Sep 29 Art of Contemporary Pakistan Comes to U.S. A new show at the Asia Society entitled Hanging Fire -- which refers to an idiom meaning "to delay decision" -- is the first U.S. museum exhibit to focus on contemporary art in Pakistan, and an attempt to alter the… Continue reading
Sep 28 Weekly Poem: ‘September, Inverness’ Robert Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. His books of poetry include "Time and Materials" (2007 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner); "Sun Under Wood: New Poems"; "Human Wishes"; "Praise"; and "Field… Continue reading
Sep 25 Ken Burns’ Parks Doc Begins Sunday on PBS Ken Burns' new 12-hour documentary, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," begins Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 25 Conversation: Writer Lorrie Moore By Arts Desk It's December 2001 and a young midwestern college student named Tassie Keltjin is about to get a more worldly education when she accepts a part-time job as a nanny to the adopted child of a sophisticated Middle-aged couple. What happens… Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch Unearthed Gold Sheds Light on Anglo-Saxon History Britain's largest collection of gold artifacts has been discovered and it dates back 1,300 years to the Anglo-Saxons. Nicholas Glass of ITN reports. Continue watching
Sep 24 Christo and Jeanne-Claude (Part 2) Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude have been working on a proposed environmental art installation in Colorado for years, but have been met with significant resistance from local residents. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Decoding the Hidden Secrets of Dan Brown’s D.C. Jeffrey Brown decodes the secrets of Washington D.C. highlighted in Dan Brown's latest novel "The Lost Symbol."… Continue watching
Sep 23 Conversation: Scott Noppe-Brandon on the Power, Possibility of Imagination By Arts Desk In a new book called 'Imagination First,' co-authors Eric Liu and Scott Noppe-Brandon argue that we -- individuals and society -- could badly use some imaginative thinking about the imagination. Continue reading
Sep 22 Profile of ‘Genius Award’ Winner Heather McHugh Seattle poet Heather McHugh served as Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1999 to 2006. She is currently Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the University of Washington in Seattle, a post she has held since 1984. Continue reading