Arts Sep 29 Conversation: Director Nicolas Kent Brings Real Drama of Afghanistan Onstage Starting with the 1842 Anglo-Afghan War and running through to the present day conflict in Afghanistan, a new theater production called "The Great Game: Afghanistan" attempts to educate audiences about the history of modern foreign intervention in that region with…
Arts Sep 29 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, film director Arthur Penn has died.
Arts Sep 28 Conversation: Yiyun Li, Fiction Writer and Winner of the 2010 MacArthur Fellowship Born in Beijing, MacArthur Fellow Yiyun Li came to the United States in 1996 to complete a doctoral program in immunology, but decided then to change her career path and instead do something that was more important to her: writing.
Arts Sep 24 Conversation: Novelist Per Petterson, Author of 'I Curse the River of Time' The bestselling Norwegian author Per Petterson became known to American readers over the last couple of years after his 2003 novel "Out Stealing Horses" was translated into English. He now has a new novel, "I Curse the River of Time".
Arts Sep 21 Conversation: Kendall Messick's Close-Up of 'The Projectionist' Delaware movie projectionist Gordon Brinckle had an extraordinary secret: Over the course of nearly 50 years, he created a miniature movie palace in his basement that he called the Shalimar. Photographer Kendall Messick has published a new book of photographs…
Arts Sep 10 Conversation: Historian Sean Wilentz, Author of 'Bob Dylan in America' Sean Wilentz grew up in Greenwich Village at the height of its bohemian influence in the 1950s and 60s. He is now the author of a new non-fiction book, "Bob Dylan in America," which combines biography, social history and cultural…
Arts Sep 09 What You See When You Close Your Eyes: Brion Gysin at the New Museum "Brion Gysin: Dream Machine," the first U.S. retrospective of the artist's work, is currently on view at the New Museum in New York City.
Arts Sep 01 Pulitzer Winner Natasha Trethewey Looks 'Beyond Katrina' Poet Natasha Trethewey's latest book, "Beyond Katrina," is a personal account of how the people of the Gulf Coast region, including her family, have lived with the threat and consequences of natural disasters for generations.
Arts Aug 25 Richard Misrach's Photographs Speak Volumes about Katrina's Devastation "Destroy This Memory" is a narrative photo series by Richard Misrach comprised of 69 color prints that showcases the graffiti messages scrawled by Katrina victims and rescue workers.
Nation Aug 25 After Katrina, Richard Misrach Captured Writing on the Wall Photographer Richard Misrach went to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina to capture images of the messages people had left on buildings and cars in graffiti when they didn't have any other way to express themselves. His…