Jan 06 Weekly Poem: Ron Padgett reads ‘Spots’ By Victoria Fleischer Spots And so once again Father Time and said to Mother Nature, "Mother, put a few more of those brown spots on him, please," and so she did, dutifully and without malice she placed them here and there among the… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch Newly released recordings reveal Beatles before they inspired mania Newly released recordings reveal Beatles before they inspired mania… Continue watching
Jan 01 One man’s mission to restore The Beatles’ BBC recordings By Arts Desk The Beatles in 1965. Photo courtesy of the Michael Ochs Archive/Corbis You might be surprised to learn that all of the The Beatles' BBC performances were not well archived. In fact, Kevin Howlett, a BBC radio producer and… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Scholar reflects on poetic odyssey to bring medieval Persian verse to the West Scholar reflects on poetic odyssey to bring medieval Persian verse to the West… Continue watching
Dec 31 The artists we’ll remember from 2013 By Arts Desk Photo by Flickr user Dawn Humphrey We're moments away from 2014. Our resolutions are set and the champagne glasses are out, but before we move on to the new year, we have a bit more reflecting to do. Continue reading
Dec 31 If you could put 10 things from 2013 in the Smithsonian, what would they be? When Richard Kurin's hefty book "The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 objects" landed on my desk this year, it made me wonder: What artifacts from 2013 would we want to keep as tangible fragments of history? My first thought… Continue reading
Dec 30 The poets we read in 2013 By Victoria Fleischer Photo by Flickr user Bob AuBuchon As the year comes to a close, Art Beat reflects on our best stories from 2013. On Thursday, we revisited the musicians worth a second listen and on Friday we rediscovered our… Continue reading
Dec 30 The poets we read in 2013 By Arts Desk Photo by Flickr user Bob AuBuchon As the year comes to a close, Art Beat reflects on our best stories from 2013. On Thursday, we revisited the musicians worth a second listen and on Friday we rediscovered… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch The art is in the truth-telling of ‘The Strangers Project’ The first exhibition of "The Strangers Project" features a selection of anonymous journal entries written by strangers around New York and around the world. People are asked to write about whatever they want - as long as it's true. Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 6:40 Mali’s Rokia Traoré mixes up musical influences for ‘Beautiful Africa’ Not even a ban on music could stop Mali-born Rokia Traoré from telling her stories through song. On her new album "Beautiful Africa," Traoré pays tribute to her native continent as well as other musical styles and languages from around… Continue watching