Dec 24 We the Critics: Undersung Favorites from 2010 A compilation of favorite works of literature, film, music and art from our readers and the Art Beat staff. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Gary Trudeau Reflects on 40 Years of Drawing 'Doonesbury' It's been 40 years since Garry Trudeau first drew the popular comic strip "Doonesbury." The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist speaks with Jeffrey Brown about a new book chronicling his decades of work. Continue watching
Dec 23 Thursday's NewsHour: Garry Trudeau Looks Back on 40 Years of 'Doonesbury' It's been 40 years since Garry Trudeau first started to pen "Doonesbury", a comic strip that has entertained and provoked readers as a chronicle of the baby-boom generation, part sharp political commentary, part very funny comic strip. Continue reading
Dec 23 Conversation: Best Unsung (Critically, Not Literally) Music of 2010 By Molly Finnegan Jeffrey Brown discusses the best under-appreciated music of 2010 with critic Jim DeRogatis, co-host of WBEZ's Sound Opinions. Continue reading
Dec 23 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, "Spider-Man" on Broadway gets checked out by the Labor Department. Continue reading
Dec 22 Conversation: Best Unsung Films of 2010 By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post about the best under-appreciated films of 2010. Continue reading
Dec 22 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, visitors to London galleries who come off the city's snowy streets have been tracking in art-harming salt. Continue reading
Dec 21 Nutcrackers Around the Nation Display Regional Flair When "The Nutcracker" premiered in America in the 1940s, the holiday show became a perennial favorite and a reliable moneymaker for big and small ballet companies around the country. Since then, Tchaikovsky's ballet has been re-imagined innumerable times, customized to… Continue reading
Dec 21 A Seasonal Standby, Re-envisioned to Reflect Local Flair By Molly Finnegan The Nutcracker is the cash cow of ballets, with performances raising between a third to the entire amount of a company's annual budget. Companies big and small put their own spin on their productions to differentiate it from others nearby… Continue reading