May 15 Conversation: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Discuss Their New Film, ‘Sugar’ By Arts Desk The new film, "Sugar," is a dramatic telling of the story of a young Dominican-born baseball player as he learns some lessons about baseball and life at a training camp in his homeland and as a minor league player in… Continue reading
May 14 First Family Hosts ‘Poetry Jam’ at White House By Arts Desk On Tuesday, President Barack Obama and first lady Michele Obama welcomed actors, poets and writers to the East Room of the White House for a night of poetry readings and spoken word. Continue reading
May 14 A Treasure by Michelangelo-in-Training for Texas Museum The man who painted the Sistine Chapel was actually young once, copying the works of other masters before he became one himself. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has just acquired a painting done by Michelangelo Buonarroti from… Continue reading
May 13 After Layoffs, More Time to Focus on Art At the end of last year, "Joe Claus":http://www.joeclaus.com was working at a small electronics company in Silicon Valley doing photography, marketing and design. And then he got laid off. "I was pissed," he said. But there was an unforeseen upside… Continue reading
May 13 Conversation: Author Mark Kurlansky on ‘America Eats’ By Arts Desk Throughout the Depression, an ambitious New Deal project called "America Eats" employed secretaries and unemployed journalists, as well as literary luminaries -- Nelson Algren, Zora Neale Hurston and Eudora Welty -- to research and write about the nation's gastronomic traditions,… Continue reading
May 12 Maya Lin: Extended Interviews Jeffery Brown's profile of Mya Lin from Tuesday's program will be posted in Art Beat soon. Below are two extended interviews with Lin. Continue reading
May 12 Cinema and Shoplifting: John Waters at the Maryland Film Festival While movie stars are gathering on the Riviera for a splashy time at Cannes, moviegoers flocked last weekend to Charm City for the 11th annual Maryland Film Festival. Held at Baltimore's Charles Theater, one of the main attractions is always… Continue reading
May 11 Weekly Poem: ‘Reasons to Consider Setting Ourselves on Fire’ In March, Jynne Dilling Martin was one of four winners of the 92nd Street Y "Discovery" Poetry Contest, which since 1951 has recognized the achievements of poets who have not yet published a first book. Continue reading
May 08 Conversation: Daniyal Mueenuddin By Arts Desk Daniyal Mueenuddin new book, "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders," comprises a series of linked stories that explore the lives of peasants and landowners in Pakistan's Punjab. Continue reading
May 08 Conversation: Russell L. Goings To sit down and talk with Russell Goings, you would never guess he came to poetry later in life. Stories rich with allusions drawn from the gods of antiquity to the pioneers of the African-American journey to freedom pour out… Continue reading