Arts

In today's arts and culture headlines, authorities recover a war criminal and a stolen painting in one blow.

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German soldiers flog a Russian villager while fellow villagers are forced to watch. This photograph was found on a dead German soldier. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. A new book by Peter Moskos is as provocative in name as…

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Here are some recent arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation.

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In today's arts and culture headlines, the Philadelphia Orchestra is trying to negotiate a cheaper rent.

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Jeffrey Brown and Yang discuss the poetic perspective of the beauty and power of nature.

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Now at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Md., an exhibit called "Art of the Writing Instrument from Paris to Persia" looks at the pretty pens and other tools that stood as status symbols for their owners or helped turn…

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In today's arts and culture headlines, Egypt struggles to find a new antiquities chief.

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In the 1960s, piano virtuoso Leon Fleisher lost the use of his right hand due to a condition called focal dystonia, but he focused on teaching and continued to play pieces designed for one-handed pianists. Jeffrey Brown and Fleisher discuss…

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Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here are a few queries: // We received a flurry of worried responses to our…

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Joan Houlihan has published three books, including "The Us" (2009, Tupelo Press). In 2004, she founded the Concord Poetry Center, and in 2006 she established the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference for advanced writers. She teaches at Lesley University's low-residency M.F.A.

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