Dec 09 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Pianist Richard Glazier Is 'Crazy for' Gershwin By Arts Desk Movie musicals led a young Richard Glazier to the piano, first for classical training and then to develop a devotion to the music of a golden period of American songs, particularly the George and Ira Gershwin. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Pianist Glazier's Love for Gershwin is Here to Stay Pianist Richard Glazier speaks with Jeffrey Brown about his adoration for the music of George and Ira Gershwin. Continue watching
Dec 08 Our Correspondents' Picks of 2009 By Tom LeGro As the year draws to a close, and critics everywhere are drawing up their "Best Of" lists, we thought we'd enlist the PBS NewsHour mindshare to give us their picks for their favorite books, films, concerts and plays of 2009. Continue reading
Dec 07 Monday on the NewsHour: The Metropolitan Opera's Grand Revitalization Act By Tom LeGro More of Jeffrey Brown's interviews with Renee Fleming and Bart Sher, and excerpts of the Metropolitan Opera's "The Barber of Seville" and "Tosca."… Continue reading
Dec 07 Cautious Collectors Still Deliver Strong Sales at Art Basel Miami In a year where art prices have been all over the map, the five-day trade fair Art Basel Miami was another closely-watched event, being analyzed now for the greater financial implications for artists and collectors. Continue reading
Dec 07 Weekly Poem: 'TV, Evening News' Marie Ponsot has published several books of poems, including most recently, "Springing" (2002) and "The Bird Catcher" (1998), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Dec 07 Patchwork Nation: The 'Cities' of Philadelphia By Anna Shoup As part of the kick-off to a series this week on the PBS NewsHour examining the communities of Patchwork Nation, project director Dante Chinni takes viewers on a drive down Germantown Ave., revealing the many "cities" that make up Philadelphia. Continue reading