Feb 16 Merle Hazard and You: And the Winner Is... By Paul Solman We have an update on our country-country lyric contest, inspired by the econo-crooner Merle Hazard. Those of you who frequent these pages often will remember our series late last month where Merle lyricized about the financial crises in… Continue reading
Feb 16 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a contemporary art auction turns into arts funding protest. Continue reading
Feb 16 Costa Rican Artifacts Returning Home In 2011, the Brooklyn Museum plans to return to Costa Rica about 4,500 pre-Columbian artifacts taken legally around the last turn of the century. Here are some examples. Continue reading
Feb 15 Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Turns 100 The story of Taliesin and Frank Lloyd Wright's time spent there will soon be celebrated this year with months of tours, receptions, photography, concerts, and a number of exhibits including artifacts and archival photos. Continue reading
Feb 15 Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Turns 100 "Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century" at the Milwaukee Art Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary of the architect's Taliesin. Continue reading
Feb 15 In Search for Inspiration, Studio 360 Finds 'Spark' at the Source "Spark: How Creativity Works," a new book by the producer of Studio 360, draws on interviews with nearly forty creative minds to draw lessons about what it means to be creative. Continue reading
Feb 15 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Jasper Johns and Yo-Yo Ma are honored at the White House. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch Bassist Esperanza Spalding Scores Best New Artist Grammy The NewsHour recently profiled jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding, who won best new artist at Sunday's Grammy Awards. Jeffrey Brown has an excerpt of her song "Little Fly" from the album "Chamber Music Society."… Continue watching
Feb 14 On Monday's NewsHour: Federal Budget Battle, Social Media in Egypt OBAMA'S BUDGET BLUEPRINT | President Obama submitted his $3.7 trillion federal budget blueprint for 2012. Gwen Ifill speaks with White House Budget Director Jack Lew about the details of the budget. Judy Woodruff has the Republican reaction from… Continue reading
Feb 14 Weekly Poem: 'Nightcrawler Buys a Woman a Drink' Gary Jackson was born and raised in Topeka, Kan. He received his MFA from the University of New Mexico. His book, "Missing You, Metropolis" (2009, Graywolf Press) won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Continue reading