Sep 09 Conversation: ‘Rebirth’ Tells Stories of Healing After Attacks By Molly Finnegan From 2002 to 2009, director Jim Whitaker and a film crew chronicled the lives of five people who were directly impacted by the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11 for a new documentary, "Rebirth."… Continue reading
Sep 08 Preview of ‘America Remembers 9/11’: Reading by Poets Billy Collins, Nancy Mercado By Tom LeGro For our "America Remembers 9/11" special program, we invited two poets -- Billy Collins and Nancy Mercado -- to each read a poem to mark the anniversary. Continue reading
Sep 07 Conversation: Amy Waldman, Author of ‘The Submission’ By Tom LeGro What if a jury selected a design for the new 9/11 memorial and then discovered that its architect was a Muslim? Ten years after the terrorist attack, the actual memorial is just about to open. But an alternative history is… Continue reading
Sep 07 ‘Engineering Ground Zero’ Explores Architectural Challenges of Honoring 9/11 By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks with Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker and Professor at the Parsons New School of Design, about the architecture and construction of the memorial. Continue reading
Sep 02 The Art of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi By Tom LeGro As we speak, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and would-be heir to Moammar Gadhafi, is on the run and still vowing not to surrender to the rebels in Libya. Under very different circumstances in 2002, he staged an exhibition of… Continue reading
Aug 26 In ‘Salvage the Bones,’ Jesmyn Ward Tells Personal Story of Hurricane Katrina By Molly Finnegan "Salvage the Bones," a new novel by Jesmyn Ward, tells the story of a Mississippi Gulf Coast family in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in the U.S. now six years ago this week. Continue reading
Aug 19 Philip Glass Composes New Arts Festival By Molly Finnegan The Days and Nights Festival of the Arts, led by composer Philip Glass, begins its inaugural season this weekend. Continue reading
Aug 15 Monday on the NewsHour: Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh By Molly Finnegan Actress Cate Blanchett came from the theater, and to the theater she's returned. Now artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, she and her husband Andrew Upton have brought a new production of 'Uncle Vanya' to Washington. Continue reading
Aug 12 Conversation: Esmeralda Santiago, Author of ‘Conquistadora’ By Tom LeGro Set in the 1800's, Esmeralda Santiago's epic novel, "Conquistadora," tells two coming-of-age stories: one of its heroine, Ana Cubillas, the daughter of Spanish aristocrats who becomes head of a plantation in the new world, and the other of Puerto Rico… Continue reading
Aug 05 Pulitzer-winning ‘Clybourne Park’ Returns to Woolly Mammoth With Story of Race By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Howard Shalwitz, artistic director and co-founder of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, about Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Clybourne Park."… Continue reading