Dec 13 Watch Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays By PBS News Hour Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays… Continue watching
Dec 13 Ann Patchett gets personal in her new collection of essays, ‘This is the Story of a Happy Marriage’ By Arts Desk // Ann Patchett reflects on fiction version nonfiction and the state of books today in a conversation with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. "Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard." That's according to Ann Patchett, author of "Bel Canto" and… Continue reading
Dec 13 Gwen’s Take: Of handshakes, selfies and budget deals By Gwen Ifill You've got to hand it to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. He's consistent. No wishy-washy budget deals for him. Only all or nothing will do. So he and another half-dozen conservatives denounced the budget compromise reached by fellow Republican Rep. Paul… Continue reading
Dec 11 ‘Detroit Art City’: The story of a town on the verge of losing more than just its van Gogh By Arts Desk "Detroit Art City: The Detroit Institute of Arts Story," a documentary by Detroit Public Television, tells of the story of the one of America's most significant art collections and how it's fate came to rest in a legal battle… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Carlos Santana on the conviction and charisma that inspired his rock career By PBS News Hour Carlos Santana on the conviction and charisma that inspired his rock career… Continue watching
Dec 09 Weekly Poem: Michael Collier reads ‘At the End of a Ninetieth Summer’ By Victoria Fleischer Poet Michael Collier grew up in Arizona, but he hadn't lived there for a while when he wrote "At the End of a Ninetieth Summer." His father was celebrating his 90th birthday, but Collier couldn't return to his home state… Continue reading
Dec 06 Carlos Santana remembers Nelson Mandela as a ‘supreme warrior’ By Arts Desk Carlos Santana remembers Nelson Mandela during an interview with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown at the Smithsonian Museum for African Art. Continue reading
Dec 05 Pianist Jeremy Denk looks at the ‘weirdnesses of great music’ By Victoria Fleischer // Classical pianist Jeremy Denk spoke to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown before a recital for the Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C in October. To explain the relationship between aria and variation… Continue reading
Dec 05 Obama talks up minimum wage hike, health care law By Terence Burlij Fast food workers in 100 cities are expected to walk off the job in protest Thursday. In this file photo from April, a McDonald's worker chants during a protest for better wages in Harlem. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images President… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Nat Geo’s female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world By PBS News Hour Nat Geo's female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world… Continue watching