Jan 09 The Daily Frame People dressed like commuters read the newspaper on the beach in Adelaide, Australia, on Sunday in Andrew Baines' art installation. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch Weekly Poem: From ‘Movements Forward, Movements Away’ Peter Connors reads from his poem "Movements Forward, Movements Away."… Continue watching
Jan 06 Conversation: Joan Didion By Tom LeGro Mortality is a subject Joan Didion has grappled with in recent years, both in life and on the page. In the span of roughly two years, her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne, and their only child, Quintana Roo, both… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Joan Didion Reads From ‘Blue Nights’ Joan Didion reads from her latest book, "Blue Nights."… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Conversation: Joan Didion Jeffrey Brown talks to writer Joan Didion about her latest book, "Blue Nights."… Continue watching
Jan 06 The Daily Frame Ice sculptures were on display at the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province Friday. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch New Book Illustrates Life Lessons From an Older Generation Karl Pillemer's new book "30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans" navigates the trials of life and aging in the words of those who've experienced them the longest. In a conversation with Hari Sreenivasan, Pillemer… Continue watching
Jan 05 The Daily Frame Orphan students from Malawi, who were trained to speak Mandarin at a Taiwanese-funded Buddhist orphanage in Africa, perform dance and kung-fu Wednesday for a group of students in Hong Kong as a part of a cultural exchange program. Continue reading
Jan 04 ‘How to Live’ in 2012 By Tom LeGro We're not making Art Beat into a "how to" or life advice blog. But I began the new year reading a delightful book: "How to Live, or A Life of Montaigne" by Sarah Blakewell -- part intellectual history, part biography… Continue reading