Jul 18 Watch New Documentary Explores Challenge to Public Hospitals in Serving Uninsured New Documentary Explores Challenge to Public Hospitals in Serving Uninsured… Continue watching
Jul 13 Conversation: What Makes Some Arts Buildings Successful and Others Not? By Tom LeGro Anyone paying attention to American cultural life has noticed a boom of art-centered buildings in cities across the country. A new study by the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago takes what it builds as the first systematic… Continue reading
Jul 06 Castleton Festival Is Part Celebration, Part Training Ground for Musicians and Singers By Molly Finnegan, Anne Azzi Davenport In central Virginia's Rappahanock County, the four-year-old Castleton Festival is part traditional summer music festival and part music training program. Jeffrey Brown talks to founder and renowned conductor Lorin Maazel. Continue reading
Jun 22 Conversation: Shawn Colvin Looks Back in New Memoir, ‘Diamond in the Rough’ By Tom LeGro "Diamond in the Rough" is the name of a 1989 hit song from Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin's first album, "Steady On." Now, it's the name of a new memoir she's just released. Jeffrey Brown talks to the musician. Continue reading
Jun 20 On Wednesday’s NewsHour: Poet Natalie Diaz By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks A reading and extended interview with Natalie Diaz. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch Jeffrey Brown Talks with The Progressive’s Ruth Conniff Jeffrey Brown's extended interview with Ruth Conniff, Political Editor for The Progressive… Continue watching
May 29 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Toni Morrison By Tom LeGro, Anne Azzi Davenport Toni Morrison reads an excerpt from her novel "Home."… Continue reading
May 25 Friday on the NewsHour: Stephen Greenblatt, Author of ‘The Swerve’ By Tom LeGro, Anne Azzi Davenport Pulitzer prize-winning author Stephen Greenblatt reads an excerpt of "The Swerve."… Continue reading
May 25 Conversation: Chris Thile and the Goat Rodeo Sessions By Tom LeGro "The Goat Rodeo Sessions" is the name of a recording released in October of last year. It's also the name of a performance that airs on PBS this Friday. It's an all-star and eclectic group made up of cellist Yo-Yo… Continue reading
May 21 Remembering Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau By Tom LeGro Remembering German singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Continue reading