Dec 12 Weekly Poem: 'Crossings' Ravi Shankar is founding editor of the online journal of the arts Drunken Boat. He teaches at Central Connecticut State College where he is poet-in-residence and in the MFA program at City University of Hong Kong. Continue reading
Dec 12 The Daily Frame Nobel Peace Prize laureates -- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian rights campaigner Leymah Gbowee and Yemini activist Tawakkol Karman -- sing with Norwegian vocalist Bernhoft, singer Janelle Monae of the United States and Beninoise singer Angelique Kidjo during the… Continue reading
Dec 09 Conversation: Why Do Americans Protest Art? By Tom LeGro Art can soothe, it can inspire, but it also at times stirs heated passions and outright protest. Why does that happen and why in some cases but not others? That's the subject of the new book, "Not Here, Not Now,… Continue reading
Dec 09 The Daily Frame Actors perform during the annual "Myths and Legends Parade" on Wednesday in Medellin, Colombia. Continue reading
Dec 08 In 'Crime Unseen,' Violence Is All Around Us Crime has long fascinated the imagination, from Sherlock Holmes to film portrayals of Al Capone and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to TV shows such as "Law and Order" and "Dexter." The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College… Continue reading
Dec 08 'Crime Unseen' at the Museum of Contemporary Photography By Tom LeGro In "Crime Unseen" at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, artists look at crime and violence through the lens of a camera. Continue reading
Dec 08 The Daily Frame Kosho Sudo, a Buddhist sculpture master craftsman from Kyoto, Japan, and students carve a statue of Buddha earlier this week. The Buddha is made of pine from Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading
Dec 07 All That Jazz and More: Trombone Shorty's 'Supafunkrock' The New Orleans musical tradition, as storied and varied as it is, can add another name to its impressive list of native sons and musical styles: Trombone Shorty and his "Supafunkrock."… Continue reading
Dec 07 The Daily Frame Pedestrians walk past a billboard with the image of a U.S. $100,000 bill in New York City yesterday. Photo by Scott Eells /Bloomberg via Getty Images. Continue reading