Nov 10 Around the Nation Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation. Continue reading
Nov 10 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture news, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will return 19 artifacts to Egypt. Continue reading
Nov 09 Art Is a Laughing Matter at Baltimore's Visionary Art Museum "What Makes Us Smile?", an exhibit at Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum, is a celebration of human joy as seen through an array of funny, happy or goofy drawings, paintings and sculptures, as well as the ever-present, ever-blowing, whoopee cushion… Continue reading
Nov 09 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Philadelphia Museum of Art breaks ground on a new building expansion. Continue reading
Nov 08 The Fed's $600 Billion Move: Monetary Debauchery? By Paul Solman Forgive me for not answering a question today, but for posting a note about the Fed. Its decision last week: to purchase a further $600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the second quarter… Continue reading
Nov 08 Weekly Poem: 'She Is Awakened by a Hair' By Tom LeGro Kim Dower taught poetry for two years at Emerson College, her alma mater, before moving to Los Angeles and founding Kim-from-LA, a literary publicity company that specializes in coaching authors and speakers on how to present themselves to the media. Continue reading
Nov 08 Monday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture news, the Pope consecrates the Sagrada Familia and Poland finishes a new, immense Christian landmark. Continue reading
Nov 05 Why Did So Many Democrats Lose? Some Districts Were Never a Good Fit As the Democrats sort through the wreckage of Tuesday night, the question "what just happened?" is undoubtedly running through their minds. Was it Tea Party enthusiasm that buried them or anger at the economy or a loss of faith… Continue reading
Nov 05 Jason Moran: Jazz Maestro, MacArthur Fellow By Tom LeGro Jason Moran is a jazz pianist and composer and one of the winners of this year's MacArthur Fellowships. His latest recording is called "Ten," which came out in June. Continue reading
Nov 05 Friday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, will Hollywood become more conservative?… Continue reading