Mar 20 Breakfast with the ‘cabinet maker’: Building political change in Myanmar By Jeffrey Brown Over breakfast with Maung Hla Thaung, a woodworker and designer, we talk about the political situation in Myanmar today and his work as a longtime opponent of the military regime. This is a man building furniture and, he hopes, political… Continue reading
Mar 20 Flea market find turns out to be an original Faberge worth millions By Robert Pursell A scrap metal dealer has hit it big after buying an original Faberge egg for about $14,000 at a Midwestern flea market. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch Late works by Joan Miro show famed creator practicing art of metamorphosis By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 19 Tolkien’s 88-year-old ‘Beowulf’ translation to be published this spring By Zachary Treu One of the oldest, longest and most influential works in the history of Old English will soon be experienced through the eyes of one of the world’s most beloved fantasy authors. Continue reading
Mar 18 Will the ancient Buddhist temples of Bagan turn into Disney World? By Jeffrey Brown In Myanmar, some scholars worry that Bagan -- the former capital of a powerful kingdom in medieval times -- will be turned into a kind of theme park. Or that it will be "loved to death," as has been the… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Beyond ‘Black Power,’ recounting the under-told story of Stokely Carmichael By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch For troubled teens, making and sharing poetry may be unexpected source of happiness By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 2:58 Angélique Kidjo on African music and using song to create human connections By Anne Azzi Davenport, Jeffrey Brown Continue watching
Mar 17 Is culture at risk in Myanmar? By Jeffrey Brown We are in Myanmar to report on a country opening up to the world, politically, economically, and culturally. A ruthless military dictatorship clamped down on all opposition, prohibited free expression, and kept the country closed off and shrouded in a… Continue reading
Mar 17 Weekly Poem: Ron Padgett reads ‘Thinking about the Moon’ By artsdesk Ron Padgett is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator and member of the New York School. His latest book “Collected Poems” is a compilation of his works from 1960-2004 including 11 previous publications and dozens of uncollected poems. Padgett… Continue reading