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
Jan 04 The Daily Frame An Egyptian soldier stands guard in front of a mural of Queen Nefertiti while security guards direct the crowd outside a polling station in Minya during the final round of parliamentary elections Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 03 Laughing at Macroeconomics: The Cartoon Introduction By Elizabeth Shell Unemployment, inflation, poverty, exchange rates, monetary policy - everything that makes economics the 'dismal science' is made laughing stock with the macroeconomics edition of Yoram Bauman and Grady Klein's "Cartoon Introduction to Economics."… Continue reading
Jan 03 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Jan 03 The Daily Frame The Arcadia High School Band performs during Monday's annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Why Are Fewer Americans Getting Married? Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics… Continue watching
Dec 30 The Daily Frame Gurungs in traditional attire play music as they take part in a New Year's celebration ceremony called Tamu Lhosar in Kathmandu. The Gurung people are an ethnic group who live in Nepal's mountainous valleys. Continue reading
Dec 29 The Daily Frame Dancers of the Compagnie des Ballets de Monte-Carlo perform during a rehearsal of "Lac," a ballet choreographed by Jean-Christophe Maillot. In "Lac," which runs until Saturday, Maillot offers his personal vision of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch Book Critic Ron Charles Discusses Year's Best Works of Fiction Jeffrey Brown talks with book critic Ron Charles of The Washington Post about the best works of fiction in 2011 and the shape of the industry. Continue watching
Dec 28 'Being Elmo': The Man Behind the Muppet Chances are you've heard Kevin Clash many, many times and don't even realize it. He is everywhere. You've heard his voice on TV, and if you have children you've heard it coming from one of their toys, one of the… Continue reading