Jun 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing By Arts Desk Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch Architect Renzo Piano on the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago Architect Renzo Piano speaks with Jeffrey Brown about his work building the new modern wing to the Art Institute of Chicago. Continue watching
Jun 11 Extended Interviews: Art Institute of Chicago The new modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago was intended to expand one of the nation's leading museums and provide space for its collection of modern and contemporary art. Continue reading
Jun 10 Suspected White Supremacist Opens Fire in Holocaust Museum, Kills Guard By PBS News Hour An 88-year-old known for expressing violently anti-Semitic views opened fire inside the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, killing a guard before being wounded by other guards. Continue reading
Jun 10 Slide Show: Scenes from the Venice Biennale Held every two years, the Venice Biennale is the oldest and one of the largest contemporary art exhibitions in the world. This year's biennial, "Making Worlds," is the 53rd exhibition. Continue reading
Jun 09 In Science and Jazz, Father and Son Find Common Bonds By Arts Desk It's just after closing on a Friday night at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington. In the darkened auditorium, a jazz quintet is building a rhythmic floor on a soft, steady percussion line and lilting piano chords. Continue reading
Jun 08 Weekly Poem: ‘Luminous Great Mass’ "Luminous Great Mass" is from Peter O'Leary's collection, "Watchfulness" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001). The poem is also included in the Poetry Foundation's Chicago Poetry Tour, a multimedia tour of poetry written in and about the city of Chicago. Continue reading
Jun 08 Conversation: Terry Teachout Recaps the Tony Awards By Arts Desk It was a big night for "Billy Elliot" as the theater world celebrated Broadway at the Tony Awards. In a first, the three teenage boys who rotate in the role of Billy Elliot shared the Tony for best performance by… Continue reading
Jun 05 Friday on the NewsHour: Tony-Award Winning Signature Theatre Has Rich Past By Arts Desk Friday on the NewsHour: Tony-Award Winning Signature Theatre Has Rich Past… Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch Tony-Award Winning Va. Theater Sprouted From Garage Arlington, Va.'s Signature Theater won a 2009 Tony Award as one of the nation's best regional theaters. Jeffrey Brown explores the theater's history and humble beginnings. Continue watching