Oct 14 Stanley Crouch on ‘Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker’ By Victoria Fleischer Listen to Chief Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown's interview with Stanley Crouch above "The Jazz story ... it's the American story" or so says Stanley Crouch, jazz scholar and author of the new book, "Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and… Continue reading
Oct 13 Art in exile: From Tehran to Brooklyn .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Nicky Nodjoumi's artwork walks a… Continue reading
Oct 12 Art in exile: Nicky Nodjoumi from Tehran to Brooklyn By Kristin Miller Nicky Nodjoumi’s artwork walks a fine line between art and politics. After the ousting of the Shah in 1979, the new Khomeini regime began strictly regulating artistic expression. Nodjoumi was exiled after a Tehrab exhibition in 1980."They saw the show… Continue reading
Oct 12 Art in exile: From Tehran to Brooklyn .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Nicky Nodjoumi's artwork walks a… Continue reading
Oct 11 Malala hopes to earn prize of seeing ‘every child’ go to school EmbedVideo(7680); Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai, 16, rose to international fame when she was shot in the head last October for speaking out against the Taliban's ban on girl's education. Malala made a remarkable recovery, becoming the youngest nominee… Continue reading
Oct 11 Malala, your courage has inspired us By Leah Clapman, Thaisi Da Silva A year after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while coming home from school, 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai has brought her campaign for education, especially for girls in all regions of the world, to the U.S. On Friday, Malala… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch How do we preserve treasured monuments from being ‘loved to death’? From corroding modernist monuments to war-torn Syrian cities, some of the world’s most treasured cultural heritage sites are being threatened by various causes. Jeffrey Brown reviews a few of 100 most endangered sites from around the globe with Bonnie Burnham,… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch ‘Depth of insight’ into human relations distinguishes Nobel-laureate Munro 'Depth of insight' into human relations distinguishes Nobel-laureate Munro… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Alice McDermott invokes a voice little heard in life or literature for ‘Someone’ Alice McDermott invokes a voice little heard in life or literature for 'Someone'… Continue watching
Oct 07 Poet Lorna Goodison reads ‘To Make Various Sorts of Black’ By News Desk Painting by Lorna Goodison, from the private collection of Dan Kelly, photographed by Hugh Wright For a long time, poet Lorna Goodison thought her creative talents would lead to a profession in the visual arts. But "one day the painting… Continue reading