Oct 27 Gibson Guitars Under Investigation By Tom LeGro An unlikely culprit has stirred up controversy in the music community: The Lacey Act, legislation aimed to curb illegal logging. Based on suspicions that the Gibson Guitar Corporation violated the act by importing illegal wood, federal agents raided the company's… Continue reading
Oct 27 The Daily Frame Dancers Lana Jones, left, and Amber Scott of the Australian Ballet pose at the Lincoln Center fountain Wednesday in New York. The ballet company will perform "Swan Lake" at the Lincoln Center in June 2012. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch After Arrests, Occupy Oakland Protesters Vow to Return Chaos erupted Tuesday night in downtown Oakland, Calif., as police dispersed crowds from the Occupy Oakland movement in the plaza in front of City Hall. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports from the center of the confrontation. Continue watching
Oct 26 Waiting for a Revelation in ‘A Bright New Boise’ There's no shortage of man-made and natural disasters, political upheavals, economic collapse and nationwide pessimism dominating the current state of affairs. This bleak societal backdrop sets the stage for the religious fervor and search for deliverance at the heart of… Continue reading
Oct 26 The Daily Frame Protesters in Stratford-upon-Avon, England covered signs and statues featuring Shakespeare to protest over the film "Anonymous."… Continue reading
Oct 25 Olivetti Hit Keys for Success: Good Design "Olivetti: Innovation & Identity," a small exhibit at the Denver Art Museum tied to a larger show about modern design, examines how an Italian company making typewriters and calculators forged its reputation on the idea that the customer's aesthetic experience… Continue reading
Oct 25 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Oct 25 The Daily Frame Visitors walk around a sculpture titled "BigFoot" by Israeli artist Idan Zareski during Bogota's International Art Fair (ArtBo) in Colombia. Galleries from 14 countries from Europe and Latin America, collectors, curators and critics are participating in the seventh edition of… Continue reading
Oct 24 In ‘Human Chain,’ Nobel-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Digs Into the Past In his native Ireland, he's known as "Famous Seamus," and indeed, Seamus Heaney -- winner of the Nobel Prize in 1995 -- is a world-famous poet. Now 72, his new collection, "Human Chain," contains poems that are, as always for… Continue reading