Nov 09 Conversation: Bringing Joey to Life in ‘War Horse’ By Tom LeGro The play "War Horse" is the story of friendship, war, love and one remarkable steed named Joey. To get an idea of what it's like to control Joey from his expressive ears to his hooves, Jeffrey Brown sat down with… Continue reading
Nov 09 The Daily Frame A woman takes a photo of work by Japanese artist Hiroshi Shinno at Art Taipei 2012 on Thursday. The four-day exhibition, a leading art fair in Asia, draws more than 3,000 pieces from 150 art galleries internationally. Continue reading
Nov 08 In ‘Algiers,’ Calexico Wanders Close to Southwestern Roots Geography has always played an important role in Calexico's music. You hear it in lyrics about drifters and border crossings and in the instrumentals that straddle traditions from Latin and North America. It's even apparent in the band's name --… Continue reading
Nov 08 The Daily Frame People walk in the Toledo metro station in Naples, Italy, designed by architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca as part of the "Art Station Line 1" project, which has turned stations into works of art. Continue reading
Nov 07 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Nov 07 The Daily Frame Shayla Fugate celebrates under a mural of President Obama outside of Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., after he won re-election Tuesday night. Continue reading
Nov 06 The Tuesday Cutline…a Contest It's time for another Tuesday Cutline, a contest in which you come up with a caption to a photo. This week, we explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, boldly go where no man has gone… Continue reading
Nov 05 Weekly Poem: ‘Never Seen’ Hoa Nguyen studied poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. The author of eight books and chapbooks, she teaches poetics in a private workshop and at Ryerson University. Wave Books published her third full-length collection of poems, "As… Continue reading
Nov 05 The Daily Frame A woman walks her dogs over one of three giant painted poppies next to the M8 motorway in Livingston, Scotland. The poppies mark the 90th anniversary of the Scottish Poppy Appeal, which is being celebrated this month. Continue reading
Nov 02 Q&A: Mary Jo Bang’s Translation of ‘Inferno’ Offers a Fresh Taste of Hell By Arts Desk Mary Jo Bang's new translation of Dante's "Inferno is true to the moral and emotional intensity of the original, but she infuses the text with her own voice and modern allusions to Stephen Colbert and "Southpark."… Continue reading