Dec 23 Watch Nature of Community Is Changing in the Internet Age Essayist Clarence Page reflects on the evolving role of community organizers in an age where the Internet is changing the very nature of community itself. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Program Helps At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs To alleviate the 30 percent unemployment rate among urban youth, the Year Up program gives at-risk youth lessons in corporate culture and work ethic. Paul Solman reports on this approach to training young, would-be entrepreneurs. Continue watching
Dec 23 Conversation: David Thomson on Film By Arts Desk For more than 30 years, film critic and scholar David Thomson has been asked one question over and over again: "So, what movies should I see?" His latest book, "Have You Seen....?," is an extended romp of an answer, with… Continue reading
Dec 23 LA MOCA Accepts Financial Help From Philanthropist, Director Resigns The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art has agreed to accept $30 million in financial assistance from billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad, the Los Angeles Times reported. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch Holiday Season Brings Solemn Reflections Essayist Nancy Gibbs takes a look at the challenges at hand during a holiday season marked by economic recession. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Activist Works to Help Ease Haiti’s Hunger Crisis As global food prices continue to rise, hunger in Haiti has fueled food riots and driven much of the population, including many children, to the brink of starvation. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's effort to alleviate… Continue watching
Dec 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Your Art History’ Jason Gray is the author of "Photographing Eden" (Ohio Univ. Press, 2008), winner of the Hollis Summers Prize, as well as two chapbooks, "How to Paint the Savior Dead" (Kent State UP, 2007) and "Adam & Eve Go to the… Continue reading
Dec 19 Conversation: ‘Milk’s’ Cleve Jones By Arts Desk The new film, "Milk," by director Gus Van Sant tells the story of Harvey Milk, who in 1977 became the first openly gay elected official in the United States as a member of the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors. Continue reading
Dec 19 The Voice of Harvey Milk By Arts Desk The "Hope Speech" became Harvey Milk's stump speech. He gave a skeletal version when he declared his candidacy in 1977 and an expanded version in 1978 for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade, later known as the Gay Pride… Continue reading
Dec 19 Preview for Next Week … and a Thank You By Arts Desk I want to thank all of you 'first responders' who've written here and reached us in other ways with comments on our new Art Beat blog. The positive feedback has been very gratifying and encourages us to go forward with… Continue reading