Mar 15 Watch SXSW: Filmmaker Robyn Girard Unites Deaf and Hearing Audiences Conversation with deaf visual storyteller Robyn Girard… Continue watching
Mar 15 Stories from SXSW: Films That Speak to Deaf and Hearing Audiences Alike Filmmaker and designer Robyn Girard hopes that her latest project will bring positive stories of what it's like to be deaf to popular culture. Continue reading
Mar 15 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a legal battle has ended over a cache of negatives that a California man claimed were taken by Ansel Adams. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘Distal’ by Carol Ann Davis Poet Carol Ann Davis reads "Distal" at AWP's 2011 Conference & Bookfair in Washington. Continue watching
Mar 14 Weekly Poem: ‘Distal’ Carol Ann Davis' first book, "Psalm," was published by Tupelo Press in 2007. She directs the undergraduate creative writing program at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and edits the journal "Crazyhorse" with her husband, poet Garrett Doherty. Continue reading
Mar 14 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a movie that depicts a devastating tsunami is pulled from Japanese theaters. Continue reading
Mar 11 Conversation: Protecting Egypt’s Antiquities By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Thomas Campbell, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who released a statement last week expressing concern about the safety of Egypt's antiquities. Continue reading
Mar 11 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Bob Dylan gets permission to play in China. Continue reading
Mar 10 Julie Taymor Out as Director of ‘Spider-man’ By Tom LeGro The curtain has closed for Julie Taymor, director of the problem-plagued Broadway musical, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." The show's producers announced Wednesday night that Taymor will be stepping down and that Philip William McKinley will replace her. Continue reading
Mar 10 ProPublica’s Mortgage Mod Squad: HAMP’S a Flop By Paul Solman As you've probably heard by now, either on our program or elsewhere, the administration's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP for short) has been a disappointment -- to put it generously. The program, announced back in February 2009, was aimed… Continue reading