Arts Jul 02 What drives Willie Nelson to keep singing and traveling Country legend Willie Nelson, 81, is still on the road. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Nelson to talk about the burst of songwriting behind his new album, “Band of Brothers,” controlling his temper and how he stays fit on tour.
Arts Mar 20 Breakfast with the ‘cabinet maker’: Building political change in Myanmar Over breakfast with Maung Hla Thaung, a woodworker and designer, we talk about the political situation in Myanmar today and his work as a longtime opponent of the military regime. This is a man building furniture and, he hopes, political…
Arts Mar 18 Will the ancient Buddhist temples of Bagan turn into Disney World? In Myanmar, some scholars worry that Bagan -- the former capital of a powerful kingdom in medieval times -- will be turned into a kind of theme park. Or that it will be "loved to death," as has been the…
Arts Mar 17 Is culture at risk in Myanmar? We are in Myanmar to report on a country opening up to the world, politically, economically, and culturally. A ruthless military dictatorship clamped down on all opposition, prohibited free expression, and kept the country closed off and shrouded in a…
Nation Jan 22 Calif. calls for water conservation in response to record drought A dry spell that has been building for three years has become a full-on emergency in California. Gov. Jerry Brown called it the worst drought on record and has asked everyone across the state to conserve water. Jeffrey Brown reports…
Arts Oct 24 Reflections on the power of poetry in Detroit schools Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey talk to students learning poetry through InsideOut, a Detroit-based literary arts project that brings writers to public schools. Photo by Reid Riddell Our story on poetry in the Detroit…
Arts Jul 01 A Giant Leap to the Russian Stage for American Ballet Dancer Hallberg Ballet star David Hallberg was the first American principal dancer to join the historically insular Bolshoi Theater in 2011. Jeffrey Brown talks to the dancer about his return to the Russian stage for the first time since an acid attack…
Arts May 04 Three New Looks on the National Mall The National Mall here in Washington, D.C., is indeed a national treasure, but it's one that is in some disrepair. The Trust for the National Mall has just held a competition to design three new sections in oft-neglected areas on…