Feb 24 Watch 7:18 Kuwaiti Theater Director Finds Modern Inspiration in Shakespeare By PBS News Hour In the second of a series of reports on the Arabesque arts festival at the Kennedy Center, Jeffrey Brown talks to Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam, whose company is presenting a Shakespeare play with a twist, "Richard III:… Continue watching
Feb 24 The al-Bassam Theatre’s ‘Murder of Clarence’ By Arts Desk Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam, who adapts Shakespeare to explore contemporary culture and politics in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading
Feb 24 Arabesque Opens at the Kennedy Center By Arts Desk Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Monday. Here's the first in a series of broadcast reports, which aired Monday evening on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch Arabesque Festival Brings Arab Arts to Kennedy Center An ambitious, three-week festival called "Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World" opens at the Kennedy Center in Washington Monday. Jeffrey Brown offers the first in a series of broadcast and online reports around the festival and the artists it is… Continue watching
Feb 23 Iraq Reopens Part of Plundered National Museum By PBS News Hour The National Museum of Iraq partially reopened Monday, displaying artifacts thousands of years old, many of which had been stolen during the chaotic days just after the fall of Baghdad in 2003. Continue reading
Feb 23 Arabesque and Us By Arts Desk Regular visitors to Art Beat will remember that I was in the Middle East a few weeks back talking to artists (and, as it turned out, reporting on the Gaza conflict's fallout) for a series of profiles tied to Arabesque:… Continue reading
Feb 23 Academy Awards Update By Arts Desk Over the last several weeks, we spoke with some people who were involved in one way or another in films nominated for an Oscar. We figured we should update you on how they did. Continue reading
Feb 23 Weekly Poem: ‘Advertisement for the Mountain’ Christina Davis is the author of "Forth A Raven" (Alice James Books, 2006). In February, Poet Laureate Kay Ryan chose Davis and Mary Szybist for the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowships. Continue reading
Feb 20 Jeffrey Brown Previews the Academy Awards With the AFI’s Todd Hitchcock By Arts Desk Jeffrey Brown previews the Academy Awards with the AFI's Todd Hitchcock. Continue reading
Feb 20 For Documentary Filmmakers, Prestige of Oscars Helps Put Spotlight on Issues By Meaghan Wilson For documentary filmmakers, the reward of an Oscar nomination is twofold: It raises awareness around the film's subjects or issues and generates interest in a genre that ticket buyers don't generally flock to. Continue reading