Arts Dec 05 Miami’s extravagant Art Basel reflects the new economics of art This past weekend, Miami hosted Art Basel, the largest art fair in the country. The annual event draws people from across the globe: this year, 269 galleries from 29 countries participated. While the Zika scare may have suppressed attendance slightly,…
Science Apr 28 How to save life on Earth, according to E.O. Wilson Biologist and Pulitzer winner E.O. Wilson has spent his life studying animals and fighting for their conservation. As species go extinct at 1,000 times the normal rate thanks to human interference, Wilson’s new book “Half Earth” holds a bold plan…
Nation Apr 08 Violent, overcrowded Alabama prisons hit a breaking point Alabama has the most overcrowded prison system in the nation: More than 24,000 inmates are housed in a system designed for half that number. The violence, overcrowding and actions taken by the federal government pushed state government to action, passing…
Arts Apr 01 A trip to visit her family roots inspired this British singer British singer/songwriter Lianne La Havas describes how her heritage inspired her latest album in our series My Music.
Arts Mar 21 50 years on, a Monday night tradition keeps the Village Vanguard swinging At the world famous Village Vanguard jazz club in New York City, Monday nights have meant big band music for 50 years, stretching back to the days of Thad Jones and Mel Lewis. For the jazz impresarios there today, playing…
Arts Feb 17 How composer Carter Burwell helped craft the love story of ‘Carol’ A movie score usually goes unnoticed, unless it’s very bad -- or very good. Composer Carter Burwell has written music for more than 80 films over a 30-year career, but his soundtrack for “Carol” is his first to be nominated…
Arts Feb 16 Lianne La Havas defies easy labels in Grammy-nominated ‘Blood’ Lianne La Havas' Grammy-nominated album "Blood" was inspired by a 2014 trip to Jamaica.
Arts Jan 11 Poetry helps youth at a juvenile detention center find peace Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who…
Poetry Jan 11 Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts returns to the city that nearly broke him Betts' new book touches on the way he believes institutions -- schools, the police, the judicial system -- helped create a lost generation of young black men.
Arts Jan 05 MacArthur fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier captures the town that survived Braddock, Pennsylvania, was once a thriving steel town before the town’s industry collapsed. It's where LaToya Ruby Frazier grew up, like her mother and grandmother before her, and it's where the visual artist and 2015 MacArthur fellow has returned to…