Oct 27 Weekly Poem: David Roderick ponders the strangeness of the suburbs By Victoria Fleischer David Roderick spent a year traveling abroad, in search of poetic inspiration. In Japan, he wrote prose poems, a form he hadn’t previously explored. In Ireland, he became “enamored” with composing ballads, and in Italy, he used art as inspiration… Continue reading
Oct 25 Happy birthday, Picasso! Museum reopens after five-year renovation By Carey Reed On the 133rd birthday of the celebrated Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, the Paris museum carrying his name reopened after a facelift five years in the making. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Tony Bennett goes Gaga on ‘Cheek to Cheek’ By PBS News Hour Legendary singer Tony Bennett found an unlikely collaborator in shape-shifting pop superstar Lady Gaga. The two have united for a jazzy album of popular American standards called “Cheek to Cheek.” Jeffrey Brown sits down with Bennett to discuss their hit… Continue watching
Oct 24 Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga perform ‘I Won’t Dance’ By artsdesk It’s not a pairing one might expect, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, but their new album “Cheek to Cheek,” released in September, debuted as the highest-selling record in the U.S. Tonight, PBS Great Performances presents the legendary crooner and the… Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch ‘It’s Only a Play’ pokes fun at the pain and pleasure of theater life By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 23 Twitter chat: Is censorship ever justified? By Nora Daly PBS NewsHour will address the topic of censorship in a Twitter chat on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 1-2 p.m. EDT. Follow the conversation and share your opinion using #NewsHourChats. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch Azar Nafisi views American society through its literature in ‘Republic of Imagination’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 22 Photos capture post-punk and hip hop icons before they made it big By Colleen Shalby Before Tony Alva and Jay Adams were skateboarding legends, before the Beastie Boys went mainstream and before Fugazi was a post-punk icon, photographer Glen Friedman captured their lives on film. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch After childhood sexual abuse, Charles Blow explores masculinity in new memoir By PBS News Hour Continue watching