Arts Feb 27 Three Women, Three Portraits of Cairo Azza Fahmy is a jewelry maker taking from the past to create beautiful new objects. Karima Mansour is a dancer struggling to find acceptance in her own country. Lara Baladi is an artist who sheds a dark light on life…
Nation Feb 25 Al-Bassam Theatre Finds Modern Inspiration in Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ Here's the second in our broadcast series on Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, which began Monday at the Kennedy Center. Tuesday evening, Jeffrey Brown profiled Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam.
Arts Feb 24 The al-Bassam Theatre’s ‘Murder of Clarence’ Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam, who adapts Shakespeare to explore contemporary culture and politics in the Persian Gulf.
Arts Feb 24 Arabesque Opens at the Kennedy Center Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Monday. Here's the first in a series of broadcast reports, which aired Monday evening on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Arts Feb 23 Arabesque and Us Regular visitors to Art Beat will remember that I was in the Middle East a few weeks back talking to artists (and, as it turned out, reporting on the Gaza conflict's fallout) for a series of profiles tied to Arabesque:…
Arts Feb 23 Academy Awards Update Over the last several weeks, we spoke with some people who were involved in one way or another in films nominated for an Oscar. We figured we should update you on how they did.
Arts Feb 20 Jeffrey Brown Previews the Academy Awards With the AFI’s Todd Hitchcock Jeffrey Brown previews the Academy Awards with the AFI's Todd Hitchcock.
Arts Feb 16 Weekly Poems: By Washington and Lincoln For Presidents Day (and two days after Valentines Day), here are poems by two presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, that hit on the theme of love.
Arts Feb 09 Jeffrey Brown Recaps the Grammy Awards With the New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones The 51st Grammy Awards were held last night in Los Angeles, and there were some clear winners: New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne took home best rap album and rap song, British rockers Coldplay won best rock album and song of…
Arts Feb 06 Conversation: Brian Dennehy and Robert Falls Brian Dennehy and Robert Falls have teamed up for nearly all of O'Neill's classics. Now, they're at it again, with "Desire Under the Elms," part of an ambitious six-play festival of O'Neill at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.