Oct 28 From 'Yes We Can' to 'Yes We Can, but...' President Obama appears on Wednesday's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. For the White House, the closing days of the midterm campaign is all about turning out key blocks of the Democratic base. Looking… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 7:27 W.S. Merwin on Becoming the New Poet Laureate By PBS News Hour Jeffrey Brown has a conversation with W.S. Merwin, who was appointed as the 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by The Library of Congress. Continue watching
Oct 27 Wednesday on the NewsHour: W.S. Merwin Watch Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin read more of his work. Continue reading
Oct 27 Pensions Pose Major Challenge for Governments Worldwide From France to San Francisco, pension reform is hot. What once was an arcane, wonky topic has become a political and social flashpoint in elections and - as in France - in the streets. Across the nation,… Continue reading
Oct 27 Wednesday's Art Notes 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… Continue reading
Oct 26 Goodbye, 'Big Bambu' After six months of hoisting, heaving, bending, climbing and tying, Big Bambu at the Met is almost ready to begin its slow dismantling. Continue reading
Oct 26 Community MusicWorks Performs in D.C. When Sebastian Ruth, founder of the Providence, R.I.-based nonprofit Community MusicWorks, brought his group of music students to Washington, D.C., to accept the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, he knew they had one important stop to make before… Continue reading
Oct 26 Tuesday's Art Notes 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. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch A Conversation with Director Judd Apatow Jeffrey Brown talks to producer and director Judd Apatow about what's behind his string of successful movies and his new book, "I Found This Funny." Apatow has been the force behind hit films such as "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" and… Continue watching
Oct 25 Monday on the NewsHour: Judd Apatow By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks An extended interview with Judd Apatow, whose latest pursuit is a book called "I Found This Funny."… Continue reading