Feb 26 What About the Recession's Effects on the Arts? Question/Comment: Is there a possibility that you would do a piece on the Brandeis decision to close the Rose Art Museum and sell the collection? I know you’re a graduate, as I am. It strikes me a bad decision… Continue reading
Feb 25 Are We Overreacting to Unemployment Numbers? Question/Comment: In the early ’80’s unemployment was over 10 percent. I’m old enough to remember what the economy was like at that time. It wasn’t pretty given interest rates, but on the other hand we weren’t considering massive government funding… Continue reading
Feb 25 Al-Bassam Theatre Finds Modern Inspiration in Shakespeare's 'Richard III' By Arts Desk Here's the second in our broadcast series on Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, which began Monday at the Kennedy Center. Tuesday evening, Jeffrey Brown profiled Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam. Continue reading
Feb 24 Effort to Allocate House Seats to D.C., Utah Clears Major Hurdle in Senate By PBS News Hour An effort to give District of Columbia residents a real vote in Congress for the first time in two centuries cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when the measure passed a key procedural vote in the Senate. Continue reading
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