Sep 14 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a photographer who made some of the most famous images of the Civil Rights era was also spying on his subjects. Continue reading
Sep 13 Weekly Poem: 'Antietam' By Tom LeGro 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. Continue reading
Sep 13 Monday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Sofia Coppola won the Gold Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival, and filmmaker Claude Chabrol died Sunday at age 80. Continue reading
Sep 10 Conversation: Historian Sean Wilentz, Author of 'Bob Dylan in America' By Molly Finnegan Sean Wilentz grew up in Greenwich Village at the height of its bohemian influence in the 1950s and 60s. He is now the author of a new non-fiction book, "Bob Dylan in America," which combines biography, social history and cultural… Continue reading
Sep 10 9 Years of 'Unbuilding' the World Trade Center in New York By Travis Daub Sept. 11, 2010, marks nine years since terror attacks struck the Pentagon, Shanksville, Pa., and the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. This collection of aerial and satellite photos, taken from 1954 to 2009, reveal both… Continue reading
Sep 10 Friday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, British artists start a campaign to stop culture budget cuts. Continue reading
Sep 09 What You See When You Close Your Eyes: Brion Gysin at the New Museum By Molly Finnegan "Brion Gysin: Dream Machine," the first U.S. retrospective of the artist's work, is currently on view at the New Museum in New York City. Continue reading
Sep 09 Slide Show: The Gulf's Healing Process By Sarah Clune NEW ORLEANS | AP photographer Gerald Herbert has been documenting the BP oil disaster in the Gulf -- from the land, sea and air -- since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20. In the three months since… Continue reading
Sep 09 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami gets a grand show at the Palace of Versailles. Continue reading
Sep 08 Geithner: Past Policy Choices, Politics Making It Harder to Fix U.S. Economy By News Desk In a newsmaker interview with Jim Lehrer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday afternoon that economic policy decisions made before this administration took office -- and the current political climate -- are teaming up to make it harder to fix… Continue reading