Jul 31 Around the Nation, Friday Roundup Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
Jul 30 Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Blowout on PBS Time for a summer sing-along, but forget the bonfire! Instead, gather around the cool light of your TV to watch the man who wrote or made famous most of the songs they taught you sing at camp. Tonight on PBS,… Continue reading
Jul 29 Elvis Costello: His Aim Is Still True By Arts Desk Wednesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles singer, songwriter and TV show host Elvis Costello, whose latest album, "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane," looks to country and bluegrass music for inspiration. Continue reading
Jul 29 NSO to Live Twitter Performance of Beethoven Have you ever sat in the audience for a classical music concert and wished you understood the music better -- even for a piece you were familiar with? National Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Emil de Cou feels your pain. Continue reading
Jul 28 Weekly Poem: ‘How Simile Works’ Albert Goldbarth is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and has won numerous awards, including two National Book Critics Circle Awards. He is a professor of humanities at Wichita State University, where he has taught since 1987. Continue reading
Jul 27 Remembering Merce Cunningham By Arts Desk An extended interview with David Vaughan, who has been with Merce Cunningham's dance company for more than forty years. He is also the author of the biography, "Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years."… Continue reading
Jul 27 Merce Cunningham, 90, Modern Dance Master By Arts Desk Merce Cunningham, a dancer who is regarded among the most important and innovative American artists of the 20th century, died Sunday night at his home in Manhattan. He was 90. Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch Revered Choreographer Merce Cunningham Dies Regarded among the most innovative American artists of the 20th century, Merce Cunningham died Sunday in his New York home. Continue watching
Jul 24 Conversation Preview: Elvis Costello By Arts Desk Coming soon on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown has a profile of singer Elvis Costello. Here's a preview of their conversation. Continue reading
Jul 24 Open For Business at ‘The Work Office’ Think your paycheck is small? Try getting a gig at The Work Office, where New York City artists have contributed to a WPA-style collaborative art project for Depression-era wages. Continue reading