David Krasnow appears in the following:
Jack Black, A Cappella
Friday, October 12, 2012
From a wannabe rock star in School of Rock, to a Mexican wrestler in Nacho Libre, Jack Black is probably the closest thing in Hollywood to a superstar clown. He’s been described as “...
Wish You Were Here: David Byrne and St. Vincent
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
St. Vincent and David Byrne didn’t immediately seem like the most natural pairing. On stage in New York, though, the two activated wonder-twin powers to put on one of the best shows ...
American Icons: Warhol's Soup Cans
Friday, September 21, 2012
Around 1961, Andy Warhol started painting cans of Campbell's soup, in all 32 varieties. He liked to tell people that his mother made him Campbell's soup and that's why he painte...
Hilary Hahn and Hauschka Go Improv
Friday, July 27, 2012
Hilary Hahn is a heavy hitter in classical music, a violinist who debuted at 12 and recorded the Bach partitas at 18. In her ripe old 20s, she began stretching beyond classical musi...
The Computer as Artist
Friday, July 06, 2012
Computers have taken over an astonishing array of tasks humans used to do. They fly our planes, give us directions, recommend books, set us up on dates. But can they tell us a good...
Eve Sussman's Algorithmic Noir
Friday, July 06, 2012
A new film premiered last year that is truly one of a kind. whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir was made by Eve Sussman and her collaborators, known as the Rufus Corporation. They shot most ...
The Truth: Redefining Radio Drama
Monday, June 25, 2012
A couple of years ago, Kurt wrote a short story for a collection edited by Neil Gaiman — his first work of science fiction. "Human Intelligence" is featured this week on The Truth, a...
Glen Duncan: Talulla Rising
Friday, June 22, 2012
Glen Duncan got strong reviews for his novels, but that didn’t sell his books. Then one New Year’s Eve, he made a drunken resolution to write a book about werewolves. He pulled it of...
Jesmyn Ward: Waiting for Katrina
Friday, June 15, 2012
Jesmyn Ward was at the tail end of summer break when Hurricane Katrina struck her hometown of Delisle, Mississippi, on the Gulf Coast. That harrowing experience inspired Ward’s novel...
Novelist Chris Adrian
Friday, May 18, 2012
Chris Adrian's novels tell dark, fantastical stories that draw on his experience working as a pediatric oncologist. Adrian tells Kurt how writing helps him deal with the emotional b...
Winner: Ode to Justin Timberlake
Friday, May 11, 2012
Inspired by Tracy K. Smith's Pulitzer Prize-winning tribute to David Bowie, we asked for your poem about the rock star or other teen idol who captured your imagination — as a teenage...
Can Obama's Turnaround Arts Initiative Save Schools?
Friday, May 04, 2012
Last week, the Obama administration announced a new initiative to improve a handful of the nation’s worst performing schools through arts education. The Turnaround Arts Initiative has...
Elaine Pagels' Revelations
Friday, May 04, 2012
From angels battling demons in heaven to the Beast with the number 666, the Book of Revelation — the apocalyptic conclusion to the New Testament — has been a narrative staple in our...
Tracy K. Smith: Life on Mars
Friday, April 27, 2012
It’s the first poem about David Bowie to win the Pulitzer Prize. Tracy K. Smith’s collection Life on Mars contains many references to the man she salutes as the “Pope of Pop." Smith a...
Aha Moment: Rashid Johnson on Clyfford Still
Friday, April 13, 2012
Growing up in Evanston, Illinois, Rashid Johnson remembers school trips to visit The Art Institute of Chicago. On one visit, while horsing around trying to impress a girl, Johnson b...
Lionel Shriver's Comedy of Terrorism
Friday, March 30, 2012
Lionel Shriver’s novel The New Republic is maybe in a genre by itself: a comedy about terrorism. “When I finished the novel in 1998,” she tells Kurt Andersen, “I did try to publish ...
American Icons: Monticello
Friday, February 17, 2012
This is the home of America’s aspirations and its deepest contradictions. Thomas Jefferson was as passionate about building his house as he was about founding the United States. Yet...
Eisenhower Family Objects to Gehry Design for Memorial
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
A design for a memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the National Mall has become the subject of controversy. The New York Times reports that descendants of Eisenhower complain that Frank Gehry's design, which represents the president as a young farm boy, belittles his legacy of ...
David Byrne and the Birth of Talking Heads
Friday, January 20, 2012
The new DVD Talking Heads: Chronology contains film and video of Talking Heads in performance going all the way back to 1975 — before the advent of camcorders, and two years before ...
Eve Sussman's Algorithmic Noir
Friday, December 16, 2011
A new film premiered this year that is truly one of a kind. whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir was made by Eve Sussman and her collaborators, known as the Rufus Corporation. They shot most...
