Jul 27 Remembering Merce Cunningham By Arts Desk An extended interview with David Vaughan, who has been with Merce Cunningham's dance company for more than forty years. He is also the author of the biography, "Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years."… Continue reading
Jul 27 Merce Cunningham, 90, Modern Dance Master By Arts Desk Merce Cunningham, a dancer who is regarded among the most important and innovative American artists of the 20th century, died Sunday night at his home in Manhattan. He was 90. Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch Revered Choreographer Merce Cunningham Dies Regarded among the most innovative American artists of the 20th century, Merce Cunningham died Sunday in his New York home. Continue watching
Jul 24 Conversation Preview: Elvis Costello By Arts Desk Coming soon on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown has a profile of singer Elvis Costello. Here's a preview of their conversation. Continue reading
Jul 24 Open For Business at 'The Work Office' Think your paycheck is small? Try getting a gig at The Work Office, where New York City artists have contributed to a WPA-style collaborative art project for Depression-era wages. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch Theatre Program Gives New Meaning to 'Playtime' Arts education is typically not a staple of some heartland communities, so for nearly 40 years the Missoula Children's Theatre has been giving disadvantaged children an opportunity to discover their inner thespian. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Jul 23 The Missoula Children's Theatre By Arts Desk The Missoula Children's Theatre in Montana is a traveling theater company that temporarily sets up shop in schools across the country that don't have drama programs. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch Professor's Arrest Puts Racial Profiling in the Spotlight The arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates at his own home in Cambridge, Mass., made headlines again Thursday, after President Obama commented on the controversy during Wednesday's news conference. Ray Suarez talks to analysts about the larger issues at… Continue watching
Jul 23 Eggleston: An Exceptional Eye for the Ordinary By Arts Desk For more than 40 years, photographer William Eggleston has captured common, everyday instances or objects that, through his particular framing, elevates the familiar and makes the ordinary beautiful. Through his lens, a moment can be made monumental. Continue reading
Jul 22 Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley at the White House By Arts Desk On Tuesday, the current first family welcomed a mix of some of country's biggest stars into their home. Continue reading