Feb 18 The Oscar Documentaries, Part 3: ‘The Invisible War’ By Tom LeGro Sexual assault within the U.S. military has been the subject of scandals, studies and a recent congressional hearing. But it's perhaps never been so thoroughly investigated and dramatically presented as in the documentary, "The Invisible War," which has been nominated… Continue reading
Feb 18 Weekly Poem: ‘Molyvos’ By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks Titos Patrikios is one of the leading poets of Greece. Born in 1928 to parents who were actors, he spent his first years in the United States as they toured with a Greek theater company. He returned to Greece, where… Continue reading
Feb 18 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Ukrainian artist Anna-Sofiya Matveeva uses chewed chewing gum -- Some 800 pieces-- to create a portrait of Romanian soccer coach Mircea Lucescu in her studio in Makiyivka, Ukraine. The portrait of Steve Jobs behind her took 500 pieces of gum. Continue reading
Feb 15 The Oscar Documentaries, Part 2: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ By Tom LeGro In 1970, a singer-songwriter going by the name Rodriguez released an album called "Cold Fact." It got some good reviews but sold next to nothing, and within a few years Rodriguez had returned to life as a laborer in Detroit. Continue reading
Feb 15 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Models pose wearing designs by Marc Jacobs at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. Continue reading
Feb 14 Around the Nation By Tom LeGro Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Feb 14 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Workers begin to assemble [the King of the Five Continents figure during preparations for Carnival in Nice, France. Continue reading
Feb 13 The 2013 Oscar Documentaries, Part 1: ‘How to Survive a Plague’ By Tom LeGro In a new documentary, "How to Survive a Plague," filmmaker David France re-examines the in-your-face brand of AIDS activism that forced the nation to pay attention in the early days of the epidemic and eventually convinced the federal government to… Continue reading
Feb 13 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro An actor applies makeup backstage Tuesday at the Bamboo Theatre, a 800-seat temporary space made of bamboo to house a special series of Cantonese operas in Hong Kong. Continue reading
Feb 12 The Tuesday Cutline… a Winner! By Colleen Shalby Were you waiting to find out what statement this giant porcelain throne was trying to make? Was it just another fixture to compete against the big lights of Times Square? Or did its meaning go deeper? Before we announce last… Continue reading