Jan 08 Unveiling the Latest and Greatest in E-Reading Technology Every week, it seems, there’s an announcement of a new electronic reader — a new gadget for reading that is NOT one of those of soft or hardbound pieces of printed matter we’ve all carried… Continue reading
Jan 08 Conversation: Terry Teachout, Author of ‘Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong’ By Tom LeGro Louis Armstrong is the subject of the biography, "Pops," by Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal drama critic and Commentary Magazine cultural critic. Continue reading
Jan 08 Around the Nation, Friday Roundup Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
Jan 08 Good Grief: Style and the ‘Single Man’ Based on the 1964 Christopher Isherwood novel of the same name, "A Single Man" is the cinematic debut of Tom Ford, an artist who, until now, was known for his role as creative director at fashion house Gucci. His foray… Continue reading
Jan 07 Conversation: The Latest in E-Readers By Tom LeGro In another in our series, "The Next Chapter of Reading," Jeffrey Brown talks to Wired staff writer Priya Ganapati, who is at the International Consumer Electronics Show, about what she's seeing in the latest e-reader products. Continue reading
Jan 07 Wednesday on the NewsHour: NEA Chief Rocco Landesman By Arts Desk Wednesday on the PBS NewsHour, a conversation with Rocco Landesman, the former Broadway Producer who became the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts this past August. Continue reading
Jan 06 Remembering Abstract Color Field Painter Kenneth Noland By Arts Desk Kenneth Noland, the abstract artist whose sensitive approach to color helped define and establish the Washington Color Field school of painting, died Tuesday at the age of 85 at his home in Maine. Continue reading