Jul 09 Conversation: Chimamanda Adichie, Author of ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’ By Arts Desk In her new short story collection, "The Thing Around Your Neck," Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie moves back and forth between two continents the way she has in real life. Continue reading
Jul 08 Weekly Poem: ‘Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof’ C.D. Wright has published 13 collections of poetry and prose. "Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof" is taken from her most recent book, "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (Copper Canyon, 2008), which in June won Canada's Griffin Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Fans Bid Final Farewell to ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson fans around the world paid a final tribute to the "King of Pop" on Tuesday, as the fallen singer was laid to rest following a star-studded memorial service. Jeffrey Kaye reports from Los Angeles. Continue watching
Jul 07 Jackson Fans Around the World Say Farewell The eyes of the world will focus on a sports arena in Los Angeles, as hundreds of thousands of fans and a throng of celebrities congregate for the final salute to the man known as the "King of Pop."… Continue reading
Jul 06 Conversation: Stuart Eizenstat, Holocaust Era Assets Conference By Arts Desk Delegates from 50 countries just gathered in Prague to discuss the status of property looted by the Nazis during World War II, including hundreds of thousands of art works. Continue reading
Jul 03 Around the Nation, Friday Roundup Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
Jul 02 The 1-Dress Sustainability Solution How will the future of fashion -- one predicated on continual consumption -- survive in a world of limited resources? Can fashion -- the cultural apex of illimitable desire -- ever be sustainable?… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch Oscar-winning Actor Karl Malden Dies at 97 Actor Karl Malden, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role as Mitch in the 1951 film "A Streetcar Named Desire," died Wednesday at age 97. Continue watching
Jul 01 Kernis Takes On Ibn Gabirol in ‘Meditations’ What do you get when you pair an 11th century Spanish poet with a modern American composer? Last week, the audience at the Seattle Symphony found out at the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis' "Symphony of Meditations."… Continue reading
Jun 30 Conversation: Werner Herzog By Arts Desk In 1982 in the Peruvian jungle, Werner Herzog was making a film about an opera fanatic who would do anything to bring music to his remote city: Fitzcarraldo and his small crew face deadly river rapids, indigenous tribes with spears… Continue reading