Arts Aug 25 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Wyclef Jean loses his bid to run for office in Haiti.
Arts Aug 24 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's roundup of arts and culture news, Egypt's culture minister was arrested after the Van Gogh heist, and a songwriter who penned hits for Louis Armstrong and Elvis Presley has died.
Arts Aug 16 Weekly Poem: 'Ancestors' Mary Ruefle is the author of, most recently, "Selected Poems" (Wave Books, 2010). She lives in Bennington, Vermont, and teaches in the MFA program at Vermont College.
Arts Aug 13 Preview: Rosanne Cash's Memoir, 'Composed' A preview of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with musician Roseanne Cash about the release of her new memoir, "Composed."…
Arts Aug 10 Conversation: Lollapalooza 2010 Lollapalooza, one of the biggest summer music festivals in the U.S., wrapped up Sunday. Jeffrey Brown catches up with music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot.
Arts Jul 30 Conversation: Exclusive E-Books Deal Stirs Publishing World On July 22, literary agent Andrew Wylie announced an exclusive partnership with retailer Amazon to begin selling digital versions of many classic backlist titles by authors such as Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth, Evelyn Waugh, Hunter S. Thompson, Salman Rushdie and…
Arts Jul 27 Honoring a Modern Chicago Landmark as an 'Urban Vision' When the construction of Chicago's Marina City reached completion in 1964, it was an architectural and social icon for the city -- and beyond.
Arts Jul 23 Conversation: Lisa Cholodenko, Director of 'The Kids Are All Right' At the center of the new film "The Kids Are All Right" is a loving, average family: two kids and two parents. In fact, two moms, Jules and Nic, played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening. When their older daughter…