Dec 13 The Daily Frame Visitors looks at French tapestries at the newly opened exhibition, "The Manufacture des Gobelins: Four Centuries of Art," at the Romanian National Arts Museum in Bucharest. Fifty-five tapestries created by the famous Manufacture des Gobelins and by contemporary French artists… Continue reading
Dec 12 Weekly Poem: ‘Crossings’ Ravi Shankar is founding editor of the online journal of the arts Drunken Boat. He teaches at Central Connecticut State College where he is poet-in-residence and in the MFA program at City University of Hong Kong. Continue reading
Dec 12 The Daily Frame Nobel Peace Prize laureates -- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian rights campaigner Leymah Gbowee and Yemini activist Tawakkol Karman -- sing with Norwegian vocalist Bernhoft, singer Janelle Monae of the United States and Beninoise singer Angelique Kidjo during the… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals? How do feelings about ideology and economic inequality affect a person's happiness? As part of his reporting of Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the connection and asks some liberals at Occupy DC and conservatives at… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Take a Look Behind the Scenes at St. Paul’s Storied Penumbra Theatre In Minnesota, St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre Company is putting on a production of "I Wish You Love," on the life and times of Nat King Cole. Twin Cities Public Television takes a look behind the scenes of the production and… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch At Va. Tech, a Sense of Bewilderment, Sadness as Shooting Motive Remains Unclear The Virginia Tech community was terrorized by another deadly shooting attack Thursday that left a police officer dead, but the response this time by the university and police was much different than the 2007 massacre on campus. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Dec 09 Conversation: Why Do Americans Protest Art? By Tom LeGro Art can soothe, it can inspire, but it also at times stirs heated passions and outright protest. Why does that happen and why in some cases but not others? That's the subject of the new book, "Not Here, Not Now,… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Conversation: Why Do Americans Protest Art? Steven Tepper's "Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protest Over Art and Culture in America."… Continue watching
Dec 09 The Daily Frame Actors perform during the annual "Myths and Legends Parade" on Wednesday in Medellin, Colombia. Continue reading