May 11 Conversation: Poet Natalie Diaz By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks A profile of poet Natalie Diaz and her language preservation work will air on the NewsHour soon, but here below is sneak peek of our interview with the 33-year-old writer, conducted along the banks of the Colorado River. Continue reading
May 11 Watch Conversation: Poet Natalie Diaz Jeffrey Brown talks to poet Natalie Diaz. Continue watching
May 11 The Daily Frame Moscow subway passengers ride a special exhibition car containing reproductions of watercolors from the State Tretyakov Gallery on Friday. Continue reading
May 10 Watch Obama’s Support for Gay Marriage: How Will it Help, Hurt Politically? Obama's Support for Gay Marriage: How Will it Help, Hurt Politically?… Continue watching
May 10 Culture Canvas A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines (back from hiatus). Continue reading
May 10 The Daily Frame A man looks at Czech artist Alfons Mucha's "Slav Epic," a cycle of 20 allegories tracing the history of the Slavic people and inspired in part by mythology, at the National Gallery in Prague on Thursday… Continue reading
May 09 Watch Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage: Now What? President Obama said Wednesday that he now believes "same-sex couples should be able to get married." Judy Woodruff and author Kerry Eleveld discuss the president's "evolution" on the subject, then Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry and the Rev. Harry… Continue watching
May 09 Obama: ‘Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married’ By News Desk President Obama; file photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool-Getty Images Updated 4:14 p.m. | President Barack Obama declared Wednesday afternoon that he now supports gay marriage. "Same sex couples should be able to get married," he said in an interview with… Continue reading
May 09 Lalla Essaydi’s ‘Revisions’ By Extra DA From "Revisions," an exhibition of Lalla Essaydi's work at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. "My photographs grew out of the need I felt to document actual spaces, especially those of my childhood," Lalla Essaydi says. Continue reading
May 09 Q&A: Lalla Essaydi Challenges Muslim, Gender Stereotypes at Museum of African Art Known for her large format photographs, Lalla Essaydi's work combines Islamic calligraphy and representations of the female body, focusing on the interconnection of faith, culture and gender and challenging notions within all three. Continue reading