Aug 05 Watch Mandolin Master Chris Thile Plays Bluegrass and Bach Outside the Box Mandolin Master Chris Thile Plays Bluegrass and Bach Outside the Box… Continue watching
Aug 05 Monday on the NewsHour: Chris Thile Makes Plucky Move From Bluegrass to Bach By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks // Musician Chris Thile performed for the PBS NewsHour at the Rockwood Music Hall in Manhattan. Here he plays the final movement of Bach Sonata #1 in G-minor. Chris Thile is a musician… Continue reading
Aug 05 13 Cartoons That Rocked Art and Politics By Katelyn Polantz In his book "The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power," journalist Victor Navasky writes about caricature's ability to disturb dictators, humble presidents and inflame readers. We present 13 of the most impactful cartoons featured in the book. Continue reading
Aug 05 Fine Art Can Be Funny and Offensive: Victor Navasky on Political Cartoons By Katelyn Polantz Slide Show: A collection of cartoons that rocked art and politics. One can write a number of things about David Levine's 1984 cartoon of Henry Kissinger, shirtless in bed, on top of an anthropomorphized globe. But seeing the cartoon… Continue reading
Aug 01 Blacks, Hispanics More Optimistic than Whites A new poll that shows minorities' continued optimism about their economic future comes at a time when President Obama is promoting his economic message. Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON -- Americans' attitudes about their economic future are sharply divided… Continue reading
Jul 30 Changing the Culture of Sexual Assault Against Female Service Members Female Marine recruits stand in formation following hand-to-hand combat training during boot camp at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. Even as combat roles begin to open up for female marines, many of them feel marginalized and discriminated against by… Continue reading
Jul 29 On the Road, Photographers Revisit the American Landscape By Tom LeGro “Autolandscape, Utah,” photo by Elaine Mayes, courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. View a slide show with more photographs from the exhibit, “Landscapes in Passing.” Elaine Mayes drove from San Francisco to Massachusetts in 1971 to document the… Continue reading
Jul 29 Passing Impressions of the American Road By Ellen Rolfes While the 19th century vision of America was as untrammeled wilderness -- overwhelming, majestic and sublime -- a new exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum shows a grittier 20th century America, altered by its inhabitants. "Landscapes in Passing" features… Continue reading
Jul 26 Happy Birthday ADA In a scene described as having "the fervor of a civil rights rally of the 1960s" supporters of the Americans with Disabilities Act climb the steps of the Capitol without their walkers, crutches and wheelchairs on Mar 12, 1990. Photo… Continue reading
Jul 23 Literacy Bridge Uses Talking Books to Spread the Word in Ghana By Cat Wise Students in Ghana listen to a Talking Book. All photos courtesy of Literacy Bridge. On a warm spring evening in 2006, software consultant Cliff Schmidt decided to take a walk near the hotel where he was staying for a… Continue reading