Arts Feb 03 ‘Slumdog’ Attracts Controversy, Awards It's been a week of mixed blessings for the makers of "Slumdog Millionaire," a rags-to-riches love story set in Mumbai, India.
Arts Jan 30 Conversation: Author Neil Gaiman Author Neil Gaiman is a man of many genres: science fiction, graphic novels -- some of you will know his "Sandman" series -- screenplays, adult fiction, as well as books for young readers.
Arts Jan 30 A Setting Fitting for a Master Watching the 2003 interview I did with John Updike, who died this week, brought back very warm memories about the man and a very special day. Whenever we have the opportunity to travel and visit with writers and artists, we…
Arts Jan 27 Clough Formally Takes Charge of Smithsonian Follow-up to the NewsHour's recent story about major overhauls at the Smithsonian Institution: On Monday, G. Wayne Clough was formally installed as the institution's 12th secretary.
Arts Jan 23 Conversation: Roberto Bolano’s ‘2666’ For most of the English-speaking world and certainly for this reader, Roberto Bolano was unknown only a few years ago. Since then, he's become a literary phenomenon--his novels read, reviewed, discussed, widely praised.
Arts Jan 23 Robert Frank: An Outsider Looking In In the late 1950s, a Swiss-born photographer named Robert Frank traveled America, documenting its days and nights. With a Guggenheim fellowship, Frank captured Americans in 48 states, on 767 rolls of film and almost 27,000 frames.
Arts Jan 22 Highlights from the Manifest Hope:DC Party The Manifest Hope:DC gallery space in Washington neighborhood Georgetown closed Monday night, the day before the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Arts Jan 22 Scenes From a Mideast Trip News from Gaza on every television. One man said to me: "I feel as though I've seen every one of the 1,200 bodies of those killed." And on every tongue: expressions of outrage, helplessness, sadness.
Arts Jan 20 Weekly Poem: ‘Praise Song for the Day’ Praise Song for the Day by Elizabeth Alexander. Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each other's eyes or not, about to speak or speaking.
Arts Jan 19 For Howard’s Band, Showtime Is Here Just about every night at a football field in Northwest, Howard University's marching band has been spending hours rehearsing around the track, preparing for its biggest event ever: Tuesday's inauguration parade.