Apr 03 Conversation: Filmmaker Ramin Bahrani By Arts Desk "Goodbye Solo" is the third film by 34-year-old director Ramin Bahrani. It film won the Critic's Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2008, and is just beginning to be seen in selected theaters around the country. Continue reading
Mar 27 Conversation: Robert Lynch, President, Americans for the Arts By Arts Desk Amid the economic downturn, many arts organizations around the country are feeling the hurt right now, along with everyone else. Continue reading
Mar 17 Conversation: NPR’s Bob Boilen on SXSW By Arts Desk In March, basketball fans have their "madness"...music fans have South by Southwest. The annual festival brings more than 1,800 musicians from around the globe to Austin, Texas, which even in normal times bills itself as the "live music capitol of… Continue reading
Mar 13 Conversation: Pianist Simone Dinnerstein By Arts Desk Two years ago, pianist Simone Dinnerstein seized the attention of the classical music world with a debut concert at Carnegie Hall and a self-produced recording that became a bestseller and made many critics' top lists that year. Continue reading
Mar 09 More Than a Weekly Poem: A Conversation and Reading With Poet Laureate Kay Ryan By Arts Desk Known for short, compact writing and for living a very quiet life, Kay Ryan has taken on a big and very public role as the nation's Poet Laureate. For more than thirty years, Ryan has lived and taught remedial English… Continue reading
Mar 06 Conversation With Author Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket By Arts Desk Through a series of unfortunate events, apparently, Daniel Handler did not grow up to be a musician. Instead, he -- or rather, one Lemony Snicket -- grew up to write the wildly popular series, "A Series of Unfortunate Events."… Continue reading
Jan 30 Conversation: Author Neil Gaiman By Arts Desk Author Neil Gaiman is a man of many genres: science fiction, graphic novels -- some of you will know his "Sandman" series -- screenplays, adult fiction, as well as books for young readers. Continue reading
Jan 23 Conversation: Roberto Bolano’s ‘2666’ By Arts Desk For most of the English-speaking world and certainly for this reader, Roberto Bolano was unknown only a few years ago. Since then, he's become a literary phenomenon--his novels read, reviewed, discussed, widely praised. Continue reading
Jan 07 Conversation: Andy Goldsworthy By Arts Desk Sculptor Andy Goldsworthy has spent much of the last three decades creating works amid natural settings in his native England or across Europe and North America, or even at the North Pole. Continue reading
Dec 31 Conversation: Peter Matthiessen By Arts Desk Peter Matthiessen, a 2008 National Book Award winner, is best known as both a novelist and non-fiction writer, but he's also an environmental activist, American Indian rights advocate and former C.I.A. recruit. Continue reading