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June 18th, 2008 at 11:28 am
For more than 30 years, poet and professor Richard Shelton has traveled to a high security prison in Arizona to run a program that encourages prisoners to write and read poetry. Watch the video…
June 17th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Strouse, so far, has written the score to over 30 musicals, including Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, and just published his memoir, Put On A Happy Face. He talks about his work and life in this profile. He’s even joined by Andrea McArdle (original Broadway Annie) for a number.Watch the video.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:48 am
For some reason effects are fine in movies, but to many theater fans, technology still feels like a new gimmick. Read more…
June 16th, 2008 at 9:20 am
On Sunday, June 15th, the American Theater Wing handed out the 2008 Tony Awards. Below, Thirteen takes a closer look at some of the winners.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:39 am
This week, Reel 13 featured films about a million-dollar wager, a suspicious wife, and a dysfunctional robot. You voted. Now find out which film won.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Mitton’s train creations started on Shining Time Station on PBS in 1989, but his experience in creating models for film and tv went back to the 60s, as he worked on British cult favorite Thunderbirds. He had retired from working on Thomas a few years ago. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, produced for British Television, still runs Sunday mornings at 8am on Thirteen.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Oscar-winning actor and best-selling author Sidney Poitier describes his first experiences with American racism, growing up, his new book, and what lessons he wants to pass along to his grandchildren …
June 12th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
If you doubt the importance of YouTube in how music gets heard and performed these days, consider a recent case: the Cistercian Abbey Stift Heiligenkreuz, in Austria.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Watts in South Central L.A. can be considered the epicenter of Los Angeles’ working class history — a microcosm of America’s dramatic demographic shifts. It is a neighborhood that has endured the most daring tests of the city’s turbulent history, an area demonized by some and cherished profoundly by others.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:44 am
In a period of radical expansion of public interest and market forces, what is the state of contemporary art’s production, presentation, and acquisition?
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