Arts Oct 05 Ringo Starr reflects on his legendary career with the Beatles and his new music Ringo Starr is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, once with a little band you might have heard of, and a second time on his own. He’s been knighted and acted in many films and TV, including…
Arts Oct 02 How a Houston medical center is harmonizing health and performing arts The Center For Performing Arts Medicine is an unusual partnership of a world-class hospital and world-class performing arts organizations. It was founded in 1992 with a focus on singers, but then something unexpected happened. Jeffrey Brown reports from Houston for…
Arts Sep 29 Actor Cheech Marin helps open permanent showcase of Chicano art and culture For many, Cheech Marin is a household name. The comedian and actor is best known as part of the countercultural duo Cheech and Chong, but he’s also an avid collector of Chicano art and opened the first major museum entirely…
Arts Sep 19 Groundbreaking educator recounts remarkable life in a new memoir Ruth Simmons grew up in a deeply segregated part of Texas to become one of the country’s most distinguished educators, as president of three colleges and the first African American women to head an Ivy League university. But her new…
Nation Sep 14 A look at the regional theaters fighting to save their historic art form Regional theater has been a glory of the American cultural scene for many decades, bringing great plays and musicals to audiences in cities all across the country. But the pandemic and a host of other societal shifts have led to…
Arts Sep 06 How an elite music school is increasing access for students with disabilities In a series of reports, Jeffrey Brown has looked at the intersection of arts and health. Recently, he traveled to the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education in Boston to see a program bringing music into the lives of people…
Arts Aug 29 Landscape architect Kate Orff shares visionary goal of nature-based infrastructure If you think of landscape architecture, you might conjure gardens and plantings. But in a rapidly changing climate fueled by intense heat, flooding, fires, smoke and hurricanes, architect and designer Kate Orff is helping redefine her field and push us…
Arts Aug 21 Artist examines legacy of Vietnam War and its impact on his own life in new exhibition An exhibit at The New Museum in New York explores the legacy of the Vietnam War through the films and sculptures of an artist whose own life has been defined by that very legacy. Jeffrey Brown takes a look for…
Arts Aug 17 Ann Patchett on the inspirations for her latest novel, ‘Tom Lake’ Amid the pandemic, a woman tells her three now-grown daughters a story of her youth, a love affair, a path she might have taken but didn’t. While they, in turn, tell her of their hopes and fears for the future.
Arts Aug 08 James McBride discusses the themes in his new novel, ‘The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store’ The National Book Award-winning author James McBride has a new novel out, "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store." Like much of McBride’s work, it’s rooted in race, religion and personal history. Jeffrey Brown turns the page for our arts and…