May 17 Conversation: The Jazzed Up ‘Gatsby’ By Tom LeGro It is--again--a Gatsby/Fitzgerald moment. "The Great Gatsby" is on the big screen now in by Baz Luhrmann's new film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel. There are also several new books about the lives of F. Scott and Zelda… Continue reading
May 17 The Daily Frame By Ellen Rolfes A visitor passes the sculpture "1st Body" prior to the opening of the "Kapoor in Berlin," an exhibition by Anish Kapoor, at the Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin. Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images. Continue reading
May 16 Around the Nation By Tom LeGro Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
May 16 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Students of the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design paint Chinese artist Liu Bolin, also known as "The Invisible Man," in front of a wall of magazines in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Continue reading
May 15 Photographer Jon Lowenstein Explores ‘Chicago’s Bloody Year’ By Tom LeGro For the past 10 years photographer Jon Lowenstein has turned his lens to the slow-moving forces shaping daily life for the people of Chicago's South Side, chronicling the demolition of some of the nation's largest housing projects, the closure of… Continue reading
May 15 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A women touches "Catafalque" by British artist Sean Henry on the grounds of the Glyndebourne Opera House in Lewes, England. The piece in part of a collection of newly installed sculptures by the artist ahead of Glyndebourne's summer festival. Continue reading
May 14 Internet Cat Video Festival By Tom LeGro At the Internet Cat Video Festival in Oakland, Calif., around 6,000 people gathered on a late spring afternoon to celebrate all things feline and to watch nearly 70 minutes of hilarious cat web videos projected on a 10-story building after… Continue reading
May 14 Feline Fans Unite at Internet Cat Video Festival By Tom LeGro At the Internet Cat Video Festival in Oakland, Calif., around 6,000 people gathered on a late spring afternoon to celebrate all things feline and to watch nearly 70 minutes of hilarious cat web videos projected on a 10-story building after… Continue reading
May 14 Charles Henry Rowell Jeffrey Brown talks with longtime literary editor Charles Henry Rowell about his passion for promoting undiscovered and underappreciated African-American poets and artists. His latest effort is a new anthology called "Angles of Ascent."… Continue reading
May 14 The Tuesday Cutline…a Contest By Tom LeGro Rubber Duckie you're cute and yellow and chubby. Way chubby. What happened? Let us know by writing a caption to the photo above, and we'll send a NewsHour mug to the author of our favorite one. Continue reading