Dec 21 The Daily Frame Inmates at the Santa Monica Women's Prison stage a performance Tuesday in Lima, Peru. The inmates put on a Christmas show for the Peruvian first lady, Nadine Heredia. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Poet Mark Doty Reads ‘A Display of Mackerel’ Mark Doty reads his poem, "A Display of Mackerel."… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch The Year in Fiction Jeffrey Brown talks to Ron Charles of the Washington Post about the year in fiction. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Film Tells Story of Warlord-Turned-Evangelist Known as General Butt Naked The film "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" follows a brutal African warlord who has renounced his violent past and reinvented himself as a Christian evangelist. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films… Continue watching
Dec 20 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Dec 20 The Daily Frame A dancer from the Scottish Ballet sews on her pointe shoe straps before performing in a dress rehearsal "Sleeping Beauty" at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. Continue reading
Dec 19 A Warlord’s Quest for Forgiveness Explored in ‘The Redemption of General Butt Naked’ By Saskia de Melker A new documentary follows Joshua Milton Blahyi, aka General Butt Naked, an African warlord who renounced his violent past to become a Christian evangelist seeking forgiveness from his victims. Filmmakers Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion talk to NewsHour about making… Continue reading
Dec 19 Weekly Poem: ‘4th Grade Logic’ P.F. Potvin is the author of "The Attention Lesson" (2006, No Tell Books). He serves on the staff of the online literary journal Drunken Boat. and has been a visiting writer at Emory University and the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Continue reading
Dec 19 The Daily Frame Mourners light candles to mark the death of former Czech President Vaclav Havel, gathering at a statue of Saint Wenceslaus in Prague. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch A Warlord’s Quest for Forgiveness in ‘The Redemption of General Butt Naked’ For more on this story go to, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/… Continue watching