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Wednesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a legal battle over an iconic 1970s hit may set an important precedent for copyright law.

Gertrude Stein’s ‘Four Saints in Three Acts’ Achieves a Good Afterlife

Besides being featured in two major art shows, where works collected by Gertrude Stein and her family in Paris during the early days of the 20th century are on display, an avant garde opera written by Stein and composer Virgil…

Tuesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, prominent Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud died in a car crash.

Monday on the NewsHour: Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh

By Molly Finnegan

Actress Cate Blanchett came from the theater, and to the theater she's returned. Now artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, she and her husband Andrew Upton have brought a new production of 'Uncle Vanya' to Washington.

Weekly Poem: ‘Observation’

By Tom LeGro

Jenn 's work has appeared in several literary journals. She teaches English at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs.

Monday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a Rembrandt got swiped from an L.A. hotel.

Conversation: Esmeralda Santiago, Author of ‘Conquistadora’

By Tom LeGro

Set in the 1800's, Esmeralda Santiago's epic novel, "Conquistadora," tells two coming-of-age stories: one of its heroine, Ana Cubillas, the daughter of Spanish aristocrats who becomes head of a plantation in the new world, and the other of Puerto Rico…

Friday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, the Met will not make a loan to Russia's Kremlin museum.

Around the Nation

A round-up of great arts and culture videos from public broadcasters around the nation.

Thursday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, an update on the construction of the new Barnes Foundation building.