Dec 28 Tonight on PBS, 'Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women' For all the quaint New England charm exuded by her classic and beloved novel, "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott was a more complicated literary figure than most give her credit for. Continue reading
Dec 28 Weekly Poem: 'Longing' By Arts Desk Dennis Brutus was a South African poet and activist up until his death on Saturday at the age of 85 at his home in Cape Town. Continue reading
Dec 23 Conversation: Painter James Rosenquist By Arts Desk From signs and billboard advertisements that loomed high above Times Square to canvases filled with images from popular culture that helped shape the world of art from the early 1960s, James Rosenquist has been painting on a large scale for… Continue reading
Dec 22 Tim Burton Gets a MoMA 'Retrospooktive' Late last month, a major retrospective of works by filmmaker and artist Tim Burton opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Art Beat talked to Ron Magliozzi, MoMA's Assistant Curator of Film, about seeing the world through… Continue reading