Arts Apr 29 Conversation: Winner of the 2010 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest Earlier this week, 53 students from around the nation gathered in Washington for the 2010 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, an annual event that encourages the love of spoken word among young people.
Arts Apr 28 Conversation: Sir Patrick Stewart Stars in 'Hamlet' Tonight on PBS Tonight on PBS, Great Performances presents the television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2009 production of "Hamlet." David Tennant stars as Hamlet to Sir Patrick Stewart's ambitious but flawed Claudius.
Arts Apr 28 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Tim O'Brien's 'The Things They Carried' Turns 20 Thursday on the NewsHour, a book about war that has stood the test of time. Jeffrey Brown talks to Tim O'Brien about his landmark work, "The Things They Carried," a piece of fiction based on the author's experience serving in…
Arts Apr 20 Preview: Singer Natalie Merchant Is Well-Versed on Her New Album After a 7 year hiatus, singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant has just released a 2-disc album titled "Leave Your Sleep," a collection of 26 traditional poems set to original music. The project began shortly after the birth of her daughter…
Arts Apr 20 There's No Place Like Dome in Peter Bognanni's 'The House of Tomorrow' Buckminster Fuller's designs provide the inspiration for the setting of "The House of Tomorrow," a first novel by Peter Bognanni that charts the life of an adolescent growing up inside -- and venturing out of -- a geodesic dome.