Feb 24 Obama’s Evolution on Gay Marriage President Obama celebrates signing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 in December. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The news out of President Obama's Justice Department that the administration will no longer defend the Defense of… Continue reading
Feb 23 Conversation: Joe Lovano Takes On Parker By Molly Finnegan Joe Lovano is taking the music of Charlie Parker and putting his own spin on some of Bird's compositions, while making sure the original music remains clearly traceable to the great tenor saxophonist. Continue reading
Feb 23 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the fight in Michigan over the cost benefit of tax incentives for the film industry. Continue reading
Feb 22 On Tuesday’s NewsHour: Libya’s Crackdown, State Labor Protests, Piracy LIBYA PROTESTS | Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is refusing to step down as international condemnation of the violent crackdown on protesters grows. Jeffrey Brown talks about the growing unrest in the North African nation with Robert Danin of the… Continue reading
Feb 22 Oscar Nominated Animated Films Are Not Short on Ideas To appreciate the complexity and craft of animated narratives, one need not look further than the 2011 Oscar animated shorts category. Continue reading
Feb 22 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra suspends its season. Continue reading
Feb 21 Weekly Poem: ‘Meditation at the County Landfill’ Eric Gudas":http://www.ericgudas.com/ was born in Annapolis, Md. His poems, book reviews and interviews with American poets have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, the Iowa Review, Poetry Flash, the Southern Review and other journals. His book, "Best Western and… Continue reading
Feb 21 What Do Wisconsin Protests Say About Organized Labor? By Paul Solman Having begun my journalism career in college in the '60s, I figure I've been covering the labor movement for nearly half a century - a half century of relative decline. It's easy to understand in retrospect. After World… Continue reading
Feb 18 On Friday’s NewsHour: Statehouse Budget Battles, Protest Crackdown STATE BUDGET BATTLES | A push to reduce state workers' benefits and eliminate collective bargaining caused a furor this week as protesters descended on Wisonsin's Capitol -- and Democratic lawmakers fled to stall a vote. And similar cuts are being… Continue reading
Feb 18 Roger Rosenblatt Answers Your Questions Art Beat received hundreds of questions. Unable to answer them all, Roger Rosenblatt sought to address some of the most popular themes with this response. Continue reading