Arts Oct 29 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Hobbit legislation passes in New Zealand.
Arts Oct 28 On Thursday’s NewsHour: Esperanza Spalding In this extended interview, Jeffrey Brown talks to Esperanza Spalding about the inspiration to her song, "Little Fly."…
Arts Oct 28 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, an American car enthusiast pays $4.1 million at auction to buy James Bond's most famous car and the New York Philharmonic renews its efforts to visit Cuba.
Arts Oct 25 Monday on the NewsHour: Judd Apatow An extended interview with Judd Apatow, whose latest pursuit is a book called "I Found This Funny."…
Arts Oct 25 Weekly Poem: ‘From the Start’ W.S. Merwin is the Library of Congress' 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. He has had a prolific writing career, crafting more than 50 books of verse, translations, memoirs and more.
Arts Oct 22 Conversation: Nicole Krauss’ ‘Great House’ Four narrators weave their own stories investigating the effects of loss, loneliness and deep uncertainty in Nicole Krauss' novel, "Great House," which is a finalist for the National Book Award.
Arts Oct 21 Conversation: MacArthur Fellow, Community MusicWorks Founder Sebastian Ruth One of this year's MacArthur Foundation fellows is Sebastian Ruth, founder and artistic director of Community MusicWorks.
Arts Oct 20 Conversation: William Kentridge Premiering nationwide Thursday on PBS is art:21's latest film, "William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible." Kentridge, a South African artist, is well known for his wide dynamic range of works: charcoal drawings, animations, video installations, sculptures and performance pieces.
Arts Oct 19 Conversation: Poet Elizabeth Alexander On January 20, 2009, Elizabeth Alexander was vaulted onto a stage few poets ever see when she was asked to compose and read a poem, "Praise Song for the Day," at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Her latest book…
Arts Oct 18 Weekly Poem: ‘The Elders’ Elizabeth Alexander was born in Harlem, raised in Washington, D.C., and attended Yale University, where she now teaches African American Studies. She is the author of six books of poems, including most recently, "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010."…