Mar 29 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a museum in Vienna acquires the Polaroid collection. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch News Wrap: Syrian Security Forces, Protesters Clash in Several Cities In other news Monday, security forces in Syria confronted protesters and used tear gas to disperse crowds. About 4,000 people demonstrated in Daraa, where protests began a week ago. In Yemen, an explosion at a weapons factory killed at least… Continue watching
Mar 28 Weekly Poem: 'The Virtues of Birds' Craig Morgan Teicher is a poet, critic and freelance writer. His first book of poems, "Brenda Is in the Room and Other Poems," won the 2007 Colorado Prize for Poetry and was published by the Center for Literary Publishing. His… Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Weekly Poem: 'The Virtues of Birds' by Craig Morgan Teicher Craig Morgan Teicher reads "The Virtues of Birds," a fable from his book, "Cradle Book."… Continue watching
Mar 28 Monday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the Pritzker Prize is awarded to Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Corleone Correlations Syria faced escalating unrest as soldiers opened fire on demonstrators in several cities. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Syrian Troops Fire on Demonstrators in Several Cities The Syrian government faced its strongest challenge in years as protests escalated and government troops opened fire on demonstrators in several cities. In the city of Daraa, where protests grew all week, witnesses said up to 50,000 people flooded the… Continue watching
Mar 25 Poetry as a Weapon of War in Afghanistan By Tom LeGro According to two new reports by a leading Afghanistan watcher at the Naval Postgraduate School, "the Taliban blow us away" in getting its message out to the Afghan public by using poetry and music -- means the United States does… Continue reading
Mar 25 Stories from SXSW: A Small Indie Film Makes Its Debut For many directors, SXSW presents an opportunity not only to screen their films, but to screen them for the first public audiences. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Playwright Lanford Wilson Discusses His Ozark Roots A conversation with playwright Lanford Wilson from 1999… Continue watching