About Anne @Annedavenport
Anne Azzi Davenport is the Senior Coordinating Producer of Canvas.
Anne’s Recent Stories
Arts Jul 30
Marcia Chatelain examines McDonald’s’ mixed impact on Black AmericaFast food is a staple of American culture, but in recent decades there has been a new focus on health and wage inequality. Jeffrey Brown talks to author Marcia Chatelain about the complicated history of McDonalds in the Black community:…
Arts Jul 23
How Latinos changed baseball in AmericaAs ballparks fill up around the country due to an easing of pandemic restrictions, Jeffrey Brown looks at a new exhibit on the long history of Latinos playing baseball and how they changed the sport fundamentally in the U.S. It’s…
Arts Jul 15
How artist Firelei Báez transforms spaces to build connectionsDominican-American Artist Firelei Báez’s new installation in Boston is an enormous, transformed space meant to connect her native Caribbean culture with the port-side city. Using everyday materials she reconstructed a ruined Haitian palace and introduces visitors to symbols to bridge…
Arts Jul 06
Bernd Heinrich on his ‘unusual’ life as a runner and biologist in MaineA new book out Tuesday, "Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime," explores a life of scientific research and discovery in nature, and some extraordinary feats of the human body. And the author himself, Bernd Heinrich, is the subject of…
Arts Jun 18
In ‘On Juneteenth,’ author Annette Gordon-Reed explores how Texas’ history shaped her lifeOn this first federal Juneteenth holiday, Author and Historian Annette Gordon-Reed talks to Jeffrey Brown about the importance of this date through her personal history growing up in Texas. This reporting is part of NewsHour's arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Arts Jun 16
It was supposed to be a ‘quiet little cafe’ in Maine. It turned into a culinary phenomenonA new book, "Finding Freedom in the Lost Kitchen," details the trials and triumphs of the Maine restaurant that has been attracting attention internationally from foodies — and from culinary taste-makers like James Beard. As Jeffrey Brown reports, “finding freedom''…
Arts Jun 01
Chimamanda Adichie on being unprepared for grief and how to deal with ‘pain of absence’The last year has been one of grief and sorrow for so many around the world. A new book by acclaimed author Chimamanda Adichie explores her recent personal loss after the death of her beloved father, and the multi-faceted grief…
Nation May 28
How art is retelling powerful stories of Tulsa massacre, capturing community’s hopes100 years ago Monday, a white mob descended on a Black neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing people and burning homes and businesses. The Tulsa massacre, as it came to be known, is being remembered in many ways — one of…
World May 20
Midori reflects on her quintessential prodigy story and what it means to be a performerThis week, the annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievement are being awarded, remotely. One of the honorees is the world-renowned violinist Midori. Starting as a child, the now 49-year-old has wowed audiences for decades, and has been a…
Arts May 14
DC art exhibit makes shoes out of trash in nod to the ‘Great Shoe Spill of 1990’The year 1990 saw the “Great Shoe Spill" where tens of thousands of Nike shoes fell into the Pacific. The accident led to some scientific discoveries, and now, whimsical art packed with an eco-friendly message. William Brangham plunges into an…