Aug 08 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘Elegy VII (Last Moment)’ by Jason Schneiderman Jason Schneiderman reads "Elegy VII (Last Moment)" from his book, "Striking Surface."… Continue watching
Aug 08 How to Not Let Mistakes Define You By Paul Solman // We recently reported on the prison initiative of Bard College, a selective school currently running degree programs in five New York prisons. Skeptics of prison reform should take note of one Anthony Cardenales, a former inmate who… Continue reading
Aug 08 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Congress and Kennedy Center officials are being blamed for extensive budget and staff cuts to VSA, the nation's leading arts education organization for the disabled. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch Indian Surrogacy Helps Lift Some Poor, but Raises Ethical Issues In India, parental surrogacy is often less complicated and costly than having a surrogate in the United States. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro explores the ethics of outsourcing surrogacy in the second of two reports about Indian women who… Continue watching
Aug 05 Pulitzer-winning ‘Clybourne Park’ Returns to Woolly Mammoth With Story of Race By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Howard Shalwitz, artistic director and co-founder of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, about Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Clybourne Park."… Continue reading
Aug 05 With 117,00 New Jobs in July, a Slight Improvement in the Solman Unemployment Scale By Paul Solman "Employment Report Damned with Faint Praise: It Could Have Been Worse." Thus does Nigel Gault, Chief U.S. Economist of IHS Global Insight, sum up the consensus view of Friday's unemployment numbers. Jobs added in July; upward revision for June. Even… Continue reading
Aug 05 Corcoran Gallery of Art Recalls Influence of the Washington Color School An exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Washington Color and Light," examines the methodology and breadth of the Washington Color School. Continue reading
Aug 05 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a nine-ton statue of a pharaoh is en route to New York's Met via ship from Germany. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch Conversation: Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer-winning Play ‘Clybourne Park’ Jeffrey Brown talks to Howard Shalwitz of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch ‘Washington Color and Light’ at the Corcoran Gallery of Art A tour of "Washington Color and Light" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Continue watching