Art Beat

Weekly Poem: ‘Boy in Blue’

By Tom LeGro

Recently, Kwame Dawes teamed up with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to examine the earthquake in Haiti through poetry. Look for a report on the NewsHour about that project in the coming days.

Monday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, actor Pete Postlewaite has died.

Thursday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, an influential jazz educator, a special effects artist and a von Trapp family singer all died this week.

Patti Smith Reflects on Power of Words, Rock ‘N’ Roll

Rock legend Patti Smith speaks with Jeffrey Brown about her book "Just Kids," a look at her friendship with the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the 1960s and '70s before their careers became part of America's pop culture palette.

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From Himalayas to Appalachia, Mountain Music Strikes Common Chords

Geographically worlds apart, there are striking similarities between the traditional music found in both the Appalachian and the Himalayan Mountains.

Wednesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, philosopher of aesthetics Denis Dutton has died at age 66.

Veteran Photographer William Albert Allard Helped Change Focus of National Geographic

By Lauren Knapp

When William Albert Allard joined the staff of National Geographic in 1964, the magazine's approach to photojournalism began to change. Jeffrey Brown talks to the veteran photographer about his nearly 50 years of work.

Tuesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, the National Film Registry honors 25 new entries.

Weekly Poem: ‘Burning the Christmas Greens’

By Tom LeGro

Born in Rutherford, N.J., in 1883, William Carlos Williams was as a revolutionary figure in American poetry, an experimenter, an innovator and one of the principal poets of the Imagist movement.

Monday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, the Great White Way may be covered in snow, but the shows are still running.