Arts Apr 28 Conversation: PEN World Voices Festival Director Laszlo Jakab Orsos Now in New York until May 1, more than 100 writers from around the world have gathered for the annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.
Arts Apr 14 Conversation: Mike Daisey’s ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’ Obsession, lust, a bit of espionage, a lot of laughs, and some serious questions of ethics and working conditions are all questions raised by one man, sitting at a table for an hour-and-a-half monologue titled, "The Agony and the Ecstasy…
Arts Apr 08 Conversation: Marina Abramovic Marina Abramovic is a pioneer of performance art, capped off most recently by her retrospective last year at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 'The Artist Is Present,' which drew widespread acclaim.
Arts Apr 01 Conversation: Tea Obreht, Author of ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ Realism and fantasy are part of "The Tiger's Wife," the new, first novel by Tea Obreht, a 25-year-old writer who was born in the former Yugoslavia and came to the United States at age 12.
Arts Mar 23 Judge Overturns Google Books Deal In New York on Tuesday, federal Judge Danny Chin overturned a settlement between Google and the national trade organizations that represent American authors and publishers which dictates terms of a massive book digitalization project, led by Google.
Arts Mar 18 Conversation: Teju Cole’s ‘Open City’ "Open City," a new novel by Teju Cole, follows a Nigerian-born medical student as he walks the streets of New York City.
Arts Mar 08 In Reverse Trompe L’Oeil, Models Are Both Subject and Painting Surface In some ways, artist Alexa Meade is a traditional figure painter, replicating the light and shadow that falls on the human body in a naturalistic way. But she works on an unusual canvas: the human body.
Arts Mar 04 Conversation: Steppenwolf Theater’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Edward Albee's classic American play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" has been revived in an acclaimed production by the Steppenwolf Theater Company of Chicago, and is currently onstage here in Washington at the Arena Stage.
Arts Feb 23 Conversation: Joe Lovano Takes On Parker Joe Lovano is taking the music of Charlie Parker and putting his own spin on some of Bird's compositions, while making sure the original music remains clearly traceable to the great tenor saxophonist.
Arts Feb 16 Conversation: Borders Files for Bankruptcy On Wednesday, the bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 reorganization after accumulating more than $1 billion in debt and failing to pay publishers that supply its inventory.