Poetry Dec 05 Mother and son who are both poet laureates work to inspire others Becoming a poet laureate is a coveted role and rare honor. Rarer still is having two laureates in the same family. Jeffrey Brown traveled to Philadelphia to meet with a poetic family and hear how a mother-son duo is working…
Arts Dec 02 Musician and actor Tobe Nwigwe finds his purpose Musician and actor Tobe Nwigwe is a first-generation child of Nigerian immigrants. He built a following through his music and acting after asking himself, and then others, "What is your purpose?" Jeffrey Brown sat down with Nwigwe to learn more…
Arts Nov 22 Adaptation of ‘The Hours’ becomes opera event of the year One day in the lives of three women, from three different times and places, brought together onstage through the magic of opera. “The Hours” is a new work opening on one of the world's biggest stages: the Metropolitan Opera in…
Arts Nov 17 Musician iLe condemns colonization and Puerto Rico’s political limbo on new album Puerto Rican musician iLe is addressing the challenges of her homeland as it is still suffering from the recent Hurricane Fiona and lacking true representation in U.S. politics. Jeffrey Brown spoke with the Latin Grammy winner about her new album…
Arts Nov 14 Digital database documents vital infrastructure created by the New Deal It’s a hidden history right in front of our eyes. The buildings, artworks and so much more were created all over the country during the New Deal of the 1930s and 40s. To bring that hidden history to light, the…
Arts Nov 02 Bono on activism and connecting music to a larger meaning Bono recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown to talk about his new memoir, "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story." In part two of that interview, they discuss Bono's activism and connecting his music to a larger meaning. It's for our arts…
Arts Nov 01 Bono’s new memoir ‘Surrender’ details his long career in music and activism By any measure, U2 is one of the world's biggest bands, and lead singer Bono is one of music's biggest stars. He's telling his own story in a new memoir, "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story." Bono sat down with Jeffrey…
Arts Oct 27 Art exhibition reveals Vermeer’s secrets using technology to look under paintings A painting thought to be by Johannes Vermeer isn’t a Vermeer after all. The 17th-century Dutch master left behind few works, so take even one away and it’s a big deal. New technology is allowing experts to see art in…
Arts Oct 17 Playwright Tom Stoppard grapples with his hidden past in latest work In a new Broadway play, one of the world’s greatest writers grapples with his own hidden past and its implications for our time. Sir Tom Stoppard's “Leopoldstadt” chronicles a family history he only learned about in his 50s when a…
Arts Oct 10 University of California, Berkeley repatriates cultural artifacts to Indigenous tribe The studying and exhibiting of human remains and sacred objects taken from Native American graves and sites have been a source of bitter relations between many cultural institutions and Indigenous tribes. After facing criticism, the University of California, Berkeley is…