Oct 02 Watch North Carolina Up for Grabs in 2012 as Voter Enthusiasm Wanes North Carolina Up for Grabs in 2012 as Voter Enthusiasm Wanes… Continue watching
Oct 02 2012 MacArthur Fellows Are ‘Pure Genius’ The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the MacArthur Fellows for 2012 on Tuesday. The 23 fellows, who each were awarded an unrestricted $500,000 'genius grant', were selected from hundreds of anonymous nominations identified for their creativity, and… Continue reading
Oct 02 The Tuesday Cutline…a Winner! Last week, we kicked off the Tuesday Cutline, a contest in which you come up with a caption to a photo and win a prize, and you responded with some very creative submissions. Continue reading
Oct 02 The Daily Frame Atlanta-based artist Alex Brewer, also known as "Hense," paints over the exterior of a 10,000-square-foot empty building in Washington, D.C. The work is a collaboration with the art gallery Art Whino and will be completed next weekend for a showing… Continue reading
Oct 02 Writers, Photographers, Filmmakers Among 2012 MacArthur ‘Genius Award’ Winners Nearly half of this year's MacArthur Fellows come from arts-related fields. Among them are Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz and mandolinist Chris Thile, both of whom we've spoken to here on Art Beat this year. Continue reading
Oct 02 Writers, Photographers, Filmmakers Among 2012 MacArthur Fellows By Tom LeGro Nearly half of this year's MacArthur Fellows come from arts-related fields. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch In ‘Half the Sky,’ Transforming Limitations on Women’s Opportunities Worldwide Transforming Women's Lives from 'Weapons of War'… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch The Seismic Economic and Political Changes that Transformed the American Dream The Seismic Economic and Political Changes that Transformed the American Dream… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch What’s at Stake in the Candidates’ Different Visions for Medicaid What's at Stake in the Candidates' Different Visions for Medicaid… Continue watching
Oct 01 Weekly Poem: ‘The Worst Thing’ Sharon Olds is the author of several books of poetry, including "The Dead and the Living," winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award; "The Unswept Room," a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and the National Book… Continue reading