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Brussels, Belgium (mambo1935/flickr)
Belgium has been without a government since June. We discuss how that's affecting the ethnically divided country, and whether Belgians can expect to see a new government anytime soon. Also: a look at the events that shaped America's earliest years. The life of filmmaker Otto Preminger. And celebrated sculptor Martin Puryear!
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Martin Puryear
Sculptor Martin Puryear at MoMA
Sculptor Martin Puryear is one of America’s most celebrated contemporary artists. John Elderfield curated the current survey of Martin Puryear’s work, now at MoMA until January 14, 2008.
The Events that Shaped the Formation of America
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis looks at the events that shaped the United States’s earliest years, from Valley Forge to the Louisiana Purchase. Ellis’s new book is American Creation.
Event: Joseph Ellis will be in conversation with Richard Brookhiser
Thursday, November 29 at 6:30 pm
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The Life of Filmmaker Otto Preminger
Viennese-born filmmaker Otto Preminger (Porgy and Bess, Exodus, among others) earned a reputation for being temperamental and even abusive. But he had a surprisingly gentle side too. Foster Hirsch’s new biography is Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King.
Event: Foster Hirsch will be in conversation with Margo Jefferson ...
Update on Riots in France
After two nights of deadly rioting in Paris’s suburbs earlier this week, the situation seems to have calmed down for now. Michael Deibert, Paris correspondent for the Inter Press Service, tells us more about what caused the riots, and whether we can expect more.
Underreported: Why Belgium Has No Government
Belgium has been without a government since June. And there’s a movement afoot to split Belgium apart, into the Dutch-speaking Flanders region and French-speaking Wallonia. Journalist Robert Lane Greene of the Economist joins us for today’s Underreported.
Stairway to Health
Researchers in England recently posted cheery signs in a shopping mall encouraging shoppers to take the stairs instead of the escalator…and it worked. Dr. Francis Eves of the University of Birmingham explains how making stairwells look more inviting increases usage.
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