May 21 Conversation: Isabel Allende By Molly Finnegan "Island Beneath the Sea," by author Isabel Allende, is set in the early 19th-century, amid colonial powers and slavery, and a chaotic period in Caribbean history. It also involves two places very much in the news in our own time:… Continue reading
May 21 Watch Art Theft Expert: ‘90% Chance’ Stolen Paintings Will Surface After the theft of five valuable paintings from a Paris museum, Jeffrey Brown talks to art security and recovery consultant Robert Wittman about the black market for stolen art and security measures that could help protect valuable artifacts. Continue watching
May 20 ‘Knuffle Bunny,’ a Favorite Kids’ Picture Book, Comes To Life Onstage In "Knuffle Bunny: a Cautionary Tale," a simple trip to the laundromat gone awry provides plenty of dramatic and comedic material for a 31-page picture book. But is it enough to support a 45-minute musical? That was the challenge for… Continue reading
May 19 Soccer Cinema’s Goal: Bring Game to Rural South Africans By Tom LeGro Distance and money will prevent millions of South Africans from getting to see the FIFA World Cup while it takes place in their own country next month. That's why South African filmmaker Don Edkins created Soccer Cinema, a traveling theater… Continue reading
May 18 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Henri Cartier-Bresson By Molly Finnegan French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson traveled the world for decades capturing people, places and history as a journalist, and in the process, helped define photography as an art form. His legacy is now on display in an exhibit called 'Henri Cartier-Bresson:… Continue reading
May 18 For Soldiers Returning From War, Catharsis in Creative Expression As a new generation of soldiers return from combat and are confronted by the internal conflicts brought on by the stress of war, the military, mental health professionals and artists have begun to collaborate on ways to give "wounded warriors"… Continue reading
May 18 Henri Cartier-Bresson at MoMA "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York is the first major U.S. retrospective in more than 30 years of one of photography's most original and influential masters. Continue reading