The Body By Dexter L. Booth They split the hog down the middle. It was cold and raining, I remember the steam and the knife and the squeal and how they all left the body like a ghost. They lasted…
Afghan interpreter Roya, played by Melis Aker, and American Hip-Hop artist Duke, played by Khris Davis, poke fun at each other on a 'non-date' in a scene from Charles Randolph-Wright's play "Love in Afghanistan." "Love in Afghanistan," written and…
Banksy's work titled "Queens." After a month-long residency on the streets of New York City, the anonymous street artist known only as Banksy has finished his tear upon the town. His final installation is an inflatable…
// Video shot and edited by Allie Morris and Victoria Fleischer Whistles and cheers greeted Julieta Venegas as she walked out across a dark stage to an awaiting piano and immediately launched into "Hoy," the first track off…
Pedestrians in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington D.C. may not spot this mural, but using the app they would know where to find it. Mural created by Joel Bergner and photo by Ariel Min/PBS NewsHour. WASHINGTON -- Tucked in…
Lou Reed performs live on stage at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam on May 19, 1974. Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns. Pioneering musician Lou Reed, whose work profoundly influenced rock 'n' roll, died Sunday at the age of 71 from liver disease. Reed is…
// Cheerios One bright morning in a restaurant in Chicago as I waited for my eggs and toast, I opened the Tribune only to discover that I was the same age as Cheerios. Indeed, I was a few months…
You will need plenty of face paint and a little patience to pull off these Halloween costumes inspired by Roy Lichtenstein's pop art. Photo by Flickr user Viktor Sekularac The pumpkins are out, the haunted houses are revving up…
Humor wasn't always integral to Billy Collins' poetry. The former U.S. poet laureate thought he had to be serious, or at least "pretend to be serious." Collins stopped by the NewsHour recently to speak with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown…
Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey talk to students learning poetry through InsideOut, a Detroit-based literary arts project that brings writers to public schools. Photo by Reid Riddell Our story on poetry in the Detroit…
