Apr 06 This outsider artist in Baltimore has 5,000 pieces of art in his home By Elizabeth Flock Brian Dowdall, whose paintings are "doomed to make you smile," has been steadily collecting the work of other outsider artists nearly all his life. Continue reading
Apr 05 New 'Die With You' video a short reminder that Beyoncé is an artist in control of her narrative By Joshua Barajas Don't hurt yourself, but Beyoncé has a new video out to celebrate her ninth wedding anniversary with Jay Z. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 5:56 Giving advice to young writers, Colum McCann wants to see the fire in their eyes By PBS News Hour It's the sort of thing that Colum McCann says he would have liked to have had when he was younger. In his new book "Letters To A Young Writer," McCann says he writes advice about plot and characterization, as well… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch This poet's picnic offers a feast of words and music By PBS News Hour You’ll find a feast of music, storytelling and poetry at "Muldoon's Picnic," a monthly show held at the Irish Arts Center in New York. The event, which mixes vaudeville variety show with poetry as an ancient oral art form, is… Continue watching
Apr 03 This poetry uses Mary Magdalene to explore troubles that bedevil modern life By Elizabeth Flock "Magdalene," a new book of poems from former New York Poet Laureate Marie Howe, who was raised Catholic, seeks to reenvision Mary Magdalene for the modern age -- and tackles some of our modern-day problems in the process. Continue reading
Apr 02 How these new Sesame Street and Power Rangers characters are changing Hollywood's portrayal of autism By Gretchen Frazee Sesame Street is debuting Julia, the first muppet with autism. And the new “Power Rangers” movie includes Billy, the blue ranger, also on the autism spectrum. Both depictions are garnering praise from autism advocates who have long criticized Hollywood’s portrayals… Continue reading
Apr 01 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, acclaimed Russian poet, dies at 84 By Hugh Heckman Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko died Saturday of heart failure in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he taught at the University of Tulsa. He was 84 years old. Continue reading
Mar 31 Neil Gaiman listens to these dramatic film scores while he writes By Elizabeth Flock “I can play those over and over again,” Gaiman -- comic book writer, graphic novelist, cult hero, lover of the fantastic, and now, reteller of myths -- told the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown. Continue reading
Mar 30 Few people can name five female artists -- can you? By Dayana Morales Gomez, Elizabeth Flock Can you name five female artists? Most people can't. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 3:17 Kathleen Turner wants women to realize their own value By PBS News Hour Kathleen Turner has said she is no good at playing victim roles. The actress who starred in “Body Heat” as well as on Broadway, gives her Brief But Spectacular take on a being a woman who likes to push the… Continue watching