Rhiannon Giddens has been on her first tour this summer as artistic director of Silkroad Ensemble, which was founded in…
Ada Limón has been named the nation's new poet laureate. Jeffrey Brown recently met with Limón to learn more about…
When most people think about jazz greats, it's possible few faces of women and nonbinary musicians come to mind. But…
As the fighting in Ukraine continues, we take a musical journey to Odessa, Ukraine's historic port city on the Black…
A history-making racehorse, and the people around it, are re-imagined in a new work of fiction dealing with obsession and…
If you are looking for something good to read this summer, you might start with the books written by our…
About half of the nation's hospitals include arts programming, and the trend appears to be growing. One of the leading…
What happens to an artist when one of the very tools he uses -- his hands -- are changed in…
The Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C., which aims to bring language to life, recently opened a new exhibit focused…
A reworking of Shakespeare "Hamlet" called "Fat Ham" recently won the Pulitzer Prize in drama. Jeffrey Brown has the story…
