Nov 30 The Daily Frame Mexican demonstrators, their faces painted like skulls, protest against violence in the country during a march in Mexico City this Sunday. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Legendary Saxophonist Sonny Rollins on His Enduring Love for Jazz On Saturday, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., will bestow its Kennedy Center Honors on five of the nation's leading artists. One is legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins, who is still performing… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch In Egypt and Congo, Questions of Election Legitimacy Remain Millions of Africans voted Tuesday in two very different elections. Margaret Warner discusses elections in Egypt and Congo with The International Republican Institute's Scott Mastic, who's leading an election monitoring team in Cairo, and Soloman Moore of The Wall Street… Continue watching
Nov 29 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Sonny Rollins Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with Rollins when he was in Washington to perform at the Kennedy Center to talk about his life as a saxophonist and composer. In this excerpt of their conversation, Rollins talks about what other jazz… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Extended Interview: Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins talks about what other jazz greats have meant to him. Continue watching
Nov 29 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Nov 29 The Daily Frame A man views paintings in the Ramsay Room at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery on Monday. The gallery will re-open Thursday after a $27.5 million restoration project, the first major refurbishment in its 120-year-old history. Continue reading
Nov 28 Occupy DC’s ‘Roving Kabaret’ By Elizabeth Shell Occupy DC recently hosted a "Roving Kabaret" ("K" as in K Street, which is where the organization has set up tents) that toured places around Washington, D.C., with historical significance to workers' rights movements. At each spot, organizers explained its… Continue reading
Nov 28 Weekly Poem: ‘The Radioactive Dating Game’ Mala Radhakrishnan is an assistant professor at Wellesley College and is the author of a book of poems about chemistry called "Atomic Romances, Molecular Dances." Her aim is to use poetry, but also easy-to-understand analogies to teach such subjects as… Continue reading
Nov 28 The Daily Frame A woman looks at a painting by Philippe Pasqua on Friday's opening day of the 'ST-ART' European contemporary art fair in Strasbourg, France. Continue reading