Sep 20 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, YouTube and the Guggenheim release a shortlist of the best creative video. Continue reading
Sep 17 Expiring Housing Moratorium Looms Over Middle East Peace Process Construction in the Jewish settlement of Modi'In Ilit in the West Bank. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images The latest direct peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended this week with no… Continue reading
Sep 17 Conversation: Gary Shteyngart, Author of ‘Super Sad True Love Story’ By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Gary Shteyngart, author of "Super Sad True Love Story."… Continue reading
Sep 17 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the movie about Joaquin's downward spiral is a fiction, not a documentary. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Musical Legend Herbie Hancock Fuses Jazz, Global Rhythms Jeffrey Brown catches up with music legend Herbie Hancock, who celebrated his 70th birthday earlier this year and is touring in support of his latest album "The Imagine Project."… Continue watching
Sep 16 Thursday on the NewsHour: Herbie Hancock By Tom LeGro Herbie Hancock recently performed with several of the musicians from his album, "The Imagine Project," at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Here's an excerpt of the song "Space Captain" performed with Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Continue reading
Sep 16 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, fears from Britain about loaning the Cyrus Cylinder and a real Museum of Innocence for Orhan Pamuk. Continue reading
Sep 15 FBI File Provides Key to Revealing Civil Rights Photographer’s Spying This week, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that celebrated civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers had been a paid informant for the FBI, reporting on the whereabouts and activities of the movement's leaders -- many of whom considered him a… Continue reading
Sep 15 Author Per Petterson Reads from Newly Translated Novel “I Curse the River of Time” Norwegian author Per Petterson reads from his novel "I Curse this River of Time."… Continue reading
Sep 15 Mexico Dispatch: Tijuana Is No Juarez, Residents Say TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico | Toiling with a pile of wood planks in his garage turned woodshop, 46-year-old Roberto Carrillo exclaims without hesitation: "Tijuana is not Ciudad Juarez. We don't have the level of violence that you read… Continue reading