Art Beat

Historian David McCullough’s ‘The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris’

By Anne Azzi Davenport

More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with historian David McCullough, author of "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris."…

Friday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, internet companies try a new practice for cracking down on media piracy.

Essence Music Festival 2011

By Imani Cheers

Usher, Trey Songz, New Edition, Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott were among the performers at this year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.

Orchestras Get Away for the Summer

For decades, several of America's top symphony orchestras have offered a series of concerts from their 'summer homes' -- venues designed to showcase the ensembles' "lighter fare" and attract new audiences.

Thursday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a Boston theater landmark will go dark this weekend.

Sarah Jaffe Adds Electricity to Eclectic Folk

Texan singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe's musical roots are definitely folk. But 25-year-old Jaffe is already feeling a little restless.

Wednesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a Picasso gets pilfered in San Francisco.

American Painter Cy Twombly Dies at 83

By Tom LeGro

Celebrated American painter Cy Twombly, whose paintings featured scribbles, graffiti and unusual materials and who invigorated American post-War art alongside Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, has died. He was 83.

American Painter Cy Twombly Dies at 83

By Tom LeGro

Weekly Poem: From ‘Severance Songs’

Joshua Corey is the author of "Severance Songs" (Tupelo Press, 2011), "Fourier Series" (Spineless Books, 2005) "Selah" (Barrow Street, 2003) and two chapbooks. He teaches at Lake Forest College in Illinois.