Arts May 25 Conversation: Chris Thile and the Goat Rodeo Sessions "The Goat Rodeo Sessions" is the name of a recording released in October of last year. It's also the name of a performance that airs on PBS this Friday. It's an all-star and eclectic group made up of cellist Yo-Yo…
Arts May 23 ‘Dear World, From Joplin With Love’ Marking the one year anniversary of the devastating tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a new exhibit, "Dear World, From Joplin With Love," opened Saturday at the Spiva Center for the Arts. The collection of portraits by Robert X. Fogarty focuses…
Arts May 18 Conversation: Kristen Dupard, 2012 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Jeffrey Brown talks to Kristen Dupard, the 2012 Poetry Out Loud National Champion.
Arts May 11 Conversation: Poet Natalie Diaz A profile of poet Natalie Diaz and her language preservation work will air on the NewsHour soon, but here below is sneak peek of our interview with the 33-year-old writer, conducted along the banks of the Colorado River.
Arts Apr 27 Conversation: W. S. Di Piero, Winner of the 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Jeffrey Brown talks to W. S. Di Piero, the winner of the 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a $100,000 award given by the Poetry Foundation.
Arts Apr 25 The Daily Frame Activists opposed to Arizona's controversial immigration law, S.B. 1070, paint a banner Tuesday at the office of the Puente Movement, a community group in Phoenix. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over the law on Wednesday.
Arts Apr 19 ‘Los Angeles Review of Books’ Makes Launch There's a brand new entry into the world of books and publishing. It's call the Los Angeles Review of Books, and you'll find it online.
Arts Apr 13 Conversation: Philippe Falardeau’s ‘Monsieur Lazhar’ After the suicide of a teacher in a Montreal middle-school, a class of grieving students is thrown together with an Algerian immigrant with tragic secrets of his own and who becomes their new teacher. The film, "Monsieur Lazhar," directed by…
Arts Apr 06 Conversation: Henry Ossawa Tanner at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Henry Ossawa Tanner is known as the first African-American artist to gain international success and fame. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1859, spent much of his youth in Philadelphia, but lived most of his adult life in Paris.