Arts Nov 04 Remembering Quincy Jones and his towering legacy in the music industry A giant in the music and entertainment industry has died. Quincy Jones, known to many as ‘Q,’ was revered as a record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger and performer through his seven decades in the business. Through his vast range of…
Arts Nov 01 Universities transform art museums into spaces for voting and political discourse During the final days of this tense election, we take a look at a project fostering a different type of civic space to encourage young people to discuss issues, engage each other and vote. Jeffrey Brown visited the University of…
Arts Oct 21 Purdue program works to revive liberal arts as key part of the college experience Call it “the death of the humanities.” Over the last decade or so, majors in English and history are down by a third and humanities enrollment overall is down by almost a fifth. Now an initiative is working to revive…
Arts Oct 18 Art exhibit 'For Dear Life' shows new perspectives on disability and medicine in the U.S. “For Dear Life” is the first exhibition to survey the themes of illness and disability in American art from the mid-20th century to the COVID pandemic. It’s part of PST Art, an enormous collaboration of Southern California arts institutions around…
Arts Oct 15 Pharrell Williams' musical evolution is reconstructed with Legos in 'Piece By Piece' Pharrell Williams is a hitmaker for himself and a string of other stars. Now his story is being told on film with Lego bricks. It’s certainly not your usual approach to documentary filmmaking, but it’s the latest from one of…
Arts Oct 10 Art and science collide in enormous project at dozens of museums and galleries In 2011, some 60 art institutions in Southern California got together to create a region-wide art collaboration called Pacific Standard Time. PST Art, as it is now known, is on its third iteration and is an enormous undertaking, the largest…
Arts Oct 04 Laurie Anderson on finding inspiration in Amelia Earhart's story for her new album New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including a major endorsement from Liz Cheney and the latest in the Trump election interference case.
Nation Oct 01 The life and complicated legacy of Pete Rose Pete Rose was a baseball legend who became the all-time hitting king and yet was later banned from the game for life. His legacy and questions over whether he should have been admitted to the Hall of Fame are still…
Arts Sep 27 Danzy Senna's 'Colored Television' spotlights difficult realities of life with humor The new novel, “Colored Television” uses fiction and satire to spotlight sensitive and often difficult realities in American life. Jeffrey Brown discussed that with author Danzy Senna for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.