Oct 06 Culture Canvas A roundup of the week’s art headlines. Motown guitarist and songwriter Marv Tarplin is dead at 70, via The New York TImes. Tarplin helped define the sound of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and cowrote the… Continue reading
Oct 06 Transtromer, Swedish Poet With ‘Tinge of Modernism, Surrealism,’ Wins Nobel By Saskia de Melker The 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature has gone to Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer, the first poet to win the award since 1996. Judges selected Transtromer because, they wrote, "through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."… Continue reading
Oct 06 The Daily Frame A visitor looks at "The Saints Rocco Sebastian Jerome and Helena" by 15th century painter Filippino Lippi. Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/ AFP/ Getty Images. Continue reading
Oct 05 Poet Philip Schultz Shares His Work Philip Schultz is a poet, fiction writer and educator. He has been teaching creative writing for nearly 30 years. In 1987, he founded the Writers Studio in New York. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for "Failure."… Continue reading
Oct 05 Poet Donald Hall Reflects on Love, Death and New Hampshire "Love, death and New Hampshire," Donald Hall once said when asked what he writes about. It remains true in the former US Poet Laureate's newly published book of poems, "The Back Chamber."… Continue reading
Oct 05 The Daily Frame Dancers from Garth Fagan Dance perform a scene from the world premiere of "Madiba" during a dress rehearsal yesterday. Photo by Timothy A. Clary /AFP /Getty Images. Continue reading
Oct 04 The Daily Frame An Andy Warhol limited edition signed print from the Cowboys and Indians series is on display at an auction preview of items owned by film star John Wayne. Continue reading
Oct 04 Around the Nation A round-up of recent arts and culture videos from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
Oct 03 Weekly Poem: Remembering Taha Muhammad Ali By Saskia de Melker Taha Muhammad Ali was born in 1931 in the Galilee village of Saffuriya. After fleeing to Lebanon during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, Muhammad Ali and his family settled in Nazareth where they have lived since. He and his sons… Continue reading
Oct 03 The Daily Frame Cast and crew celebrate on stage during the 25th Anniversary performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom Of The Opera."… Continue reading