Nov 18 On Thursday’s NewsHour: GM’s IPO, Terror Trials, Murkowski GM BACK ON THE MARKET | The new General Motors generated excitement on Wall Street, as the revamped automaker's initial public offering turned into the largest in U.S. history. We look at the automaker's turnaround since its bankruptcy and… Continue reading
Nov 18 Poet Christian Wiman’s ‘Every Riven Thing’ Christian Wiman's new collection of poetry, Every Riven Thing, is filled with powerfully profound poems, many of which are deeply personal. He had taken a break from writing poetry for a few years, but a recent diagnosis of a rare… Continue reading
Nov 18 Poet Christian Wiman’s ‘Every Riven Thing’ By Tom LeGro Christian Wiman's new collection of poetry, "Every Riven Thing," is filled with powerfully profound poems, many of which are deeply personal. He had taken a break from writing poetry for a few years, but a recent diagnosis of a rare… Continue reading
Nov 18 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Jasper Johns and Maya Angelou will get presidential honors, and Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon. Continue reading
Nov 18 Patti Smith, Indie-Published Novel are Rock Stars of 2010 National Book Awards Known for her poetry and her rock 'n' roll, music legend Patti Smith has now been honored for her prose with a National Book Award, given out Wednesday night in New York. Continue reading
Nov 17 Around the Nation Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation. Continue reading
Nov 17 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, flamenco dancing is honored by UNESCO as an essential cultural tradition and an artist agrees to wire a video camera into the back of his head. Continue reading
Nov 16 War Photographer Tim Hetherington Captures Combat and Downtime in ‘Infidel’ By Molly Finnegan In 2007 and 2008, British photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington traveled to the Korengal Valley in northeastern Afghanistan to capture images of American soldiers serving in the war -- not just in combat, but also relaxing, playing, sleeping. His photographs… Continue reading
Nov 16 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, visa problems for Lincoln Center and budget problems for the Louisville Orchestra. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Cleopatra Continues to Capture Imaginations, 2,000 Years Later The Egyptian ruler Cleopatra died more than 2,000 years ago, but still has a powerful presence today. Jeffrey Brown has a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff about her new book, "Cleopatra: a Life."… Continue watching