Apr 19 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A skater performs a trick at the South Bank skatepark in London. Plans are underway to refurbish the complex, which would be replaced with new arts venues and retail outlets. The skatepark, hailed as the birthplace of British skateboarding, is… Continue reading
Apr 18 Around the Nation By Tom LeGro Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Apr 18 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A man rides a scooter past a graffiti mural in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. Continue reading
Apr 18 Gun Control Advocates Lose 'Round One' President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings at the White House before delivering remarks on the Senate's failure to pass a plan to expand background checks. Official… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch Amendments for Background Checks and Assault Weapons Ban Fail in Senate Senate Rejects Amendments for Background Checks and Assault Weapons Ban… Continue watching
Apr 17 Catching Up With Kelly Oxford, From Tweets to Best-selling Memoir By Tom LeGro A lot has happened to Kelly Oxford since we first spoke with her on Art Beat three years ago. She moved her family to Los Angeles, began writing pilots for major TV networks, penned a screenplay slated to be a… Continue reading
Apr 17 Manchin-Toomey Deal on Background Checks Facing Uphill Climb Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband Mark Kelly arrive at the Capitol Tuesday with Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. Emotional appeals. A tense week on Capitol… Continue reading
Apr 17 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A man looks at "MaskII" by Ron Mueck at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. The Australian artist's work is on view through Sept. 29. Continue reading
Apr 16 The Tuesday Cutline...a Contest By Tom LeGro Poor Elmo. It looks he might be lost. Or panhandling. Times are tough, after all, with budget cuts. What do you think our favorite red monster is up to? Write a caption to the photo above, and we'll send the… Continue reading
Apr 15 'Stag's Leap' Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry "Stag's Leap" by Sharon Olds, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Pulitzer judges called Olds' collection "a book of unflinching poems on the author's divorce that examine love, sorrow and the limits of self-knowledge."… Continue reading