Oct 24 Seamus Heaney Reads From 'Human Chain' Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. Heaney's collection "Human Chain" contains poems that are, as always for him, grounded in the physical world but also take a look back. Continue reading
Oct 24 Weekly Poem: 'Death of a Naturalist' By Tom LeGro Nobel winning poet Seamus Heaney reads "Death of a Naturalist."… Continue reading
Oct 24 The Daily Frame A woman looks at work by Syrian artist Khaled Takreti during the Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art exhibition at Christie's in Dubai. Photo by Karim Sahib /AFP /Getty Images. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Seamus Heaney Reads 'Death of a Naturalist' Seamus Heaney reads "Death of a Naturalist."… Continue watching
Oct 21 'Margin Call': Calm Before the Storm of 2008 Financial Crisis By Saskia de Melker The 2008 financial collapse is a complex phenomenon to fathom. It's an even harder phenomenon to recreate in a cinematic narrative. "Margin Call," a film that opens in theaters Friday, takes on that challenge and offers a fictional account of… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Watch the Trailer for the New Film 'Margin Call' For more on this film, go to: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/… Continue watching
Oct 21 The Daily Frame Actors Paola di Meglio, Paola Gassman and Ugo Pagliai perform during a dress rehearsal of "Wordstar(s)" at Teatro Goldoni on October 20 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Secchi /Getty Images. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Watch a Scene From the New Film 'Margin Call' For more on this film, go to: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/… Continue watching
Oct 20 In 'The Death-Ray,' Clowes Takes on the Powers of a Teenage Superhero You may not yet recognize artist, writer and cartoonist Daniel Clowes by name, but there's a growing chance that you've been exposed to his work. His latest work to be published into hardcover form is "The Death-Ray," a very different… Continue reading