Becoming a poet laureate is a coveted role and rare honor. Rarer still is having two laureates in the same…
Alison Thoet
A painting thought to be by Johannes Vermeer isn't a Vermeer after all. The 17th-century Dutch master left behind few…
Abdulrazak Gurnah is receiving worldwide attention after being awarded last year's Nobel Prize in Literature. His latest novel "Afterlives" is…
Hilary Mantel died Thursday at age 70 near her home in Exeter, England. She authored 17 books, but it was…
The new Netflix comedy "Mo" is gaining acclaim for its portrayal of Arab American life rarely presented in popular culture.…
To bring awareness to the global crisis of migration and refugees, a theater project is using a different kind of…
A new documentary from Ken Burns and his colleagues premiers this Sunday on PBS. It is a different window into…
Artists have long taken to the outdoors to do their work. Now, a new program, Artist in Residence in Everglades…
A posthumous memoir out this week tells of the life and legacy of actor Michael K. Williams, who died of…
It's one of the largest public art collections in the country and it's not where you might expect to see…
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