Jul 23 Watch Theatre Program Gives New Meaning to 'Playtime' Arts education is typically not a staple of some heartland communities, so for nearly 40 years the Missoula Children's Theatre has been giving disadvantaged children an opportunity to discover their inner thespian. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Jul 15 In Chicago, 'Rush Hour' Is Time for Music Classical music audiences around the country are declining in size and growing older, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. For the last 10 years the Rush Hour Concert Series in Chicago has been trying to buck that trend. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch For Ex-Cons and Laid-off Execs Alike, Dim Job Hopes In the next in his series on making sense of the financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on those in society -- such as executives or ex-convicts -- who are struggling to find employment. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch California Leads States Facing Deepening Budget Crises Several states are struggling to find solutions for deep budget gaps as a new fiscal year begins. Jeffrey Brown examines the budget picture across the country. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Freight Trains Face Burdensome Bottleneck in Midwest In the Midwest, Chicago has been a freight rail hub for 150 years. But now, traffic on Chicago's rails is even slower than traffic on its roads. As part of the Blueprint America series of reports on infrastructure, Rick Karr… Continue watching
Jun 15 Weekly Poem: From 'Fundamentals of Esperanto' "Fundamentals of Esperanto" is from "Facts for Visitors" by Srikanth Reddy. Copyright 2005; the Regents of the University of California. Published by University of California Press. Continue reading
Jun 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing By Arts Desk Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch Architect Renzo Piano on the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago Architect Renzo Piano speaks with Jeffrey Brown about his work building the new modern wing to the Art Institute of Chicago. Continue watching
Jun 11 Extended Interviews: Art Institute of Chicago The new modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago was intended to expand one of the nation's leading museums and provide space for its collection of modern and contemporary art. Continue reading
Jun 08 Weekly Poem: 'Luminous Great Mass' "Luminous Great Mass" is from Peter O'Leary's collection, "Watchfulness" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001). The poem is also included in the Poetry Foundation's Chicago Poetry Tour, a multimedia tour of poetry written in and about the city of Chicago. Continue reading