May 18 Conversation: Kristen Dupard, 2012 Poetry Out Loud National Champion By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Kristen Dupard, the 2012 Poetry Out Loud National Champion. Continue reading
May 18 The Daily Frame Women dressed as white egrets perform the Shirasagi-no-mai (the egret's dance) as they enter the grounds of Senso-ji Temple during the Sanja Matsuri in Tokyo on Friday. The procession takes place on the first of three days of the Sanja… Continue reading
May 17 In ‘First Position,’ Ballet Behind the Curtain In the ballet world, the Youth American Grand Prix can make or break a young dancer's career. In "First Position," director Bess Kargman follows seven aspiring ballet dancers between the ages of 10 and 17 as they prepare for and… Continue reading
May 17 The Daily Frame A group of 333 bagpipers in Sofia, Bulgaria, set the Guinness world record for the largest bagpipe performance on Wednesday. Continue reading
May 17 Watch Remembering the ‘Queen of Disco’ Donna Summer Singer Donna Summer became known as the "Queen of Disco," defining the genre with her sultry vocals and pulsing rhythms. She used to say she grew up listening to rock 'n' roll and was raised on gospel music. But it… Continue watching
May 16 Carlos Fuentes and His American Life Carlos Fuentes had aged so beautifully you might have subconsciously assumed he would live forever, like a character in a Latin American novel. He moved easily through the complicated world of the second half of the 20th century, at home… Continue reading
May 16 In Moscow, Writers Lead Anti-Putin Protest From Aleksandr Pushkin to Aleksandr Griboyedov, there is a long history in Russia of writers confronting government authority. Last weekend, the tradition continued when a group of 12 well-known authors drew a crowd of around 10,000 to follow them on… Continue reading
May 16 The Daily Frame A woman walks past "Living together" by Chinese artist Xu Jiang at the Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau museum in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday. With more than 150 paintings and works on paper as well as two sculptures, the exhibit is Xu's… Continue reading
May 15 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading