Dec 23 The Daily Frame A woman shows a Nativity scene displayed in a walnut in Luceram, France. In this southeastern village, handmade manger scenes of all types and sizes are displayed during the Christmas season. Continue reading
Dec 22 Conversation: The Year in Music By Tom LeGro As 2011 draws to a close, we take a look at the the year in pop music and the big changes in the industry, including new cloud services like Spotify. Jeffrey Brown talks with Los Angeles Times critic Randall Roberts. Continue reading
Dec 22 The Daily Frame A statue on top of the concert in Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt is seen through Christmas lights. Photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images. Continue reading
Dec 21 On the NewsHour: Poet Mark Doty On Wednesday's NewsHour, Mark Doty read his poem, "Messiah (Christmas Portions)." We'll post that poem here later this evening. He shared another of poems with us, below, called "A Display of Mackerel."… Continue reading
Dec 21 Conversation: The Year in Fiction By Tom LeGro What was 2011 like for fiction? And what was it like for books themselves? I recently talked with Washington Post book critic Ron Charles about the novels and authors who stood out from the others and about the business of… Continue reading
Dec 21 The Daily Frame Inmates at the Santa Monica Women's Prison stage a performance Tuesday in Lima, Peru. The inmates put on a Christmas show for the Peruvian first lady, Nadine Heredia. Continue reading
Dec 20 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Dec 20 The Daily Frame A dancer from the Scottish Ballet sews on her pointe shoe straps before performing in a dress rehearsal "Sleeping Beauty" at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. Continue reading
Dec 19 A Warlord’s Quest for Forgiveness Explored in ‘The Redemption of General Butt Naked’ By Saskia de Melker A new documentary follows Joshua Milton Blahyi, aka General Butt Naked, an African warlord who renounced his violent past to become a Christian evangelist seeking forgiveness from his victims. Filmmakers Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion talk to NewsHour about making… Continue reading
Dec 19 Weekly Poem: ‘4th Grade Logic’ P.F. Potvin is the author of "The Attention Lesson" (2006, No Tell Books). He serves on the staff of the online literary journal Drunken Boat. and has been a visiting writer at Emory University and the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Continue reading