Jun 17 SILVERDOCS Festival Opens With a Slam Called the "premier showcase for documentary films" by the Hollywood Reporter, the American Film Institute SILVERDOCS festival brings a full slate of documentary films and the International Documentary Conference to Silver Spring, Md. Continue reading
Jun 17 Jazzy Start for the White House Music Series By Arts Desk The East Room of the White House sounded more like a high school music room Monday when more than 140 student musicians attended the first installment of a new educational music series. Continue reading
Jun 16 Artomatic: For the People, By the People By Arts Desk It's easy to walk into any of the myriad free art museums here in Washington and find days' worth of great stuff to see. But what about the chances of you getting your artwork up in one of those museums?… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch Congo’s Civil War Is Rich Seam for Prize-Winning Playwright Playwright Lynn Nottage talks to Jeffrey Brown about her Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "Ruined," set during Congo's civil war. Continue watching
Jun 15 Extended Interview: Lynn Nottage By Arts Desk It's set in a small bar in the Congo, but Lynn Nottage's recent Pulitzer Prize-winning play, 'Ruined,' tells an epic story about the ravages of war, especially its impact on women. Continue reading
Jun 15 Weekly Poem: From ‘Fundamentals of Esperanto’ "Fundamentals of Esperanto" is from "Facts for Visitors" by Srikanth Reddy. Copyright 2005; the Regents of the University of California. Published by University of California Press. Continue reading
Jun 12 Conversation: Historian Simon Schama By Arts Desk Historian Simon Schama is well-known for his books and television documentaries on art and a wide range of other subjects. Continue reading
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