in his "Inspiration" mural in University Park, Pa. Sandusky was replaced with a chair and blue ribbon.
Around the World in '100 Objects' November 7, 2011 |
In this extended conversation, Jeffrey Brown talks to Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum and author of "A History of the World in 100 Objects," about the 16th century double-headed, serpent turquoise mosaic and what it's like to run a museum.
Weekly Poem: 'Olives' November 7, 2011 |
"Olives" is the title poem of A.E. Stallings' forthcoming collection, which comes out in the spring. A poet and translator, Stallings was one of this year's MacArthur Award winners.
Weekly Poem: 'Half-Finished Bridge' October 31, 2011 |
Jim Tilley is the author of the poetry collection, "In Confidence." His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and have won several awards.
Weekly Poem: 'Death of a Naturalist' October 24, 2011 |
Nobel winning poet Seamus Heaney reads "Death of a Naturalist."
The Daily Frame October 20, 2011 |
A woman stands next to "More of the Day" by artist Karla Black at the Turner Prize 2011 exhibition at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England. Four artists -- Black, Martin Boyce, Hilary Lloyd and George Shaw -- have been nominated for this year's prestigious Turner Prize, which will be awarded on Dec. 5.
Weekly Poem: 'See You Tomorrow Night' October 17, 2011 |
Terri Witek is the Art & Melissa Sullivan Chair in Creative Writing at Stetson University. She is the author of "The Shipwreck Dress," (2008, Florida Book Award Winner), "Carnal World" (2006), "Fools and Crows" (2003), and "Courting Couples" (2000 Center for Book Arts Prize).
Weekly Poem: 'Fiat Lux' October 10, 2011 |
Traci Brimhall is the author of "Our Lady of the Ruins" (forthcoming from W.W. Norton), winner of the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and "Rookery" (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010), winner of the 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award.
Poet Philip Schultz Shares His Work October 5, 2011 |
Philip Schultz is a poet, fiction writer and educator. He has been teaching creative writing for nearly 30 years. In 1987, he founded the Writers Studio in New York. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for "Failure."
Weekly Poem: 'The Field Has a Girl' September 26, 2011 |
Laurel Snyder is the author of two books of poems, "Daphne & Jim: a choose-your-own-adventure biography in verse" (Burnside Review Press, 2005) and "The Myth of the Simple Machines" (No Tell Books, 2007);
The Daily Frame September 22, 2011 |
An ink and wash illustration shows defense attorney Caleb Sidney Carlton, left, and defense witness Carolyn Bryant during the trial of her husband, Roy Bryant, and J.W. Milam in the Tallahatchie County courthouse in Sumner, Miss., on Sept. 22, 1955.
The Daily Frame September 20, 2011 |
A model displays a creation by British designer Giles Deacon on Monday, the fourth day of London Fashion Week.
Weekly Poem: 'Crossword' September 19, 2011 |
Sally Bliumis-Dunn is the author of "Second Skin" (Wind Publications, 2010) and "Talking Underwater" (Wind Publications, 2007)". She teaches teaches modern poetry and creative writing at Manhattanville College.
Weekly Poem: 'Duration' September 12, 2011 |
Valerie Nieman is the author of the poetry collection, "Wake Wake Wake" (Press 53, 2006); three novels, "Blood Clay" (Press 53, 2011), "Survivors" (Van Neste Books, 2000) and "Neena Gathering" (Pageant Books, 1988); and a collection of short fiction, "Fidelities" (West Virginia University, 2004). She teaches at North Carolina A&T State University.
Moby Reflects on 9/11 September 6, 2011 |
In the days that followed 9/11, musician and DJ Moby wrote about the experience of living just a mile from Ground Zero on his blog, which was one of the first by a musician at the time. It was an intimate and unique account, as well as one that got him into a little trouble and some bad press.
Wednesday's Art Notes August 31, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, poet Maya Angelou wants a change made to the newly opened Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Weekly Poem: 'All I Know About Love' August 29, 2011 |
Lynnell Edwards is the author of two collections of poetry, both from Red Hen Press: "The Highwayman's Wife" (2007) and "The Farmer's Daughter" (2003). She teaches at the University of Louisville.
Slide Show: The New Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall August 26, 2011 |
Forty-eight years after he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. now has a permanent presence on the National Mall with this week's opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Thursday's Art Notes August 25, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Ali Ferzat, Syria's best-known political cartoonist, was severely beaten.
Weekly Poem: 'Something Touched My Heart' August 22, 2011 |
Travis Nichols is an editor at the Poetry Foundation and the author of the collection of poems, "See Me Improving" (2010, Copper Canyon Press).
In a Station of the Metro, an Apparition of Color From Sam Gilliam August 18, 2011 |
Sam Gilliam's studio has the airy feel of a warehouse, but it boasts densities of colors and shapes. Sculptural paintings hang like scarves over the walls, and slabs of plywood are thick with hardened acrylics.
Weekly Poem: 'Observation' August 15, 2011 |
Jenn 's work has appeared in several literary journals. She teaches English at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs.
Tuesday's Art Notes August 9, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the stock of more than 150 independent record labels was destroyed Monday night after rioters in London set fire to a warehouse.
Weekly Poem: 'Elegy VII (Last Moment)' August 8, 2011 |
Jason Schneiderman is the author of "Striking Surface," winner of the Richard Snyder prize from Ashland Poetry Press, and "Sublimation Point" (Four Way Books). He directs the Writing Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Monday's Art Notes August 8, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Congress and Kennedy Center officials are being blamed for extensive budget and staff cuts to VSA, the nation's leading arts education organization for the disabled.
Corcoran Gallery of Art Recalls Influence of the Washington Color School August 5, 2011 |
An exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Washington Color and Light," examines the methodology and breadth of the Washington Color School.
Friday's Art Notes August 5, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a nine-ton statue of a pharaoh is en route to New York's Met via ship from Germany.
Thursday's Art Notes August 4, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, comedian Jerry Lewis is no longer serving as national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and won't be appearing on this year's Labor Day telethon.
Around the Nation August 3, 2011 |
Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation.
Wednesday's Art Notes August 3, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's BMW Guggenheim Lab opens in New York.
Tuesday's Art Notes August 2, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, attorneys in Philadelphia have mounted last-ditch legal effort to block the controversial move of the Barnes collection.
Weekly Poem: 'Sheriff Ed Rebuffed Her ('Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!'), Then He Fell' August 1, 2011 |
K. Silem Mohammad is the author of "Breathalyzer" (Edge Books, 2008), "A Thousand Devils" (Combo Books, 2004) and "Deer Head Nation" (Tougher Disguises, 2003). He is also editor of the magazine Abraham Lincoln.
Monday's Art Notes August 1, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, shrinking state budgets also means shrinking funding of the arts. In Kansas, that support now equals $0.
Weekly Poem: (Interior Life of Tumbler: July 25, 2011 |
Julie Sheehan is the author of three poetry collections: "Thaw" (2001); "Orient Point" (2006), which won the Barnard Women Poets Prize; and "Bar Book: Poems and Otherwise" (2010). She teaches in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.
Around the Nation July 20, 2011 |
Here are some recent arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'Morning, and as sun is born' July 18, 2011 |
Joan Houlihan has published three books, including "The Us" (2009, Tupelo Press). In 2004, she founded the Concord Poetry Center, and in 2006 she established the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference for advanced writers. She teaches at Lesley University's low-residency M.F.A. in Creative Writing program.
Weekly Poem: 'Excuse Me, Where Is Varick Street?' July 11, 2011 |
Joy Katz is the author of two poetry collections, "The Garden Room" (2006, Tupelo Press) and "Fabulae" (2002, Southern Illinois University Press). She teaches in the graduate writing program at the University of Pittsburgh and is an editor-at-large for Pleiades.
American Painter Cy Twombly Dies at 83 July 5, 2011 |
Celebrated American painter Cy Twombly, whose paintings featured scribbles, graffiti and unusual materials and who invigorated American post-War art alongside Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, has died. He was 83.
Weekly Poem: From 'Severance Songs' July 5, 2011 |
Joshua Corey is the author of "Severance Songs" (Tupelo Press, 2011), "Fourier Series" (Spineless Books, 2005) "Selah" (Barrow Street, 2003) and two chapbooks. He teaches at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Tuesday's Art Notes July 5, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the opening of the Joffrey Ballet's coming season could be canceled because of a contract dispute between the ballet company.
Wednesday's Art Notes June 29, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture notes, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's design firm is appealing the $1.85 million tax bill delivered by government authorities shortly after Ai was released from nearly three months in detention.
Weekly Poem: 'Georgi Borrisov in Paris' June 28, 2011 |
John Balaban is the author of 12 books of poetry and prose, including four volumes which together have won the Academy of American Poets' Lamont prize, a National Poetry Series Selection and two nominations for the National Book Award. He is poet-in-residence and professor of English at North Carolina State University.
Friday's Art Notes June 24, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "Harry Potter" series author J.K. Rowling's new interactive website, Pottermore.com, has upset traditional bookstores.
Weekly Poem: From 'The Last Usable Hour' June 22, 2011 |
Deborah Landau is the author of "Orchidelirium," which won the Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and "The Last Usable Hour" (2011, Copper Canyon Press). She is the director of the NYU Creative Writing Program.
Tuesday's Art Notes June 21, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Katherine G. Farley, chairwoman of Lincoln Center, is involved in developing two projects in China.
What You Might Have Missed June 21, 2011 |
As we said earlier, while Art Beat may have been down for the last three weeks, we were still producing stories. Here they are, in case you missed them.
Around the Nation May 26, 2011 |
Here are some recent arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation.
Around the Nation May 18, 2011 |
Antiquities trafficking, a Mexican footwear fad and Betty White are some of the recent culture stories from other public broadcasters around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'These Arms of Mine' May 9, 2011 |
David Kirby is the author of several books of criticism, essays, children's literature and poetry, including most recently, "Talking about Movies with Jesus" (2011) and "The House on Boulevard Street: New and Selected Poems" (2007), a finalist for the National Book Award. Kirby is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University.
Weekly Poem: 'This is a fugue for the lost art of aching' May 2, 2011 |
Heather Hartley is the author of "Knock Knock," which was a finalist in the 2007 National Poetry Series.
Weekly Poem: 'Miracle Blanket' April 25, 2011 |
Erika Meitner is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches in the MFA program. She has published three books of poems: "Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore," "Ideal Cities" and "Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls."
Monday's Art Notes April 25, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, scientists are calling for the Smithsonian Institution to cancel an exhibition of Chinese artifacts salvaged from a shipwreck.
Friday's Art Notes April 22, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Los Angeles authorities say "Art in the Streets" at the Museum of Contemporary Art has spawned a rash of tagging near the museum.
Thursday's Art Notes April 21, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an aide to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi sent a letter to New York Times fashion editor Horacio Silva asking him to curate a 2013 retrospective of Gadhafi's clothing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
Photographer, Filmmaker Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya April 20, 2011 |
Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington has been reported killed Wednesday in Misrata, Libya, in a mortar attack.
Wednesday's Art Notes April 20, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Elisabeth Sladen, who played Sarah Jane Smith in the "Doctor Who" series between 1973 and 1976, died of cancer.
Tuesday's Art Notes April 19, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a modern art museum, the Collection Lambert in southern France, said protesters destroyed a photograph by American artist Andres Serrano, "Immersion (Piss Christ)."
2011 Pulitzer Winners Announced April 18, 2011 |
The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday at a ceremony at Columbia University in New York.
Weekly Poem: 'Love Poem' April 18, 2011 |
Dora Malech earned a BA in Fine Arts from Yale College in 2003 and an MFA in Poetry from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2005. Her first full-length collection of poems, "Shore Ordered Ocean," was published in 2009, and the Cleveland State University Poetry Center published her second collection, "Say So," in 2011.
Monday's Art Notes April 18, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Philadelphia Orchestra voted to file for bankruptcy.
Weekly Poem: 'Fear and Greed Index:' April 11, 2011 |
Daniel Khalastchi is a first-generation Iraqi Jewish American and was born and raised in Iowa. His book, "'Manoleria,'":http://www.tupelopress.org/books/manoleria won the Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse First Book Prize earlier this year. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a recent fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Khalastchi is a visiting assistant professor of English at Marquette University. He also co-edits "Rescue Press":http://www.rescue-press.org/.
Weekly Poem: 'Paper Kisses, Paper Moon' April 4, 2011 |
Haines Eason was the 2010 winner of the Beau Boudreaux Poetry Prize from Cream City Review. He has published poems in many journals, including New England Review, Yale Review and American Letters & Commentary. His chapbook, "A History of Waves," was chosen by Mark Doty for a 2010 PSA Chapbook Fellowship.
Weekly Poem: 'The Virtues of Birds' March 28, 2011 |
Craig Morgan Teicher is a poet, critic and freelance writer. His first book of poems, "Brenda Is in the Room and Other Poems," won the 2007 Colorado Prize for Poetry and was published by the Center for Literary Publishing. His collection of short stories and fables, "Cradle Book," was published in 2010 by BOA Editions.
Elizabeth Taylor Dies at Age 79 March 23, 2011 |
Actress and Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday at age 79. A publicist told the Associated Press that Taylor was surrounded by her four children when she died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks.
Weekly Poem: 'The Mascot of Beavercreek High Breaks Her Silence' March 21, 2011 |
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of three collections of poetry: "Lucky Fish" (2011), "At the Drive-in Volcano (2007); and "Miracel Fruit" (2003). She is an associate professor of English at State University of New York-Fredonia.
Weekly Poem: 'Distal' March 14, 2011 |
Carol Ann Davis' first book, "Psalm," was published by Tupelo Press in 2007. She directs the undergraduate creative writing program at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and edits the journal "Crazyhorse" with her husband, poet Garrett Doherty.
'Fifty April Years' March 2, 2011 |
Libyan poet, translator and associate professor at the University of Michigan Khaled Mattawa reads "'Fifty April Years," a poem about Libya.
Weekly Poem: 'Where Shadows Will' February 28, 2011 |
Laura Moriarty is the author of 12 books of poetry, including "A Tonalist" (Nightboat Books) and "A Semblance: Selected and New Poems, 1975-2007" (Omnidawn), as well as the novels "Cunning" (1999) and "Ultravioleta" (2006). She is the deputy director of "Small Press Distribution":http://www.spdbooks.org/ in Berkeley, Calif.
Monday's Art Notes February 28, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "The King's Speech" was the big winner at the Academy Awards, taking home four Oscars: best picture, best director for Tom Hooper, best original screenplay for David Seidler and best actor for Colin Firth.
Weekly Poem: 'Meditation at the County Landfill' February 21, 2011 |
Eric Gudas":http://www.ericgudas.com/ was born in Annapolis, Md. His poems, book reviews and interviews with American poets have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, the Iowa Review, Poetry Flash, the Southern Review and other journals. His book, "Best Western and Other Poems," winner of the 2008 Gerald Cable Book Award, was published in 2010 by "Silverfish Review Press":http://www.silverfishreviewpress.com/. He and his wife, Alyssa Sherwood, live with their daughter in Los Angeles, where he is completing a book about the life and writing of contemporary American poet Eleanor Ross Taylor.
Weekly Poem: 'Nightcrawler Buys a Woman a Drink' February 14, 2011 |
Gary Jackson was born and raised in Topeka, Kan. He received his MFA from the University of New Mexico. His book, "Missing You, Metropolis" (2009, Graywolf Press) won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
Drawing and Hustling in Washington, D.C. February 9, 2011 |
Nikita Z. Murray sees dollar signs -- not faces -- when he sits down to draw a portrait. It's a Friday afternoon in Arlington, Va., and Murray is working the shopping mall food court.
Tuesday's Art Notes February 8, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Maria Altmann, who escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna and won a fight to recover Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer," the iconic gold portrait of her aunt, and other artworks, has died.
Weekly Poem: 'Poem in Which I Fail to Appear' February 7, 2011 |
Sarah Perrier is the author of "Nothing Fatal" (2010, University of Akron Press) and the chapbook "Just One of Those Things" (2003). Her poems have appeared in the Cimarron Review, Hotel Amerika, the Journal, Pleiades and Mid-American Review. Her work has also been featured on Verse Daily. She is currently an assistant professor at Point Park University.
Thursday's NewsHour: Joyce Carol Oates Tells 'A Widow's Story' February 3, 2011 |
Thursday on the NewsHour, Joyce Carol Oates, the much-honored author and professor at Princeton University, talks to Jeffrey Brown about finally telling her own story.
Weekly Poem: 'Ex Libris' January 31, 2011 |
Megan Harlan's first book of poems, "Mapmaking," won the 2009 John Ciardi Prize. Her poems have appeared in several journals, including American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, TriQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, AGNI Online and elsewhere.
Conversation: Frank Gehry's New World Center Opens in Miami January 25, 2011 |
The New World Center in Miami is set to open Tuesday. Designed by architect Frank Gehry, the building will be the new home for the New World Symphony. Jeffrey Brown talks to the architect.
Monday's Art Notes January 24, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the New World Center in Miami, designed by architect Frank Gehry, is set to open Tuesday.
Weekly Poem: From 'Fugue' January 17, 2011 |
Elizabeth Alexander was born in Harlem, raised in Washington, D.C., and attended Yale University, where she now teaches African American Studies. She is the author of six books of poems, including most recently, "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010."
Weekly Poem: 'The Winter's Wife' January 10, 2011 |
Jennifer Chang is the author of "The History of Anonymity" (Georgia, 2008). A Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Virginia, she co-chairs the advisory board of Kundiman, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of Asian American poetry.
Weekly Poem: 'Burning the Christmas Greens' December 27, 2010 |
Born in Rutherford, N.J., in 1883, William Carlos Williams was as a revolutionary figure in American poetry, an experimenter, an innovator and one of the principal poets of the Imagist movement.
Weekly Poem: 'The New Intelligence' December 20, 2010 |
Timothy Donnelly is the author of "Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit" and "The Cloud Corporation," is a poetry editor for "Boston Review" and a full-time faculty member of the Writing Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts.
Friday's Art Notes December 17, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Blake Edwards, whose decades-long career spanned writing, directing and producing nearly 50 films, died late Wednesday at age 88.
Wednesday's Art Notes December 15, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a person taking a stroll along the beach in Ashkelon, Israel, discovered an ancient Roman statue.
Weekly Poem: 'The Nomad Flute' December 6, 2010 |
U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin reads "The Nomad Flute."
Around the Nation November 24, 2010 |
A special Thanksgiving roundup of public media arts and culture (and cooking) stories.
Around the Nation November 17, 2010 |
Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation.
Weekly Poem: 'Nikki-Rosa' November 15, 2010 |
Nikki Giovanni is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently "Bicycles: Love Poems." "Nikki-Rosa" is taken from "The 100 Best African American Poems," edited by Giovanni and published in November.
Weekly Poem: 'By Dark' November 1, 2010 |
Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin reads "By Dark."
Monday's Art Notes November 1, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, George Hickenlooper, who won an Emmy Award in 1992 for directing "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," has died at age 47,
Friday's Art Notes October 29, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Hobbit legislation passes in New Zealand.
Thursday's Art Notes October 28, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an American car enthusiast pays $4.1 million at auction to buy James Bond's most famous car and the New York Philharmonic renews its efforts to visit Cuba.
Wednesday on the NewsHour: W.S. Merwin October 27, 2010 |
Watch Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin read more of his work.
Wednesday's Art Notes October 27, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Maya Angelou's personal papers, including letters from Malcolm X and James Baldwin and revisions of the poem she wrote to celebrate President Bill Clinton's inauguration, will be made public by the New York Public Library.
Tuesday's Art Notes October 26, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the end of the Sony Walkman and the passing of television cartoonist Alexander Anderson Jr., creator of Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle the moose.
Weekly Poem: 'From the Start' October 25, 2010 |
W.S. Merwin is the Library of Congress' 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. He has had a prolific writing career, crafting more than 50 books of verse, translations, memoirs and more.
Monday's Art Notes October 25, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "the biggest legal brawl in the art world" is coming to an abrupt end.
Friday's Art Notes October 22, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, more than 100 Brillo boxes said to be works by Andy Warhol have been declared "copies."
Thursday's Art Notes October 21, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the arts are not escaping historic government spending cuts in Britain as Arts Council England is having its budget cut by almost 30 percent.
Thursday's Art Notes October 7, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa wins the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Weekly Poem: 'At the Counters Ball' October 4, 2010 |
John Taggart is the author of 14 volumes of poetry. From 1969 to 2001, he taught in the English Department and directed the Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Shippensburg University. Taggart's new book of poems, "Is Music," will be published in October.
Weekly Poem: 'Global Warming' September 27, 2010 |
Matthew Zapruder is the author of three collections of poetry: "American Linden," "The Pajamaist" and "Come On All You Ghosts" (Copper Canyon, Fall 2010). He is editor for Wave Books and teaches in the low residency MFA program at UC Riverside-Palm Desert.
Weekly Poem: 'Pastorelle 15' September 20, 2010 |
John Taggart is the author of 14 volumes of poetry. From 1969 to 2001, he taught in the English Department and directed the Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Shippensburg University. Taggart's new book of poems, "Is Music," will be published in October.
Weekly Poem: 'Antietam' September 13, 2010 |
Sandra Beasley is the author of "I Was the Jukebox," winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and "Theories of Falling," winner of the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize.
Weekly Poem: 'Watching the Towers Go Down' September 7, 2010 |
Peter Balakian is the author of many books, including a new volume of poems, "Ziggurat," just published by University of Chicago Press, and "June-tree: New and Selected Poems, 1974-2000."
Friday's Art Notes August 27, 2010 |
After dominating the home video rental business for more than a decade and struggling to survive in recent years against Netflix and Redbox, Blockbuster is preparing to file for bankruptcy next month.
Weekly Poem: 'My God' August 23, 2010 |
Sandra Beasley is the author of "I Was the Jukebox," winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and "Theories of Falling," winner of the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize.
Weekly Poem: 'Ancestors' August 16, 2010 |
Mary Ruefle is the author of, most recently, "Selected Poems" (Wave Books, 2010). She lives in Bennington, Vermont, and teaches in the MFA program at Vermont College.
Weekly Poem: from 'Doppler Elegies' August 9, 2010 |
Ben Lerner first book, "The Lichtenberg Figures," won the Hayden Carruth Award from Copper Canyon Press and was named one of 2004's best books of poetry by Library Journal. His second book, "Angle of Yaw," was a finalist for the National Book Award. His latest book is "Mean Free Path."
Slide Show: Berlin's Tacheles Gallery Hoping to Avoid Extinction August 4, 2010 |
Formed as a squat by artists seeking to save the building from demolition in the 1990s, the Tacheles Gallery in Berlin provides space for artists while remaining freely open to the public. The building, which is also a tourist attraction, is threatened by closure because the new owner wants to develop the site.
Weekly Poem: 'The Fight or Flight Response' August 2, 2010 |
Sherman Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian born on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Wash. He is the author of several novels and collections of short fiction and poetry, including "Face" and "War Dances," winner of the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
In Arizona, Posters of Protest Against Immigration Law July 28, 2010 |
As soon as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law in April, grassroots groups started protesting. One of the main organizers is 23-year-old artist and activist Ernesto Yerena, who, growing up, didn't have to look very far to see that art and social issues could intersect.
Weekly Poem: 'July in Washington' July 20, 2010 |
Back in March, we were excited to give attention to the Poetry Foundation's DC Poetry Tour, a multimedia tour that reveals our nation's capital through the eyes of its great poets. It seems more appropriate now to highlight the tour again -- and the poem -- now that it's July.
Chapin Sisters: Not Your Father's Folk July 14, 2010 |
Abigail and Lily Chapin have been singing and performing together since they can remember. Growing up in a family surrounded by musicians, they probably couldn't help it. We met the sisters at a recent tour stop at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Thursday's Art Notes July 7, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Friday's Art Notes July 2, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Thursday's Art Notes July 1, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Weekly Poem: 'Meditation on Living in the Desert No. 11' June 28, 2010 |
Benjamin Alire Saenz is a Chicano poet, novelist, professor and painter who lives near El Paso, Texas, just across the border from the Mexican town of Juarez. Much of his work addresses the land and people of the area.
Preview: Poet Benjamin Alire Saenz June 22, 2010 |
Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a Chicano poet, novelist, professor and painter who lives near El Paso, Texas, just across the border from the Mexican town of Juarez. Much of his work addresses the land and people of the area.
Weekly Poem: 'The Man in the Wilderness' June 21, 2010 |
Natalie Merchant's two-disc album, "Leave Your Sleep," is a collection of 26 traditional poems set to original music. The project began shortly after the birth of her daughter six years ago.
Thursday's Art Notes June 3, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Wednesday's Art Notes June 2, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Tuesday's Art Notes June 1, 2010 |
A roundup of arts notes.
Weekly Poem: 'The Returning Dead' May 31, 2010 |
Wyatt Prunty, who served in the Navy during Vietnam, responds to the NewsHour's broadcast of photos of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thursday's Art Notes May 27, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Tuesday on the NewsHour: Henri Cartier-Bresson May 18, 2010 |
French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson traveled the world for decades capturing people, places and history as a journalist, and in the process, helped define photography as an art form. His legacy is now on display in an exhibit called 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century', a retrospective of 300 photographic works at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Weekly Poem: 'Necklace' May 17, 2010 |
Farzaneh Milani is also one of the translators of Simin Behbahani, Iran's foremost living poet. Behbahani has published 19 books of poems, two collections of short stories, a memoir of her late husband and numerous literary articles, essays and interviews.
OK Go's Damian Kulash Lends Us a Hand May 12, 2010 |
Early on during Jeffrey Brown's interview with OK Go lead singer Damian Kulash, a light went out. Kulash, having spent months working on a video featuring a giant Rube Goldberg machine, applied some percussive maintenance on it and fixed the problem.
Lena Horne Dies at Age 92 May 10, 2010 |
Groundbreaking singer, performer and film star Lena Horne died Sunday night in New York at the age of 92. Horne, the first African American to sign a long-term contract with a major film studio, broke down racial barriers, most memorably with "Stormy Weather."
Monday on the NewsHour: Natalie Merchant April 26, 2010 |
On Monday's NewsHour Jeffrey Brown profiles singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, who after a seven-year hiatus has just released a two-disc album titled "Leave Your Sleep," a collection of 26 traditional poems set to original music.
Monday's Art Notes April 26, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Friday's Art Notes April 23, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Thursday's Art Notes April 22, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Wednesday's Art Notes April 21, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
2010 Pulitzer Prizes in Letters, Drama, Music April 12, 2010 |
The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. The winners in the Letters, Drama and Music categories are...
Weekly Poem: From 'Ludlow' March 29, 2010 |
David Mason is a poet, essayist, critic and professor. His most recent collection, "Ludlow," is a novel in verse that tells the story of a handful of immigrants in southern Colorado. He teaches English and creative writing at Colorado College.
Friday's Art Notes March 26, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Weekly Poem: 'Achilles' March 22, 2010 |
British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy wrote "Achilles" after English soccer player David Beckham suffered a season-ending injury last week. Beckham, 34, was headed for what would have likely been his last World Cup this summer.
Friday's Art Notes March 19, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Thursday's Art Notes March 18, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Wednesday's Art Notes March 17, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Tuesday's Art Notes March 16, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Weekly Poem: 'July in Washington' March 15, 2010 |
"July in Washington" is from Robert Lowell "Collected Poems" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003). Lowell, who died in 1977, is best known for his volume "Life Studies," "but his true greatness as an American poet lies in the astonishing variety of his work."
Actor Peter Graves Dies at Age 83 March 15, 2010 |
Peter Graves, who starred in the hit television series "Mission: Impossible" as well as the "Airplane" films, died Sunday of a heart attack at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 83.
Monday's Art Notes March 15, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Friday's Art Notes March 12, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Shaq Attacks Art World in 'Size DOES Matter' March 11, 2010 |
NBA basketball player Shaquille O'Neal curates an art exhibition called "Size DOES Matter."
Thursday's Art Notes March 11, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Wednesday's Art Notes March 10, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Tuesday's Art Notes March 9, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Weekly Poem: 'bound isaac' March 8, 2010 |
D.A. Powell is the author of "Chronic" (Graywolf Press), which won the 2010 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. The award, which comes with a $100,000 prize, is given annually by Claremont Graduate University to honor work by a mid-career poet.
Monday's Art Notes March 8, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Friday's Art Notes March 5, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Thursday's Art Notes March 4, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Weekly Poem: 'scenes from the trip we didn't take to the antarctic' March 1, 2010 |
D.A. Powell is the author of "Chronic" (Graywolf Press), which won the 2010 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. The award, which comes with a $100,000 prize, is given annually by Claremont Graduate University to honor work by a mid-career poet.
Monday's Art Notes March 1, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Friday's Art Notes February 26, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Wednesday's Art Notes February 24, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Tuesday's Art Notes February 23, 2010 |
A roundup of arts headlines.
Weekly Poem: 'Hole' February 22, 2010 |
"Hole" is from Naomi Ayala's "This Side of Early" (Curbstone Press, 2008). Her first collection, "Wild Animals on the Moon," was published in 1997, and a third is forthcoming. She lives in Washington, D.C., and works as an education consultant, translator and teacher.
Poet Lucille Clifton Dies at Age 73 February 15, 2010 |
Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award-winning poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist, died Saturday after a long fight with cancer. She was 73.
The Fashionable Life of Alexander McQueen February 11, 2010 |
Alexander McQueen, one of the top fashion designers in the world, was found dead at his London home on Thursday after an apparent suicide. He was 40.
Weekly Poem: 'Those Winter Sundays' February 8, 2010 |
Robert Hayden was the first black poet to be chosen as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress.
Wednesday on the NewsHour: Using Drama to Understand and Heal the Wounds of War February 3, 2010 |
A dramatic performance project called "Theater of War" uses ancient Greek tragedies for a very special goal: To link ancient and modern warriors in an understanding of war's pain and mental agony.
J.D. Salinger Dies at Age 91 January 28, 2010 |
J.D. Salinger, the author of the classic modern novel about teenage rebellion, "The Catcher in the Rye," has died. He was 91 and had lived for decades in isolation in a small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.
Weekly Poem: 'Our Valley' January 11, 2010 |
Philip Levine is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently "News of the World" (2009). The poem above, "Our Valley," originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Poetry.
Weekly Poem: 'New Year's' January 4, 2010 |
Robert Creeley (1926-2005) was one of the most important and influential American poets of the twentieth century.
A Look at Google Books December 31, 2009 |
In another in our series about the future of literature and literacy, Spencer Michels looks at internet giant Google's controversial plan to offer millions of books online.
Weekly Poem: 'Mount Kearsarge' December 21, 2009 |
Donald Hall is considered one of the major American poets of his generation. He has published 15 books of poetry, beginning with "Exiles and Marriages" in 1955. His latest was "White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems" in 2006.
Weekly Poem: 'From Here to There' December 14, 2009 |
Brad Leithauser is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently, "Curves and Angles" (2006). He has received many awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship, and teaches at Johns Hopkins University.
Monday on the NewsHour: The Metropolitan Opera's Grand Revitalization Act December 7, 2009 |
More of Jeffrey Brown's interviews with Renee Fleming and Bart Sher, and excerpts of the Metropolitan Opera's "The Barber of Seville" and "Tosca."
Weekly Poem: 'TV, Evening News' December 7, 2009 |
Marie Ponsot has published several books of poems, including most recently, "Springing" (2002) and "The Bird Catcher" (1998), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.
The Portrait of Health: An Artist's Perspective on Health Insurance, Part 2 December 3, 2009 |
Christian Benefiel brings out an old bent steering wheel and proudly places it on the floor of the classroom studio. He rolls the lopsided wheel around on the concrete, and it does lazy circles, wobbling hard as it makes a full rotation.
The Portrait of Health: An Artist's Perspective on Health Insurance, Part 1 December 1, 2009 |
Two years ago, when artist and fashion designer Megin Sherry returned from London after an internship at haute fashion house Alexander McQueen, her health care coverage on her parents' plan had lapsed.
Barbara Kingsolver Discusses Eating Locally November 26, 2009 |
Happy Thanksgiving! As many of us sit down today for a meal with friends and family, we thought you might enjoy the short clip below. In it Jeffrey Brown talks to writer Barbara Kingsolver about the sustainable food movement.
Conversation: T.J. Stiles, National Book Award Winner for Nonfiction November 25, 2009 |
The winner of this year's National Book Award for nonfiction tells the story of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, who rose from humble means to amass a vast fortune, build the country's largest fleet of steamships and control a railroad empire.
Weekly Poems: Keith Waldrop, 2009 National Book Award Winner November 23, 2009 |
Keith Waldrop won the 2009 National Book Award for "Transcendental Studies," a trilogy of collage poems. The two poems below are from "Transcendental Studies."
Thursday on the NewsHour: Wu Man November 19, 2009 |
Tonight on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown talks to Wu Man, who at age 45 is one of the world's leading musical ambassadors. She's a master of the pipa -- a four-stringed lute with ancient roots in central Asia and China.
Artist Jeanne-Claude Has Died at 74 November 19, 2009 |
Artist Jeanne-Claude, who with her husband Christo, created public art installations around the world, has died. She was 74. Her family said she died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm.
The Picture of Health: How Arts Advocates Weigh In on the Health Care Debate November 18, 2009 |
There are at least 2.2 million working artists in America, 300,000 of whom don't have health insurance, according to federal statistics. Some are self-employed and can't afford individual plans. Some work for non-profits or part-time jobs that don't offer insurance plans.
Weekly Poems: On Sesame Street's 40th Birthday, Kermit and Cookie Monster November 10, 2009 |
Hit children's television show "Sesame Street" celebrates its 40th anniversary Tuesday. Please enjoy Cookie Monster's hilarious poetry reading below.
Preview: 'Ancient Paths, Modern Voices' November 9, 2009 |
Coming soon on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown reports on "Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture," a festival currently taking place at Carnegie Hall in New York.
In London, Antony Gormley's 'One & Other' July 14, 2009 |
Twenty four hours a day for 100 straight days, different people will join kings and generals high atop London's Trafalgar Square, becoming, if only for an hour, a living monument.
Michael Joseph Jackson, 1958-2009 June 26, 2009 |
Michael Jackson is everywhere today. It's like it's 1983 again: His songs are all over the radio, his music videos are on television, his life story in newspapers and in conversations. It took the King of Pop's death to bring him back into the mainstream.
Kodak Retires Iconic Kodachrome Film June 24, 2009 |
Eastman Kodak Co. announced this week that it was retiring its iconic Kodachrome film because of declining demand. Introduced in 1935, Kodachrome became the world's first commercially successful color film.
In D.C., All Eyes on Neko Case April 14, 2009 |
On a recent evening in Washington, D.C., a petite woman stepped onto a stage before a sold-out crowd. Her look was casual, but this was no soft-spoken, indie folk singer. It was Neko Case, who some critics say is in possession of one of the greatest voices of her generation.
National Book Critics Circle Awards Announced March 13, 2009 |
The National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced Thursday night in New York. The fiction prize went to Roberto Bolano for "2666," and the general nonfiction award went to Dexter Filkins for "The Forever War."
'New' Mark Twain Story to Be Published March 12, 2009 |
On Monday, a nearly 400-year-old portrait of William Shakespeare was uncovered in England. Now comes news that a previously unpublished short story by Mark Twain will come out next week, nearly 99 years after his death.
Paper Profits: Origami Meets Science March 5, 2009 |
Robert Lang, who studies lasers, gave up his Silicon Valley job to concentrate full-time on his life lifelong artistic interest in origami.
Academy Awards Update February 23, 2009 |
Over the last several weeks, we spoke with some people who were involved in one way or another in films nominated for an Oscar. We figured we should update you on how they did.
Weekly Poems: By Washington and Lincoln February 16, 2009 |
For Presidents Day (and two days after Valentines Day), here are poems by two presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, that hit on the theme of love.
Look Out! 'Soul' Is Back February 13, 2009 |
In September 1968, WNET began airing an hour-long, all-black variety show Thursday nights. It showcased funk, jazz and soul musicians, and had interviews with leading politicians, writers and thinkers.
Remembering John Updike January 28, 2009 |
The poem Nicholas Delbanco read during Tuesday's program first appeared in the June 1999 issue of Poetry, and later, in a slightly different form in 2001, in "Americana."
Author John Updike Dies at Age 76 January 27, 2009 |
John Updike, one of the most prolific and popular American authors of his generation, who chronicled the drama of everyday suburban life, died Tuesday, his publisher said.
Clough Formally Takes Charge of Smithsonian January 27, 2009 |
Follow-up to the NewsHour's recent story about major overhauls at the Smithsonian Institution: On Monday, G. Wayne Clough was formally installed as the institution's 12th secretary.
Highlights from the Manifest Hope:DC Party January 22, 2009 |
The Manifest Hope:DC gallery space in Washington neighborhood Georgetown closed Monday night, the day before the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
For Howard's Band, Showtime Is Here January 19, 2009 |
Just about every night at a football field in Northwest, Howard University's marching band has been spending hours rehearsing around the track, preparing for its biggest event ever: Tuesday's inauguration parade.
Singer, Performer Eartha Kitt Dies at 81 December 26, 2008 |
Eartha Kitt's first album, "RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt," was released in 1954, featuring "Santa Baby." The song has since remained a radio staple every holiday season, and there's no doubt countless heard it on Christmas Day, the day she died.
Jeffrey Brown Unveils Art Beat on the Program December 16, 2008 |
In case you missed it Monday evening, here are correspondents Jeffrey Brown and Judy Woodruff talking about Art Beat on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Welcome to Art Beat! December 15, 2008 |
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