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	2012 MAY May 25, 2012 'The Swerve': When an Ancient Text Reaches Out and Touches Us In his new book, "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern," author Stephen Greenblatt unearths the tale of a book collector whose discovery of poet Lucretius' "On the Nature of Things" helped change the direction of human thought. Jeffrey Brown and Greenblatt discuss the book and its many cross-generational messages.

	May 25, 2012 Stephen Greenblatt Reads an Excerpt From 'The Swerve' Pulitzer prize-winning author Stephen Greenblatt reads an excerpt of "The Swerve."

	May 25, 2012 Conversation: Chris Thile and the Goat Rodeo Sessions Live on PBS "The Goat Rodeo Sessions" is the name of a recording released in October of last year. It's also the name of a performance that airs on PBS this Friday. It's an all-star and eclectic group made up of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile.

	May 25, 2012 The Daily Frame The sails of the Sydney Opera House are illuminated as part of the Vivid Sydney festival of lights on Friday.

	May 24, 2012 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.

	May 24, 2012 The Daily Frame President Obama receives a painting of Air Force One during the U.S. Air Force Academy's graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs on Wednesday.

	May 23, 2012 'Dear World, From Joplin With Love' Marking the one year anniversary of the devastating tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a new exhibit, "Dear World, From Joplin With Love," opened Saturday at the Spiva Center for the Arts. The collection of portraits by Robert X. Fogarty focuses on storm-affected residents, first responders, volunteers and city officials.

	May 23, 2012 Q&A: 'Dear World, From Joplin With Love' 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.

	May 23, 2012 The Daily Frame A family picnics next to a sculpture of a crashed flying saucer. "Vex" by artist Dinu Li is part of the Tatton Park Biennial in Knutsford, England. This year's exhibition, which runs until September, explores "Flights of Fancy" and includes the work of more than 20 artists.

	May 22, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	May 22, 2012 The Daily Frame A model walks the runway in K8 Hardy's "Untitled Runway Show" on Sunday at the 2012 Whitney Biennial in New York City. Hardy "re-create[d] many of the trappings of a runway show by a top fashion designer, using an experienced production team, lighting, sound, hair, and makeup technicians, as well as professional models."

	May 21, 2012 Remembering Opera Singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau German opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died Friday at age 86, was a master of the Lieder, a form of German song that he helped make popular in the 20th century. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Anne Midgette, a classical music critic for The Washington Post, about Fischer-Dieskau's legacy.

	May 21, 2012 Remembering Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with the Washington Post's Anne Midgette on German singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

	May 21, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Visiting Auschwitz' 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.

	May 21, 2012 The Daily Frame A woman protesting at the NATO meetings in Chicago on Sunday carries a painting of a photo by Getty Images photographer. The painting depicts an Iraqi girl moments after members of her family were killed by American troops at a check-point in 2005. Hondros was killed on assignment in Libya on April 20, 2011.

	May 18, 2012 'The Information Diet': Should Americans Exercise More 'Conscious Consumption'? Clay Johnson, author of "The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption", discusses with Hari Sreenivasan how abundant technology affects our health -- producing pulsing side effects such as "email apnea" or "reality dysmorphia."

	May 18, 2012 Conversation: Kristen Dupard, 2012 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Jeffrey Brown talks to Kristen Dupard, the 2012 Poetry Out Loud National Champion.

	May 18, 2012 The Daily Frame Women dressed as white egrets perform the Shirasagi-no-mai (the egret's dance) as they enter the grounds of Senso-ji Temple during the Sanja Matsuri in Tokyo on Friday. The procession takes place on the first of three days of the Sanja festival, which is held annually in May.

	May 17, 2012 Remembering the 'Queen of Disco' Donna Summer Singer Donna Summer became known as the "Queen of Disco," defining the genre with her sultry vocals and pulsing rhythms. She used to say she grew up listening to rock 'n' roll and was raised on gospel music. But it was her dance hits that won her Grammys. Summers died Thursday at age 63.

	May 17, 2012 In 'First Position,' Ballet Behind the Curtain In the ballet world, the Youth American Grand Prix can make or break a young dancer's career. In "First Position," director Bess Kargman follows seven aspiring ballet dancers between the ages of 10 and 17 as they prepare for and compete in the annual New York City event.

	May 17, 2012 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.

	May 17, 2012 The Daily Frame A group of 333 bagpipers in Sofia, Bulgaria, set the Guinness world record for the largest bagpipe performance on Wednesday.

	May 16, 2012 Remembering Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's Grand Man of Letters Carlos Fuentes was a prolific writer -- penning novels, essays, newspaper articles, even an opera. Recognized as one of Latin America's greatest literary figures, Fuentes brought stories from Mexico to the world stage. He died Tuesday at age 83. Ray Suarez and Ilan Stavans of Amherst College discuss the impact of Fuentes' work.

	May 16, 2012 Carlos Fuentes and His American Life Carlos Fuentes had aged so beautifully you might have subconsciously assumed he would live forever, like a character in a Latin American novel. Ray Suarez recalls the life of the Mexican writer.

	May 16, 2012 In Moscow, Writers Lead Anti-Putin Protest From Aleksandr Pushkin to Aleksandr Griboyedov, there is a long history in Russia of writers confronting government authority. Last weekend, the tradition continued when a group of 12 well-known authors drew a crowd of around 10,000 to follow them on a "controlled walk" between statues of the two Aleksandrs in downtown Moscow.

	May 16, 2012 The Daily Frame A woman walks past "Living together" by Chinese artist Xu Jiang at the Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau museum in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday. The show, "Xu Jiang: Re-Generation," runs from May 17 through August 18.

	May 15, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	May 15, 2012 The Daily Frame A snake ensnares mice on a wall facing a public parking lot in Mexico City last week.

	May 14, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Your Village' 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.

	May 14, 2012 The Daily Frame A puppet of Queen Elizabeth II features in a Punch & Judy show Sunday during a weekend of performances in London to celebrate 350 years since the first performance in England.

	May 11, 2012 'Crossing the Borders of Time': a Tale of Reclaimed Love Lost Amid WWII Author Leslie Maitland speaks with Margaret Warner about her new book, "Crossing the Borders of Time," which chronicles the story of a 15-year-old Jewish girl raised in Germany as the Nazis came to power and her star-crossed romance with an older French Catholic man.

	May 11, 2012 Leslie Maitland Reads From Her Book 'Crossing the Borders of Time' Leslie Maitland reads from her book, "Crossing the Borders of Time."

	May 11, 2012 Conversation: Poet Natalie Diaz A profile of poet Natalie Diaz and her Mojave language preservation work will air on the NewsHour soon, but here is a sneak peek of our interview with the 33-year-old writer, conducted along the banks of the Colorado River.

	May 11, 2012 The Daily Frame Moscow subway passengers ride a special exhibition car containing reproductions of watercolors from the State Tretyakov Gallery on Friday.

	May 10, 2012 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines (back from hiatus).

	May 10, 2012 The Daily Frame A man looks at Czech artist Alfons Mucha's "Slav Epic," a cycle of 20 allegories tracing the history of the Slavic people and inspired in part by mythology, at the National Gallery in Prague on Thursday

	May 9, 2012 Lalla Essaydi's 'Revisions' From "Revisions," an exhibition of Lalla Essaydi's work at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. "My photographs grew out of the need I felt to document actual spaces, especially those of my childhood," Lalla Essaydi says.

	May 9, 2012 Lalla Essaydi Challenges Muslim, Gender Stereotypes at Museum of African Art Known for her large format photographs, Lalla Essaydi's work combines Islamic calligraphy and representations of the female body, focusing on the interconnection of faith, culture and gender and challenging notions within all three.

	May 9, 2012 The Daily Frame A Buddha statue on Vesak at the Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia, on Sunday. Commonly referred to as the "Buddha's Birthday," Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha.

	May 8, 2012 Remembering Maurice Sendak and His 'Riotous and Strange' Inner Child Known for illuminating fantastic nightmares in picture book form -- like his most famous book "Where the Wild Things Are," writer and artist Maurice Sendak died Tuesday at age 83. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Sendak in 2002.

	May 8, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	May 8, 2012 Maurice Sendak Dies at Age 83 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.

	May 8, 2012 The Daily Frame Seward Johnson's "Forever Marilyn," a 26-foot high statue of Marilyn Monroe on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, is dismantled Monday as it prepares to travel to its new home in Palm Springs, Calif.

	May 7, 2012 Ndegeocello Credits Arts Education With Redefining Path to Success With nine studio albums under her belt and a world tour under way, bass player Meshell Ndegeocello was in her hometown of Washington, D.

	May 7, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Cinco de Mayo' 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.

	May 7, 2012 The Daily Frame Sculptures of blue sheep flock in Schwerin, Germany, on Friday.

	May 4, 2012 'What's Going on Now': Engaging Young People Through Music, Media, Messages Part of a project produced by the Kennedy Center and singer-songwriter John Legend called What's Going On Now, young people across the country are using media, music and inspiration from Marvin Gaye to address issues in their lives and communities such as the economy, wars and the environment. Jeffrey Brown reports.

	May 4, 2012 Three New Looks on the National Mall The National Mall here in Washington, D.C., is indeed a national treasure, but it's one that is in some disrepair. The Trust for the National Mall has just held a competition to design three new sections in oft-neglected areas on the Mall. The winners were announced Thursday.

	May 4, 2012 40 Years After Gaye's Hit, John Legend Explores 'What's Going On...Now' Jeffrey Brown talks to singer-songwriter John Legend and producer Harry Weinger about Marvin Gaye's hit record, "What's Going On," on its 40th anniversary.

	May 4, 2012 The Daily Frame A woman passes a large print of an original Bauhaus poster on the wall of the Barbican in London. "Bauhaus: Art as Life" is the largest British exhibition in over 40 years of the Bauhaus school of art, includes more than over 400 pieces, and will be on display through Aug. 12.

	May 3, 2012 Better $120 Million Status Symbol: 'The Scream' or a Yacht? One of the most iconic works of art in the world, a version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream," sold at a record price of $119.9 million in a much-hyped New York auction Wednesday night. Jeffrey Brown and The Wall Street Journal's Kelly Crow discuss what a 12-minute-long bidding war suggests about the state of the art market.

	May 1, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	May 1, 2012 The Daily Frame Villagers in Zhengyangguan, in China's eastern Anhui province, raise two children dressed as a deities onto poles. The "floating ballet" is an annual ritual once celebrated in many other villages, but is now on the decline with fewer children now participating in the festival.



	APRIL April 30, 2012 Combat Paper: Veterans Repurpose Uniforms Into Art The New Jersey-based Combat Paper Project helps veterans make sense of their experiences in a constructive, safe and artistic environment. Veterans create homemade paper from military uniforms and cover it with art and more.

	April 30, 2012 Making Your Own 'Combat Paper': A Step-by-Step Tutorial For U.S. military veterans who choose to hand over their uniform to the Combat Paper Project, turning the cut-up pieces of uniform into a sheet of paper is cathartic process.

	April 30, 2012 Veterans Changing the Arts: Share Your Story If you've served in the military and your experience has influenced your art and creative expression, share your story.

	April 30, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Johnny One Note' 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize-winner W.S. Di Piero reads "Johnny One Note," from his book "Nitro Nights" (2011, Copper Canyon Press).

	April 30, 2012 The Daily Frame A couple dances at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Sunday in Indio, Calif.

	April 27, 2012 U.S., U.K. Poets Laureate on Being Public Face for 'Solitary Act' "A poet should be private and invisible," says U.K. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, "This is a different way of being a poet, to be laureate." Meanwhile, "I think we witness things, but are not witnessed," says U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine. They reflect with Jeffrey Brown on having very public roles as private poets.

	April 27, 2012 Conversation: W. S. Di Piero, Winner of the 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Jeffrey Brown talks to W. S. Di Piero, the winner of the 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a $100,000 award given by the Poetry Foundation.

	April 27, 2012 The Daily Frame Artifacts are displayed before the official opening of the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul. The museum, named after a novel written by Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk, houses a collection of cultural artifacts from the time period the novel was set in. The museum will be open to the public on Saturday.

	April 26, 2012 The Budos Band Hones a '70s Sound What do Ethiopian jazz, American funk and soul, and '70s rock 'n' roll have in common? It's the sound of the Budos Band.

	April 26, 2012 The Daily Frame Local volunteers on Wednesday place some of the 40,000 clay figures that will make up part of Antony Gormley's "Field for the British Isles" installed in Barrington Court near Ilminster, England.

	April 25, 2012 Q&A: Pulitzer Prize Winner David Auburn on His New Play, 'The Columnist' Art Beat talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn about his new play, "The Columnist."

	April 25, 2012 The Daily Frame Activists opposed to Arizona's controversial immigration law, S.B. 1070, paint a banner Tuesday at the office of the Puente Movement, a community group in Phoenix. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over the law on Wednesday.

	April 24, 2012 Nick Cave Brings Art, Fashion, Sculpture to Life With Colorful 'Soundsuits' Chicago artist Nick Cave says he has always been fascinated with items cast off by other people. The Missouri native and his team assemble thrift-store finds into life-size creations that are part sculpture, part costume, which he calls "Soundsuits." When you see one, Cave wants you to wonder, "What am I encountering?"

	April 24, 2012 More With Artist Nick Cave and His Soundsuits More with artist Nick Cave and his Soundsuits.

	April 24, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	April 24, 2012 The Daily Frame Fans watch the band We Are the In Crowd perform Sunday at the Hit The Deck 2012 Festival at Rock City in Nottingham, England.

	April 23, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'I lost my pen, I lost my keys' 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.

	April 23, 2012 The Daily Frame Jeremy Deller bounces on his new work "Sacrilege," a full-scale inflatable replica of Stonehenge and part of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts.

	April 20, 2012 Q&A: Terence Blanchard and a New 'Streetcar Named Desire' Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard returns to Broadway with an original score for a new production: a multiracial revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire."

	April 20, 2012 The Daily Frame As soldiers look on, a woman paints a mural near a prayer site in central Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday.

	April 19, 2012 Remembering Rock Legend Levon Helm of The Band Levon Helm was the drummer and a singer for The Band, a rock group known for its blend of blues and folk in songs like "The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down" and for its work with Bob Dylan. Helm died Thursday at age 71. Here is an excerpt from one of his group's signature songs, "The Weight."

	April 19, 2012 Newly Cast Terra Cotta Warriors Look to More Peaceful Future in 2801 Artist Gong Yuebin grew up during China's Cultural Revolution and it shows. His piece "Site 2801," on display at Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Calif., reflects a re-imagined terra cotta army -- 200 warriors interspersed with 10 modern-looking soldiers, symbolizing an unchanged feeling of militarism. Spencer Michels reports.

	April 19, 2012 Edward Luce: It's 'Time to Start Thinking,' America "Unless America can address government's role in a more pragmatic light," British author Edward Luce writes, "it may doom itself to continued descent. Margaret Warner and Luce discuss his latest book "Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent," a sobering examination of the U.S. role in global competitiveness.

	April 19, 2012 On Thursday's NewsHour: China's Terra Cotta Warriors, Reimagined In the ornate ballroom of the venerable Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Calif., a 210-strong army of clay soldiers stands in formation. Most soldiers are replicas of the famous terra-cotta warriors that were discovered in 1947 in a field in Xian, China, by a farmer.

	April 19, 2012 'Los Angles Review of Books' Makes Launch There's a brand new entry into the world of books and publishing. It's call the Los Angeles Review of Books, and you'll find it online.

	April 19, 2012 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.

	April 19, 2012 The Daily Frame A visitor inspects a light installation by artist Anthony McCall during a preview of the exhibition "Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture" at the Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin on Thuraday. The exhibition on McCall's projections, which he has been developing since the 1970s, opens Friday and runs through August 12.

	April 18, 2012 Ann Patchett: Pulitzers Skipping Fiction Prize a 'Big Loss' for Booksellers For the first time since 1977, no Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded this year when none of the three finalists won a majority of a jury's vote. Best-selling authors Ann Patchett and Lev Grossman speak with Jeffrey Brown about the integrity of the judging process and the Pulitzers' power as a sales tool for booksellers.

	April 18, 2012 A Revealing Look at 'Marley' Bob Marley remains one of the most recognizable and celebrated musicians in the world, and on Friday his fans will get a comprehensive look at his life in a new documentary called, simply, "Marley."

	April 18, 2012 The Daily Frame The Ailey II dance company performs during a rehearsal on Tuesday in New York City.

	April 17, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	April 17, 2012 The Daily Frame "Drift" by artist Ron Mueck is hung by gallery technicians at the Hauser & Wirth gallery on Monday in London. The sculpture is part of Mueck's first major solo exhibition in over a decade, on display Thursday through May 26.

	April 16, 2012 Pulitzer Prize Profile: The Philadelphia Inquirer's Public Service Award Announced Monday by Columbia University, The Philadelphia Inquirer won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its "Assault on Learning" series that chronicled pervasive under-reported violence in the city's public schools. Jeffrey Brown and The Inquirer's Kristen Graham discuss the award and the series' impact on the city.

	April 16, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Tonight' 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.

	April 16, 2012 The Daily Frame Fans get hosed down Saturday at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Coachella, which began Friday, features more than 100 musical acts for two consecutive weekends.

	April 13, 2012 Conversation: Philippe Falardeau, Director of 'Monsieur Lazhar' After the death of a teacher at a Montreal middle-school, a class of grieving students is thrown together with an Algerian immigrant who becomes their new teacher. The film, "Monsieur Lazhar," directed by Philippe Falardeau, tells a story of cultural gaps and emotional chasms in one small classroom and out into the wider world.

	April 13, 2012 The Daily Frame A security guard stands near a candle sculpture by Urs Fischer during Friday's press preview of the Swiss artist's upcoming solo show at Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Italy.

	April 12, 2012 Poet Naomi Shihab Nye: 'Telling a Story Helped Us Figure Out Who We Were' When shaping verse, poet Naomi Shihab Nye reflects on her Palestinian heritage, family and the power of humanity. Nye discusses her most recent compilation of work, "Transfer," and what inspires her to continue crafting thoughtful and expressive poems.

	April 12, 2012 The E-Book War: the Stakes in the Fight for Readers' Dollars Citing consumer losses of millions of dollars, the Justice Department accused Apple and five publishers this week of colluding to raise e-book prices and break Amazon's dominant hold in the market. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the market with American Booksellers Association's Becky Anderson and attorney Steve Berman.

	April 12, 2012 Extended Interview and Reading With Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye reads two poems: "Hello Palestine" and "Cinco de Mayo."

	April 12, 2012 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.

	April 12, 2012 The Daily Frame Henning Schmitz, left, and Fritz Hilpert of the band Kraftwerk perform Tuesday during "Kraftwerk -- Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

	April 11, 2012 Sharon Van Etten Takes 'Tramp' on the Road Song-writer Sharon Van Etten is touring to promote her new album "Tramp."

	April 11, 2012 The Daily Frame Visitors look at masks and garments on display at "The Masters of Disorder," an exhibit about shamanism, at the Quai Branly Museum Tuesday in Paris.

	April 10, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	April 10, 2012 The Daily Frame President Obama reads Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Sasha during the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday.

	April 9, 2012 'Colorful Realm,' 18th Century Japanese Silk Paintings Make Rare U.S. Appearance In a rare U.S. visit, a collection of 30 Japanese bird-and-flower silk scroll paintings by Ito Jakuchu are on display at the National Gallery of Art, just in time for the National Cherry Blossom Festival in the nation's capital. Judy Woodruff reports on the display of the 18th century Japanese national treasures.

	April 9, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Metamorphosis' 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.

	April 9, 2012 The Daily Frame A student at Dhaka University's Art Institute paints a mask ahead of the Bengali New Year in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday.

	April 6, 2012 Buddy Guy: 'Blues Musicians Don't Retire, They Drop' Sixty years after picking up his first guitar, blues musician Buddy Guy still jams -- and has no plans of stopping. Jeffrey Brown and Guy discuss his upcoming memoir "When I Left Home: My Story," his childhood in rural Louisiana, what his influences were and how his remarkable career helped shape popular music.

	April 6, 2012 Buddy Guy, 75 Years Young Blues legend Buddy Guy is still jamming, six decades after first picking up a guitar. When not on international tour, he can often be found at his blues club in Chicago. Jeffrey Brown catches up with Guy, who has written a forthcoming memoir called "When I Left Home."

	April 6, 2012 Conversation: Henry Ossawa Tanner at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Henry Ossawa Tanner is known as the first African-American artist to gain international success and fame. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1859, spent much of his youth in Philadelphia, but lived most of his adult life in Paris.

	April 6, 2012 The Daily Frame The Museum of British Surfing in Braunton, England undergoes last minute preparations Thursday before its opening Friday.

	April 5, 2012 Conversation: The Life, Work and Legacy of Elizabeth Catlett, 1915-2012 Jeffrey Brown talks to Lowery Stokes Sims, a curator at the Museums of Arts and Design, about the life, work and legacy of Elizabeth Catlett, who died Monday at age 96.

	April 5, 2012 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.

	April 5, 2012 The Daily Frame Restorers work on the painting of a ceiling of the Farmacia di Santa Maria Novella on Wednesday in Florence, Italy.

	April 4, 2012 'The Art of Video Games' at the Smithsonian American Art Museum "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.

	April 4, 2012 The Daily Frame Employees at the Museum Volkenkunde install the Terracotta Warriors on Monday in Leiden, the Netherlands.

	April 3, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	April 3, 2012 The Daily Frame A boy plays on a sculpture by Fernando Botero in Botero Park in Medellin, Colombia, on Sunday. An exhibition of Botero's paintings, "Stations of the Cross," opens Tuesday at the Museum of Antioquia in Medellin.

	April 2, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Revisionist History' 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).

	April 2, 2012 The Daily Frame A sculptor works on a sand replica titled "Big Ben in Westminster" at the Sand Museum in Tottori, Japan.



	MARCH March 30, 2012 Conversation: Woody Guthrie at 100 Woody Guthrie was born 100 years ago this July. He died in 1967 at the age of 55, but he left behind a legacy as one of this nation's greatest songwriters and troubadours. Guthrie's daughter Nora talks to Jeffrey Brown about her father and the centennial events.

	March 30, 2012 The Daily Frame Pakistani artisans engrave traditional patterns on metal borders for mirrors outside their shop in Karachi on Wednesday.

	March 29, 2012 Remembering 'Brilliant' Banjo Player Earl Scruggs, Poet Adrienne Rich Judy Woodruff reports on the death of widely read and influential poet Adrienne Rich, who died Tuesday at age 82, then Jeffrey Brown takes a look back at the life and groundbreaking sound of banjo legend and bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs with Bela Fleck, another Grammy-winning banjo player.

	March 29, 2012 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.

	March 29, 2012 The Daily Frame A man looks at sculptures made by Dutch sculptor Nikolaus Gerhaert van Leyden (1420-1473) on Friday at the Notre-Dame Museum in Strasbourg, France, as part of an exhibition dedicated to his work.

	March 28, 2012 'Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective' at the Denver Art Museum "Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective" opened recently at the Denver Art Museum. Art Museum Director Christoph Heinrich and exhibit curator Florence Muller gave Art Beat a tour of the show, which will remain at the museum through July 8.

	March 28, 2012 The Daily Frame A woman looks at "My Soul" by Katharine Dowson, a laser-etched, lead-crystal glass sculpture in the shape of a brain created using the artist's own MRI scan. The piece is part of an exhibition called "Brains: The mind as matter" at the Wellcome Collection in London.

	March 27, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	March 27, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	March 26, 2012 James Cameron Descends 7 Miles Into Pacific Ocean's 'Desolate' Mariana Trench Shooting footage for a 3-D movie and a National Geographic special, filmmaker James Cameron journeyed to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, seven miles below the surface. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on Cameron's deep dive to the Mariana Trench's Challenge Deep, 300 miles southwest of Guam.

	March 26, 2012 On Stage, Chicago Students Tackle Immigration, Poverty, Race Students at the Albany Park Theatre Project in Chicago research, write and perform plays about their own communities, tackling tough issues like immigration, poverty and race while learning about theater in an area where extracurricular activities are few and far between. Jeffrey Brown reports.

	March 26, 2012 Extended Interview, Performances: Albany Park Theatre Project An extended interview with Albany Park Theatre Project founder David Feiner.

	March 26, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Arias' 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.

	March 26, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	March 23, 2012 'The Hunger Games' Phenomenon: Examining Film's Buzz, 'Insane' Marketing When the clock struck midnight early Friday, fans of the wildly anticipated movie "The Hunger Games," based on the young-adult series by Suzanne Collins, cheered as they flooded more than 2,000 screenings across the country. Jeffrey Brown discusses the movie's appeal and buzz with The Atlantic's Jen Doll.

	March 23, 2012 Conversation: 2012 Whitney Biennial The 2012 edition of the Whitney Biennial opened earlier this month at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Jeffrey Brown talks to the curators, Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders, about the show.

	March 23, 2012 Whitney Biennial 2012 A selection of the works in the latest edition of the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

	March 22, 2012 The Daily Frame Visitors walk past a sculpture made of plastic soldiers by Syrian artist Thaier Helal on display at the Art Dubai exhibition on Wednesday.

	March 22, 2012 Q&A: Lloyd Suh's 'Great Wall Story' In 1899, three bored -- and slightly drunk -- newspaper reporters decide to concoct a story that the Great Wall of China is being torn down. That's the premise for "Great Wall Story," a new play produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and which is based on actual events.

	March 22, 2012 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.

	March 22, 2012 The Daily Frame A man practices yoga as a couple rests Thursday in the Carrousel Garden at the Louvre in Paris.

	March 21, 2012 Carolina Chocolate Drops' Sweet Old-time Sound Fiddle and banjo music today can seem antiquated, pulled from a time capsule of early Americana, but the Carolina Chocolate Drops want you to know they are more than just a young band with an old-time sound.

	March 21, 2012 The Daily Frame Visitors study light projections of works by Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh at an audio-visual art show on Tuesday in Les Baux de Provence, France.

	March 20, 2012 Condoleezza Rice Makes the Case for Arts as Vital Part of Education On Tuesday, Jeffrey Brown sat down with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to discuss a new report examining the connections between education and national security. He also took some time to ask both leaders about the role of arts in education amid big budget cuts.

	March 20, 2012 Condoleezza Rice Makes the Case for Arts as Vital Part of Education On Tuesday, Jeffrey Brown sat down with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to discuss a new report examining the connections between education and national security.

	March 20, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	March 20, 2012 The Daily Frame Ninots -- giant cardboard, wood, paper-mache and plaster statues -- burn Monday during the last day of Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain. The festival celebrates St. Joseph, as well as the arrival of spring, with fireworks, fiestas and bonfires. On the last day of the five-day festival, ninots across the city are set on fire.

	March 19, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Journey Through the Past' 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.

	March 19, 2012 The Daily Frame A dancer performs a flip for onlookers on Tuesday in New York City.

	March 16, 2012 The Agony and the Dishonesty of Mike Daisey's Apple Story Last year, performer Mike Daisey sat down with Jeff Brown for Art Beat to discuss his much-talked-about one-man show, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." It was revealed Friday that parts of Daisey's story were not true.

	March 16, 2012 Conversation: Singer Ruthie Foster Singer Ruthie Foster has roots that hark back to gospel and funk. She sang in her church back home in Texas and later on as part of a funk bank during a stint in the Navy. But her work is becoming increasingly known for her recordings and performances of blues and folk music.

	March 16, 2012 The Daily Frame Helen Astaire works on a butterfly at the Affordable Art Fair in London on Thursday.

	March 15, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	March 15, 2012 The Daily Frame A woman walks through "Out of Sync," an art installation on a grass meadow at Somerset House in London. Chilean artist Fernando Casasempere hand crafted 10,000 clay flowers for the installation, which is open to the public through April 27.

	March 14, 2012 Poet Katherine Larson Reads Her Work 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.

	March 14, 2012 The Daily Frame A pedestrian walks by a mural of a handgun on Tuesday in the city of Multan, located in Pakistan's Punjab province.

	March 13, 2012 Dissecting Prose and Squid With Biologist, Poet Katherine Larson Using her career as a molecular biologist as a starting point, Katherine Larson shapes her poems with descriptions of squid, suction cups and branchial hearts. She won last year's Yale Series of Younger Poets competition and was recognized as a poet of "genuine promise" with the Kate Tufts Discovery Award last month.

	March 13, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	March 13, 2012 The Daily Frame A member of staff at the Queen's Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, views a painting in the Royal Collection on Tuesday. The exhibition celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and showcases the tastes of monarchs and other members of the royal family.

	March 12, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'The House on Laurel Hill Lane' Megan Snyder-Camp is the author of "The Forest of Sure Things," which won the Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse Award for an outstanding first book.

	March 12, 2012 The Daily Frame "Garden of Light," a light installation, is projected onto the ArtScience Museum in Singapore on Saturday as part of the i-Light festival.

	March 9, 2012 Conversation: Eavan Boland Jeffrey Brown talks to Irish poet Eavan Boland.

	March 9, 2012 The Daily Frame Nepalese revelers painting their faces for Holi festivities in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

	March 8, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	March 8, 2012 The Daily Frame Security guard Henry Medina poses next to a sculpture of a security guard by Marc Sijan at the 2012 Armory Show in New York, which runs through Sunday.

	March 7, 2012 San Francisco's Famed Coit Tower Murals in Peril Due to Fog, Neglect In San Francisco's Coit Tower, historic murals by 25 significant artists depicting life in California in the early 1930s have fallen into disrepair for a variety of reasons, including a lack of security, funding problems and the city's famous fog. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on efforts to preserve the famed frescoes.

	March 7, 2012 Q&A: Violinist Benjamin Beilman Benjamin Beilman is making a name for himself as a young violin phenom, winning several major prizes. The 21-year-old violinist recently performed at the Young Concert Artists Series recital at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C. Next week, he will make his New York City recital debut at Merkin Concert Hall.

	March 7, 2012 The Daily Frame Conceptual artist Serkan Ozkaya's double-size, golden replica of Michelangelo's "David," titled "David (inspired by Michelangelo)," arrives Tuesday on a lowboy trailer at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City. The sculpture spent the day the traveling throughout the city on the trailer.

	March 6, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	March 6, 2012 The Daily Frame An exhibition at the Cinemateca Brasileira in Sao Paulo, Brazil, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe through 125 works by 50 artists.

	March 5, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'November Full Moon' 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.

	March 5, 2012 The Daily Frame Members of the Pokot tribe perform at a Shinnyo-en fire and water ceremony at the Gallmann Africa Conservancy in northern Kenya on Sunday.

	March 2, 2012 The First-ever PBS Online Film Festival PBS kicked off its first-ever Online Film Festival this week, which will showcase 20 short films from independent filmmakers. Every Monday for five weeks, a new category of films will be available to watch via the PBS website and the PBS YouTube channel.

	March 2, 2012 The Daily Frame A man walks by graffiti of Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday. Photo by Andrey Smirnov /AFP /Getty Images.

	March 1, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	March 1, 2012 The Daily Frame Saber Naqshbandi works on his painting during an art course Thursday in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 29, 2012 Q&A: Time for Three Mixes Classic With New A classical music trio covering Kanye West doesn't seem an obvious project, but that's exactly what Time for Three has done in its latest music video for the song, "Stronger."

	Feb. 29, 2012 The Daily Frame A woman hangs paintings inside her stall in Bagan, Myanmar, this past Sunday.

	Feb. 29, 2012 'Playing for Change' Elevates Musicians and Music Education Inspiration started with street musicians. Mark Johnson, a recording studio executive in New York City, was on his way to work when he saw a crowd gather around a few monks performing on the subway platform. Their business was creating joy, not just generating a profit.

	Feb. 28, 2012 A New Voice at the Kennedy Center, Jason Moran 'Promotes the Abstract' in Jazz An emerging jazz innovator and the new artistic director at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, musician Jason Moran uses song to promote thought, therapy, consciousness and creativity. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Moran about his efforts to create more appreciators of the arts in his new role.

	Feb. 28, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Feb. 28, 2012 The Daily Frame Janio Nunez works on a sculpture of a piano player made out of tobacco leaves in his workshop in Guanabo, Cuba. Trained as a tobacco roller, Nunez now works exclusively on tobacco-made sculptures, some of them life-size.

	Feb. 27, 2012 The Healing Power of Music An unconventional approach to recovery and coping, music therapy is a field of medicine capturing new attention due to its role in helping Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the versatility of music in a medical setting, but the difficulty of quantifying its effectiveness.

	Feb. 27, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Other Denver Economies' 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.

	Feb. 27, 2012 The Daily Frame Employees of the Tate Modern in London stand next to "Tutto," an embroidery work by Italian artist Alighiero Boetti. The museum will present an exhibition of Boetti's work from Tuesday to May 27, 2012.

	Feb. 24, 2012 New York Arts Program Brings 'Harmony' to Low-Income Students Serving mostly low-income children in New York City, an innovative music education program called Harmony provides free instruments and daily music lessons to children in third through sixth grades. Correspondent John Merrow reports on an arts program changing lives in public schools, based on a system developed in Venezuela.

	Feb. 24, 2012 Conversation: Jazz Musician Jason Moran Jason Moran was recently made the artistic adviser for jazz at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., a position held for many years by the great jazz musician and educator Billy Taylor.

	Feb. 24, 2012 The Daily Frame Dancers from the Australian Ballet and the dance company Chunky Move rehearse in Melbourne for the world premiere of "Infinity."

	Feb. 23, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	Feb. 23, 2012 The Daily Frame Men mourn the end of Carnival and the beginning of Lent by burying a symbolic sardine during the Burial of the Sardine (El Entierro de la Sardina) festival Wednesday in Madrid.

	Feb. 22, 2012 Smithsonian's African-American History Museum an 'Opportunity for Understanding' Ground was broken Wednesday on the National Mall for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open in 2015. Jeffrey Brown discusses the pivotal moment in the long, $500 million effort to showcase the stories and experiences of black Americans with journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson.

	Feb. 22, 2012 Q&A: 'Frida Kahlo: Her Photos' Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is internationally well-known for her iconic self-portraits. A new exhibit at Artisphere in Arlington, Va., is offering a new look at the painter. For the first time in the United States, 259 personal photos are on display in "Frida Kahlo: Her Photos."

	Feb. 22, 2012 'Frida Kahlo: Her Photos' Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is internationally renowned for her iconic self-portraits. Upon her death in 1954, more than 6,500 personal photos were concealed. Some are now on display for the first time in the United States at Artisphere in Arlington, Va.

	Feb. 22, 2012 The Daily Frame The Flaming Lips perform at the 2012 Noise Pop Festival at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco.

	Feb. 22, 2012 Are Oscars Nominees' Health Plots Accurate or Malpractice? Open wide, Oscar, it's time for your check-up. With the Academy Awards slated for Sunday, we've brought in a medical doctor to examine the accuracy of the health themes in some of the year's top films.

	Feb. 21, 2012 Roger Rosenblatt Reflects on Love, Grief, Kayaks Author Roger Rosenblatt considers grief, solace, solitude and love in the wake of his daughter's death in his new book "Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief and Small Boats." Jeffrey Brown and Rosenblatt discuss a morning out on the water and a journey through grief.

	Feb. 21, 2012 Culture Canvas Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Feb. 21, 2012 The Daily Frame A woman walks past graffiti in Athens depicting a young girl trying to reach stars from the European Union flag. European officials agreed Tuesday to give Greece a second massive bailout in exchange for harsh austerity measures.

	Feb. 20, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'City Out of Time' 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.

	Feb. 20, 2012 The Daily Frame Carnival performers at the Rosenmontag parade Monday in Mainz, Germany.

	Feb. 17, 2012 40 Years After Gaye's Hit, John Legend Explores 'What's Going On...Now' Jeffrey Brown talks to singer-songwriter John Legend and producer Harry Weinger about Marvin Gaye's hit record, "What's Going On," on its 40th anniversary.

	Feb. 17, 2012 The Daily Frame Aymara natives play folk music Thursday during the Anata Andino, an Andean carnival in the Bolivian city of Oruro in which people from different communities gather to thank the goddess Pachamama for the crops and ask for the rainy season to begin.

	Feb. 16, 2012 Why Not Everyone Supports Black History Month Black History Month originated in 1925 when the second week of February was made Negro History Week since it contained the birthdays of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how some African-Americans now oppose the idea of dedicating a special month to black history.

	Feb. 16, 2012 'End Black History Month,' Proposes Filmmaker Filmmaker Shukree Tilghman of the film "More Than a Month.

	Feb. 16, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	Feb. 16, 2012 The Daily Frame A model prepares for the threeASFOUR fall 2012 fashion show Wednesday at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.

	Feb. 15, 2012 Q&A: The Art of Google Books "The Art of Google Books" is a Tumblr blog that showcases errors and anomalies found in the digital pages of Google Books. Krissy Wilson, the creator of the blog and a student at the University of Florida, sifts through scanned pages on Google Books searching for visible signs of the digitizing process.

	Feb. 15, 2012 The Daily Frame "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.

	Feb. 15, 2012 The Art of Google Books "The Art of Google Books" is a blog that showcases errors and anomalies found in the digital pages of Google Books. Krissy Wilson, the creator of the blog and a student at the University of Florida, sifts through the scanned pages on Google Books website searching for visible signs of the digitizing process.

	Feb. 14, 2012 Poet Tony Hoagland Explores Species' 'Romantic Moments' In honor of Valentine's Day, poet Tony Hoagland reads "Romantic Moment" -- a poem about a man and woman who have just watched a nature documentary on a date, and how their expressions of affection stack up against those of leopard frogs, chimpanzees, bull penguins and so on.

	Feb. 14, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Feb. 14, 2012 The Daily Frame Light art is projected on Barcelona's city council building during a winter festival.

	Feb. 13, 2012 The Life and Legacy of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston, the superstar known for turning gospel and soul into pop music gold, was found dead over the weekend in her Los Angeles hotel room. She was 48. Jeffrey Brown and songwriter Gordon Chambers discuss her life and legacy, including some recent struggles that drew public concern.

	Feb. 13, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Chocolate' Rita Dove served as the U.S Poet Laureate from 1993-1995, and for the past two decades she has taught at the University of Virginia.

	Feb. 13, 2012 The Daily Frame Fans remembered singer Whitney Houston outside the Apollo Theater in New York on Sunday.

	Feb. 10, 2012 Conversation: Pianist Jonathan Biss Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas remain landmarks in music history, works that pianists in every generation have felt the desire, the inspiration, the need to take on. A new recording by Jonathan Biss is recently out, the first of nine to be released over nine years, that will eventually include the entire cycle.

	Feb. 10, 2012 The Daily Frame Children view Richard Ansdell's painting, "The Hunted Slaves," at the International Slavery Museum on Thursday in Liverpool, England.

	Feb. 9, 2012 Love Story Sheds Light on How Society Treats People With Disabilities A New York Times bestseller, Rachel Simon's "The Story of Beautiful Girl" explores empathy and tolerance in the form of a love story where characters with disabilities overcome heavyweight obstacles. Judy Woodruff and Simon discuss how society deals with disabilities and how they are portrayed in literary works.

	Feb. 9, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	Feb. 9, 2012 The Daily Frame Kalamandalam Radhakrishnan touches up his make-up before his Ottanthullal performance Thursday at the Soorya Festival in Ahmedabad, India. Ottanthullal is a type of classical performing art from Kerala, India, featuring dance and storytelling.

	Feb. 8, 2012 Legacy of S.F. Mayor, Killed With Harvey Milk, Revived on Stage by Son In his new play "Ghost Light," Jonathon Moscone explores feelings of guilt and grief as well as the legacy of his father, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, who was gunned down at City Hall 33 years ago, along with gay rights advocate Harvey Milk, whose assassination has been better-remembered. KQED's Dave Iverson reports.

	Feb. 8, 2012 Conversation: Edward Gero on Rothko, 'Red' Mark Rothko's life has been turned into art in the play "Red," starring Edward Gero, written by John Logan and directed by Robert Falls, now at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.

	Feb. 8, 2012 The Daily Frame Stormtroopers in London promote Friday's release of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace 3D."

	Feb. 7, 2012 In 'Pilgrimage,' Leibovitz Explores Portraits Without People Known for portraits of celebrities and musicians, Annie Leibovitz has given herself a new assignment: capture striking landscapes and visit the homes of iconic figures to document significant items from their past. Jeffrey Brown and Leibovitz discuss her "Pilgrimage" book and exhibition at the Smithsonian's American Art Museum.

	Feb. 7, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Feb. 7, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	Feb. 6, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'haiku (failed)' 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.

	Feb. 6, 2012 The Daily Frame Children participate in the celebrations at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Zibo, China. Photo by Hong Wu/ Getty Images.

	Feb. 3, 2012 Conversation: Mark Morris Jeffrey Brown talks to dance choreographer Mark Morris, whose "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato" was recently performed at Washington's Kennedy Center.

	Feb. 3, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	Feb. 3, 2012 The Daily Frame Brazilian dancer Edson Barbosa warms up for her performance at the Prix de Lausanne 40th International Ballet Competition in Lausanne, Switzerland.

	Feb. 2, 2012 The Life, Work of Poet Wislawa Szymborska Jeffrey Brown talks to Wislawa Szymborska's longtime translator, Clare Cavanagh, professor of Slavic languages and comparative literate at Northwestern University, about the poet's life and work.

	Feb. 2, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	Feb. 1, 2012 Zach Condon Takes Beirut on a Journey Home Zach Condon says Beruit's latest album, "The Rip Tide," is much more personal and retrospective, as he, now 25, finds himself settling down and looking back at his past.

	Feb. 1, 2012 The Daily Frame A barista uses a stencil and cinnamon and cocoa powder to create a portrait of presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov at a coffeehouse in Moscow.



	JANUARY Jan. 31, 2012 Adam Johnson Reads From His Novel, 'The Orphan Master's Son' Adam Johnson reads from his novel, "The Orphan Master's Son."

	Jan. 31, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Jan. 31, 2012 The Daily Frame David Shrigley's taxidermied Jack Russell terrier, titled "I'm Dead," is on display Tuesday at a new exhibition of the artist's work, called "Brain Activity," at the Hayward Gallery in London.

	Jan. 30, 2012 Author Adam Johnson Envisions a Life Inside North Korea Under Kim Jong-il Author Adam Johnson's second novel, "The Orphan Master's Son," is a fictional account of a young man's passage through North Korea -- a country unknown, unseen and, at times, futile before the death of its "Dear Leader," Kim Jong-il. Johnson and Jeffrey Brown discuss his interpretation of the country and the late dictator.

	Jan. 30, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Around' 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.

	Jan. 30, 2012 The Daily Frame A visitor studies a sculpture at the Art Museum of Sao Paulo on Saturday. A new exhibition of Roman art at the museum showcases 370 pieces, displayed outside Italy for the first time.

	Jan. 27, 2012 In 'Money Shot,' Poet Armantrout Reacts to Financial Crisis in Verse Rae Armantrout's poetry finds its place at the intersection of the public and the private. Armantrout won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award for her 2009 collection, "Versed." Poems in her latest book, "Money Shot," speak to the economic downturn.

	Jan. 27, 2012 Extended Interview and Reading: Poet Rae Armantrout An extended interview and reading with poet Rae Armantrout.

	Jan. 27, 2012 Conversation: Rosenblatt's 'Kayak Morning' Jeffrey brown talks to Roger Rosenblatt about his new book, "Kayak Morning: Relfections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats."

	Jan. 27, 2012 The Daily Frame "Armada," an installation by Japanese artist Jacob Hashimoto is displayed at Arte Fiera in Bologna, Italy, on Thursday.

	Jan. 26, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	Jan. 26, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	Jan. 25, 2012 Telenovelas: Are Spanish-Language Soap Operas Good for Your Health? The latest in Spanish-language soap operas, or telenovelas, have encased more than typical romance and personal scandal, debuting some very clear messages on health care for Latinos in the U.S., specifically Colorado. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the creators' reasoning in writing beyond the usual storylines.

	Jan. 25, 2012 Telenovelas Provide Platform for Public Health Messages Alicia's entire life has been building to this one moment at the breakfast table. She's finally admitting to herself that the colon cancer will take everything ... her successful psychiatric practice, a comfortable home, her new love with Don Juancho.

	Jan. 25, 2012 The Power of the Telenovela Romance. Drama. That's what drives telenovelas, Latin American soap operas, one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, with hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide.

	Jan. 25, 2012 For Ryan Tedder, the Hits Keep Coming While OneRepublic has recorded hit songs like "Apologize," which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009, "All the Right Moves" and "Secrets," it's not Ryan Tedder's work with his band that has earned him a Grammy nomination this year.

	Jan. 25, 2012 The Daily Frame An employee sweeps around the base of a sculpture by Indian artist Siddharth Karawal at the India Art Fair in New Delhi.

	Jan. 24, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture stories from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Jan. 24, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	Jan. 23, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Tale' 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.

	Jan. 23, 2012 The Daily Frame Thousands of people celebrate the Chinese New Year at a lantern festival Monday in Shanghai.

	Jan. 20, 2012 1927's 'Napoleon' Set for Grand Premiere It's billed as the U.S. premiere of a film made in 1927. The film is "Napoleon," made by the great director, Abel Gance. The U.S. premiere with full orchestra will be presented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in March. Jeffrey Brown talks to Kevin Brownlow, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker who's put it together.

	Jan. 20, 2012 The Daily Frame Artist Enrique Guerrero applies a green-black patina to one of the bronze Screen Actors Guild Award statuettes at the American Fine Arts Foundry on Thursday. The 18th Annual SAG Awards, for outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances, will be held in Los Angeles on Jan. 29.

	Jan. 19, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	Jan. 19, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	Jan. 18, 2012 San Francisco's Famed Coit Tower Murals in Peril Due to Fog, Neglect In San Francisco's Coit Tower, historic murals by 25 significant artists depicting life in California in the early 1930s have fallen into disrepair for a variety of reasons, including a lack of security, funding problems and the city's famous fog. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on efforts to preserve the famed frescoes.

	Jan. 18, 2012 For the Depression-era Murals of Coit Tower, Great Recession-era Neglect Two-hundred thousand visitors show up at Coit Tower in San Francisco every year, and most of them seem to ignore one the most fascinating and enjoyable art treasures in country: the Depression-era murals that cover the tower's walls.

	Jan. 18, 2012 The Daily Frame A model displays an outfit by Austrian designer Rebekka Ruetz during Wednesday's shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin.

	Jan. 17, 2012 Jolie Tackles Bosnian War in Directorial Debut Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie sat down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," her directorial debut. Jolie admits the film, which takes an unflinching look at the mass rape and ethnic cleansing of the Bosnian War in the 1990s, is "a hard movie to watch, but it is intentionally so."

	Jan. 17, 2012 On the Angelina Jolie Press Junket I might as well quickly get out of the way the most obvious detail: Yes, Angelina Jolie is an attractive human being, this day exuding more seriousness of purpose than glamor. But I left thinking less about her than about the strange experience of interviewing her.

	Jan. 17, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture stories from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Jan. 17, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	Jan. 16, 2012 Weekly Poem: 'Root' 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.

	Jan. 16, 2012 The Daily Frame Martin Luther King III speaks at the base of a statue to his father after a wreath laying ceremony Sunday at the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

	Jan. 13, 2012 New Life Out of Haiti's Litter Haitian artist Jean Herard Celeur uses debris left by the 2010 earthquake to make works of art.

	Jan. 13, 2012 Conversation: Jake Shimabukuro Leading a Ukulele Renaissance The ukulele has just four strings, a fairly limited range and, historically, a limited appeal. But Jake Shimabukuro has been out to change that, and he seems to be leading something of a ukulele renaissance in pop music.

	Jan. 13, 2012 The Daily Frame A scene from the dance piece "Survivor" at London's Barbican Theatre on Wednesday.

	Jan. 12, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	Jan. 12, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	Jan. 11, 2012 Conversation: Doc Watson At 88, Doc Watson is a legend of folk and bluegrass music, but he hasn't yet lost the drive to hit the road and perform on stage.

	Jan. 11, 2012 The Daily Frame Women in Hyderabad, India, participate in a rangoli competition Wednesday. Rangoli is a traditional folk art from India in which artists create symbolic, decorative designs on the floors of living rooms and in front of doorways as a welcome for Hindu deities.

	Jan. 10, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Jan. 10, 2012 The Daily Frame The Centre Pompidou-Metz is presenting "Bivouac," the first major exhibition in France dedicated to the work of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. The exhibition runs through July 30.

	Jan. 9, 2012 Weekly Poem: From 'Movements Forward, Movements Away' Peter Connors 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.

	Jan. 9, 2012 The Daily Frame People dressed like commuters read the newspaper on the beach in Adelaide, Australia, on Sunday in Andrew Baines' art installation.

	Jan. 6, 2012 Conversation: Joan Didion Mortality is a subject Joan Didion has grappled with in recent years, both in life and on the page. In the span of roughly two years, her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne, and their only child, Quintana Roo, both died. Her new book is "Blue Nights."

	Jan. 6, 2012 The Daily Frame Ice sculptures were on display at the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province Friday.

	Jan. 5, 2012 New Book Illustrates Life Lessons From an Older Generation Karl Pillemer's new book "30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans" navigates the trials of life and aging in the words of those who've experienced them the longest. In a conversation with Hari Sreenivasan, Pillemer discusses what he gleaned in interviews with elderly Americans.

	Jan. 5, 2012 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.

	Jan. 5, 2012 The Daily Frame 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.

	Jan. 4, 2012 'How to Live' in 2012 We're not making Art Beat into a "how to" or life advice blog. But I began the new year reading a delightful book: "How to Live, or A Life of Montaigne" by Sarah Blakewell -- part intellectual history, part biography and, yes, part philosophy of how one might live a better, fuller, richer life.

	Jan. 4, 2012 The Daily Frame An Egyptian soldier stands guard in front of a mural of Queen Nefertiti while security guards direct the crowd outside a polling station in Minya during the final round of parliamentary elections Tuesday.

	Jan. 3, 2012 Laughing at Macroeconomics: The Cartoon Introduction Unemployment, inflation, poverty, exchange rates, monetary policy - everything that makes economics the 'dismal science' is made laughing stock with the macroeconomics edition of Yoram Bauman and Grady Klein's "Cartoon Introduction to Economics."

	Jan. 3, 2012 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

	Jan. 3, 2012 The Daily Frame The Arcadia High School Band performs during Monday's annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.