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All rights reserved. http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/small-opera-house1736.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/small-opera-house1736.html Arts Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:57:00 -0600 Piccolo Teatro Lirico, a small historic theater in Rome, has a new, short twist on a centuries-old art form. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/middle-eastern-art-market1684.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/middle-eastern-art-market1684.html Arts Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:33:00 -0500 The Middle East has seen a lot of upheaval in recent years, and some of that has fueled a growing interest in contemporary Middle Eastern art. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/bullet-proof-clothing1658.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/bullet-proof-clothing1658.html Arts Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0500 A series of pictures shot by Peruvian photographer Milagros de la Torre feature some fancy clothes that carry a well hidden secret. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/brecht-economic-crisis1626.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/brecht-economic-crisis1626.html Arts Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:19:00 -0500 After the 1929 Wall Street crash, German playwright Bertolt Brecht wrote a poem about the rise and fall New York, and it's as if he wrote about 2008. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/lehman-brothers-art1595.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/lehman-brothers-art1595.html Arts Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:38:00 -0500 Lehman Brothers auctions off its multi-million dollar corporate art collection -- the financial downturn's impact on fine arts. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/lisa-kudrow1567.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/lisa-kudrow1567.html Arts Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:19:00 -0500 Lisa Kudrow didn't start out wanting to be an actor: she studied sociobiology in college and wanted to become a researcher. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/beatles-rock-band1545.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/beatles-rock-band1545.html Arts Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:17:00 -0500 With album sales having stayed on a downward spiral for years, could video games like "The Beatles: Rock Band" be the saving grace for the music industry? http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/london-theater-booming1536.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/london-theater-booming1536.html Arts Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:33:00 -0500 London's West End sees an increase in theater attendance despite the sour economy. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/comedians-ethnic-jokes1520.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/comedians-ethnic-jokes1520.html Arts Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:59:00 -0500 An Indian-born Canadian stand-up comic was just named one of the ten highest-earning comedians in the world; his humor often makes fun of various ethnic groups. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/global-influence-dance1488.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/global-influence-dance1488.html Arts Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:06:00 -0500 American choreographer Karole Armitage on her new dance pieces that use classical and contemporary music from Hungary to Burkina Faso and the U.S. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/moon-astronaut-artist1480.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/moon-astronaut-artist1480.html Arts Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:17:00 -0500 Former Apollo astronaut and artist Alan Bean was the fourth man to walk on the moon captures his experiences in space on canvas. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/art-inspires-science1418.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/art-inspires-science1418.html Arts Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:32:00 -0500 Cell biologist Don Ingber explains how a modern sculpture inspired his major breakthrough in biology. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/reinventing-the-critic1387.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/reinventing-the-critic1387.html Arts Tue, 19 May 2009 09:03:00 -0500 Arts critics are forced to get resourceful when their old funding sources dry up. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/van-gogh-ear1375.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/van-gogh-ear1375.html Arts Tue, 12 May 2009 09:12:00 -0500 Either Van Gogh cut off his ear, or Paul Gauguin did it for him; art historians can't decide. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/recession-tv-shows.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/recession-tv-shows.html Arts Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:58:00 -0500 How far into the reality of the recession will network television shows take viewers? http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/congo-play-pulitzer.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/congo-play-pulitzer.html Arts Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:35:00 -0500 Playwright Lynn Nottage has won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play about the rape of two women in war-torn the Democratic Republic of Congo. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/us-minister-culture.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/us-minister-culture.html Arts Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:39:00 -0500 Musician Quincy Jones has circulated a petition urging the White House to appoint a "minister of culture." http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/venetian-art-rivals.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/venetian-art-rivals.html Arts Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:05:00 -0500 A sizable rivalry existed between three of the most successful painters of 16th Century Venice: Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/arabic-poetry-tv.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/arabic-poetry-tv.html Arts Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:12:00 -0600 “The Millions’ Poet” is the Arab world's "American Idol," but it's not about music; it's all about poetry. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/ying-ruo-cheng.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/ying-ruo-cheng.html Arts Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:10:00 -0600 The autobiography of China's greatest actor, Ying Ruochen, goes from imprisonment by a Communist government to being directed by Arthur Miller. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/white-house-redecoration.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/white-house-redecoration.html Arts Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:18:00 -0600 The Obamas have announced their White House redecoration project, stirring some controversy in a place that is both a home and a museum. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/first-couple-intimate-portrait.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/first-couple-intimate-portrait.html Arts Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:42:00 -0600 An interview and photographs of the Obamas for a book in 1996 reveals the ideals of a pre-political Barack Obama. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/obama-and-the-arts.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/obama-and-the-arts.html Arts Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:44:00 -0600 Dana Gioia, outgoing chairman of the NEA on the importance of the President-elect's appreciation of the arts. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/brain-art-perception.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/brain-art-perception.html Arts Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:43:00 -0600 Dr. Denis Pelli researches how we read, identify shapes, even why we find art compelling. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/annie-leibovitz-interview.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/annie-leibovitz-interview.html Arts Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:59:00 -0600 The photographer reminisces about her work at “Rolling Stone,” which is collected in her new book, "At Work." http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/bebe-neuwirth-bob-fosse.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/bebe-neuwirth-bob-fosse.html Arts Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:48:00 -0600 Dancer and actress Bebe Neuwirth talks about life beyond Lilith, the repressed psychologist she played on "Cheers." She's still performing, and passing on the legacy of choreographer Bob Fosse to dance students. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/stilt-dancing-spain.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/stilt-dancing-spain.html Arts Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:15:00 -0500 In the tiny Spanish farming community of Anguiano villagers are donning stilts and hurling themselves down steep stone streets. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/peanuts-comic-bio.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/peanuts-comic-bio.html Arts Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:54:00 -0500 Peanuts comic strip creator Charles Schulz led a much darker life than anyone ever realized, and he put his troubles into the funny pages every day. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/new-computer-art.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/new-computer-art.html Arts Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:59:00 -0500 The visual arts world has been slow to embrace computers. Some forward-thinking collectors hope to change that. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/france-alaska-exchange.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/france-alaska-exchange.html Arts Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:22:00 -0500 There's an unusual cultural exchange under way right now. France has the largest collection of Alaskan Alutiiq artifacts in the world. Public Radio International: National and World News, Talk, Arts, Entertainment and Music