Mar 01 The Daily Frame Saber Naqshbandi works on his painting during an art course Thursday in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Continue reading
Feb 29 Q&A: Time for Three Mixes Classic With New A classical music trio covering Kanye West doesn't seem an obvious project, but that's exactly what Time for Three has done in its latest music video for the song, "Stronger." Made up of two violinists, Zach De Pue and Nicolas… Continue reading
Feb 29 The Daily Frame A woman hangs paintings inside her stall in Bagan, Myanmar, this past Sunday. Continue reading
Feb 29 ‘Playing for Change’ Elevates Musicians and Music Education By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Opening day celebration for the Bizung School of Music and Dance in Tamale, Ghana, in 2010. Photo courtesy of Playing for Change. Inspiration started with street musicians. Mark Johnson, a recording studio executive in New York City, was on… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch A New Voice at the Kennedy Center, Jason Moran ‘Promotes the Abstract’ in Jazz A New Voice at the Kennedy Center, Jason Moran 'Promotes the Abstract' in Jazz… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch ‘Mosque Crawlers,’ ‘Rakers’ Monitoring U.S. Muslims for NYPD The White House helped fund a police surveillance effort of Muslims in the New York City area after 9/11, The Associated Press revealed Monday. The operation, part of a monitoring story that emerged last summer, triggered immediate criticism from civil… Continue watching
Feb 28 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Feb 28 The Daily Frame Janio Nunez works on a sculpture of a piano player made out of tobacco leaves in his workshop in Guanabo, Cuba. Trained as a tobacco roller, Nunez now works exclusively on tobacco-made sculptures, some of them life-size. Continue reading
Feb 27 Weekly Poem: ‘Other Denver Economies’ Susan Briante is the author of "Pioneers in the Study of Motion" (Ahsahta Press, 2007) and "Utopia Minus" (Ahsahta Press, 2011). She teaches at the University of Texas-Dallas. Continue reading