Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the U.S. yesterday for his first visit as pope. Today, thousands of guests are gathering at the White House as President Bush prepares to greet the pope. The Pope will have a private meeting with President Bush, and the war in Iraq is expected to be high on the agenda.

SundayArts blogger Elisabeth Vincentelli highlights why you should go see the new revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” at the Lincoln Center Theater.

On March 28, the northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf was officially removed from the federal endangered species list. However, some conservationists claim that the decision to delist the wolf was made too soon.

By April 18, 2008 the huge spending bill commonly know as “The Farm Bill” must be reauthorized. The multi-billion dollar bill that doles out money for food stamps, farms and environmental conservation encompasses so many programs and payouts that its fans and foes don’t fall into predictable camps.

Charlie Rose’s Charlie Rose Tomorrow online series interviews young leaders and artists about issues and trends. Miami-based conceptual artist Bert Rodriguez was one of the artists chosen for the 2008 Whitney Biennial.

Thirteen Forum presents two panels on the health insurance issues in New York State: “New York’s Uninsured: A History of Good Intentions and Unintended Consequences”
and “Public Sector Experiments: Mandates, Medicaid, and Markets”.

“Wolf Trap’s Face of America” showcases aerial dancers off the cliffs of Yosemite National Park, synchronized swimmers underwater at Coral Reef National Monument, and more site-specific dancing at four other National Parks. Entire program.

In 1974, renowned primatologist Dian Fossey introduced a young researcher named Kelly Stewart to a baby gorilla. She named him Titus, and his turbulent life story, from orphan to ruler and the challenge to his throne today is “The Gorilla King”, premiering Sunday, April 20, 2008. Preview.

Dith Pran, a photojournalist for The New York Times, died Mar. 30, 2008 in New Brunswick, N.J.
He was best known as a refugee and Cambodian Genocide survivor and was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields.

Garrison Keillor, Roy Blount Jr., Frances Richey, and other authors write renga, a Japanese form of collaborative haiku, about public television for the monthly arts feature ‘The Thirteenth’ on the Inside Thirteen blog.