Dec 30 Remembering the Sharp Insights of Caricaturist David Levine By Arts Desk David Levine, a master of the caricature, died yesterday at the age of 83 in New York as a result of prostate cancer and other illness. Levine had the ability to expose and gently exaggerate the distinguishing features of politicians,… Continue reading
Dec 29 Conversation: Patti Smith By Arts Desk When fashion photographer Steven Sebring began shooting footage of the daily life of poet and performer Patti Smith -- what Smith describes as high-aesthetic home movies -- neither fully anticipated the project becoming a feature length film. Continue reading
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