May 06 Watch Conversation: Karen Russell, Author of 'Swamplandia!' Jeffrey Brown talks to Karen Russell author of the novel, "Swamplandia!"… Continue watching
May 06 Friday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture news, heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune make a major gift to an art museum. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Philadelphia 'Health for Sale' Exhibit Retraces Medicinal History in Vintage Ads The Philadelphia Museum of Art is featuring an exhibit of vintage medical posters that advertise cures for all kinds of ailments. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the advertisements-turned-art. Continue watching
May 05 Watch In Calif. Town, Prison May Fix One Employment Problem, But Create Another The small California farm town of Mendota is struggling to diversify its economy, which revolves around seasonal agricultural work that creates times of very high unemployment. University of California, Berkeley student Alissa Figueroa reports on one solution that could also… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Filmmaker Annie Sundberg on Character in Documentary Filmmaker Annie Sundberg talks about the unpredictability of documentary. Continue watching
May 05 Ask Oscar-Winning 'Inside Job' Director Your Questions on the Financial Crisis By Paul Solman // Editor's Note: Producer and director Charles Ferguson won an Academy Award this year for "Inside Job," his documentary about the financial crisis. On Wednesday night's broadcast, we spoke with Ferguson about one of the major… Continue reading
May 05 Conversation: Nathacha Appanah, Author of 'The Last Brother' By Tom LeGro "The Last Brother" is Nathacha Appanah's fourth novel and her second translated into English. The book centers on the unlikely friendship of two young boys, Raj and David, as they both struggle with intense loneliness and the impact of their… Continue reading
May 05 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Jackie Cooper, one of Hollywood's original child stars, has died. Continue reading
May 04 Conversation: 2011 Tony Award Nominations By Molly Finnegan Critic Linda Winer of Newsday discusses the 2011 Tony nominations in a year of many strong new productions. Continue reading
May 04 Around the Nation A mobile printing studio, a couple of rock (art) fans, and Tango fever in Detroit are a few of our arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation. Continue reading