Arts Oct 27 Gibson Guitars Under Investigation An unlikely culprit has stirred up controversy in the music community: The Lacey Act, legislation aimed to curb illegal logging. Based on suspicions that the Gibson Guitar Corporation violated the act by importing illegal wood, federal agents raided the company's…
Arts Oct 24 Weekly Poem: ‘Death of a Naturalist’ Nobel winning poet Seamus Heaney reads "Death of a Naturalist."…
Arts Oct 17 Weekly Poem: ‘See You Tomorrow Night’ Terri Witek is the Art & Melissa Sullivan Chair in Creative Writing at Stetson University. She is the author of "The Shipwreck Dress," (2008, Florida Book Award Winner), "Carnal World" (2006), "Fools and Crows" (2003), and "Courting Couples" (2000 Center…
Arts Sep 16 Conversation: Tom Piazza, Author of ‘Devil Sent the Rain’ Tom Piazza's works of fiction include the novel, "City of Refuge" and those of non-fiction include "Why New Orleans Matters." His new book is a collection of essays on a wide array of topics, titled "Devil Sent the Rain."…
Arts Sep 08 Preview of ‘America Remembers 9/11’: Reading by Poets Billy Collins, Nancy Mercado For our "America Remembers 9/11" special program, we invited two poets -- Billy Collins and Nancy Mercado -- to each read a poem to mark the anniversary.
Arts Sep 07 ‘Aftermath’: Photos of Ground Zero by Joel Meyerowitz In first days after 9/11, one photographer was allowed into Ground Zero in New York. Joel Meyerowitz spent months amassing roughly 8,000 images of the destruction and the heroic efforts at the site of the World Trade Center.
Arts Sep 07 Conversation: Amy Waldman, Author of ‘The Submission’ What if a jury selected a design for the new 9/11 memorial and then discovered that its architect was a Muslim? Ten years after the terrorist attack, the actual memorial is just about to open. But an alternative history is…
Arts Sep 07 ‘Engineering Ground Zero’ Explores Architectural Challenges of Honoring 9/11 Jeffrey Brown talks with Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker and Professor at the Parsons New School of Design, about the architecture and construction of the memorial.
Arts Sep 02 The Art of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi As we speak, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and would-be heir to Moammar Gadhafi, is on the run and still vowing not to surrender to the rebels in Libya. Under very different circumstances in 2002, he staged an exhibition of…
Arts Sep 02 The Artwork of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Moammar Gadhafi and would-be heir to Libya, is vowing not to surrender to the Libyan rebels. As recently as 2010, under very different circumstances, the perception of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was much different as…