May 20 Furry Robots, Foldable Cars and More Innovations from MIT's Media Lab By Elizabeth Shell We recently visited the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for our story on George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen's ebook, "The Great Stagnation." Cowen argues that our economy is slowing down because the… Continue reading
May 20 Watch Geena Davis on her Quest for Gender Equity in Film and Television Geena Davis talks to Simon Marks about gender equity on screen. Continue watching
May 20 Watch Robert Pinsky Reads From 'Selected Poems' Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky reads three poems from "Selected Poems."… Continue watching
May 20 Conversation: Geena Davis Hopes to Shift Gender Balance in Film Geena Davis has some experience with strong and complex female characters. She's played a meek-housewife-turned-bold-woman-on-the-run, a baseball star, a secret agent and an American president. She says it was her experience playing Thelma in "Thelma and Louise" that first piqued… Continue reading
May 20 Robert Pinsky Reads 'Samurai Song' and Other Poems Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky has written many books of and about poetry, including most recently, "Selected Poems."… Continue reading
May 20 Former Poet Laureate: Poetry 'Too Fundamental, Large' to Need Advocate Much of former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's writing has focused on American life. Pinsky takes a look back at his career with NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown. Continue reading
May 20 Friday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Arnold Schwarzenegger will delay his return to acting in order to deal with a personal scandal. Continue reading
May 19 Watch After Strauss-Kahn Steps Down, IMF Leadership 'Jockeying Has Begun' Former IMF head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, resigned five days after being accused of attempted rape and sexual assault of a hotel maid. Jim Lehrer discusses what's next for the IMF and Strauss-Kahn with Bloomberg TV's Sara Eisen and The Economist's Zanny… Continue watching
May 19 Now on View, the View From Jane Freilicher's Window Jane Freilicher has been well known in the art world for decades, but unlike many of her friends and contemporaries, she's never quite become familiar outside of that circle. Continue reading