Arts Apr 01 Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts after Trump order It’s a small federal agency few have heard of, but it has a large impact around the country. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries and the Trump administration…
Arts Feb 20 Cimafunk describes his unique sound and how he’s bringing Cuban music to the world Cimafunk, a 35-year-old musician dubbed a "global ambassador" for Cuban music, has earned Grammy nominations three years in a row. Blending genres from Latin rock to Afro-Cuban funk, he creates his own unique sound. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown and…
Arts Feb 06 ‘Poet of Havana’ uses his music to address pain caused by politics As Cuba stands to become even more isolated, many Cubans continue to leave and those who stay remain cut off from family in the United States. Carlos Varela, a singer known as “The Poet of Havana,” has been addressing the…
Arts Jan 31 Trombone Shorty and other musicians use their art as a gateway to better relations between the U.S. and Cuba Can music be the gateway to closer relations between Americans and Cubans and help provide relief amidst the economic downturn and isolation? That is the hope of a group of musicians who have been forging a bond between young students.
Arts Jan 28 Samara Joy, already a Grammy winner, creates more awards buzz with latest album Already a three-time winner, jazz vocalist Samara Joy is up for two more Grammys at Sunday’s awards ceremony. Her latest album is receiving critical acclaim and creating more awards buzz. All this and Joy only turned 25 in November. Senior…
Arts Dec 23 Arturo Sandoval on falling in love with music and his journey to international fame Famed musician Arturo Sandoval was among those celebrated at the 47th Kennedy Center honors in early December. But as a young boy in Cuba, Sandoval's rise to the top of the music world was inconceivable. He has now won 10…
Arts Dec 17 The cultural significance of the movies just added to the National Film Registry The Library of Congress announced the 25 films that made it into this year's National Film Registry. The registry, started in 1989, now includes some 900 movies, chosen for their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to preserving the nation’s film…
Arts Nov 26 How political upheaval inspired the French Impressionists Impressionism is perhaps the most-viewed and best-loved movement in art history. A new exhibition, first shown in Paris, looks back 150 years to its founding moment and to the darkness hidden behind all that light. Jeffrey Brown visited "Paris 1874:…
Arts Nov 22 John Leguizamo’s ‘The Other Americans’ aims to remedy Broadway’s lack of Latino stories John Leguizamo has appeared in more than 100 films while also telling a distinctly Latino story in documentaries, one-man shows and now, full-scale dramas. Jeffrey Brown met him recently at the arena stage in Washington to talk about his latest…
Arts Nov 12 John Grisham chronicles real-life stories of people who were wrongly convicted in ‘Framed’ When Centurion was founded, it was the first group of its kind working to overturn wrongful convictions for people facing execution or life. Decades later, the work continues and its story is being told by its founder and novelist John…