Feb 09 Watch Valentine’s Day May Mean More to Retailers Than Lovers Guest Essayist Nancy Gibbs of Time magazine reflects on the true meaning of Valentine's Day, and determines that it isn't about greeting cards, chocolates, diamonds or flowers. Continue watching
Feb 09 Jeffrey Brown Recaps the Grammy Awards With the New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones By Arts Desk The 51st Grammy Awards were held last night in Los Angeles, and there were some clear winners: New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne took home best rap album and rap song, British rockers Coldplay won best rock album and song of… Continue reading
Feb 09 Weekly Poem: ‘Apology’ Mary Szybist is the author of "Granted," which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In February, Poet Laureate Kay Ryan chose Szybist and Christina Davis for the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowships. Continue reading
Feb 09 Singer Blossom Dearie Dies at Age 82 Blossom Dearie, the whimsical singer-songwriter with a pixie's voice who entertained generations of nightclub goers, died Saturday morning after her health deteriorated in recent years. Continue reading
Feb 06 Conversation: Brian Dennehy and Robert Falls By Arts Desk Brian Dennehy and Robert Falls have teamed up for nearly all of O'Neill's classics. Now, they're at it again, with "Desire Under the Elms," part of an ambitious six-play festival of O'Neill at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Continue reading
Feb 05 Richter’s Scale: Scoring ‘Waltz With Bashir’ It was not accidental that Ari Folman asked composer Max Richter to create a score for his film, "Waltz with Bashir." "I wrote the script...in six days, listening only to Max Richter's albums," explained Folman. Continue reading
Feb 04 House OKs Delaying Digital TV Switch Until June By PBS News Hour The country's transition to digital television is being postponed until June 12, following a vote in the House of Representatives that sends the bill to the White House, where President Barack Obama is expected to sign it. Continue reading
Feb 04 Ghetto Film School: a Bronx Tale An old piano factory in the South Bronx might not be the first place you'd look for a movie studio, but that's just where you will find the Ghetto Film School and a group of aspiring teenage filmmakers putting the… Continue reading
Feb 04 Obama’s Remarks on Executive Compensation By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner imposed tough rules Wednesday to rein in corporate pay, capping executive compensation at $500,000 a year for companies getting taxpayer funds. Here are the president's prepared remarks:… Continue reading
Feb 03 Kennedy Center Offers Non-profits a Helping Hand; NEA Gets New Acting Chairman The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday the creation of a program to provide non-profit organizations free counseling in fundraising, marketing and budgeting to help them weather the current economic crisis. Continue reading