Kerrie Hillman

Who knew that a beautiful, evocative series of short musical pieces could be written about how to cheat at cards? Gavin Bryars and Spanish artist Juan Munoz collaborated on ten pieces of music they called A Man in a Room, Gambling. Lush strings accompany Munoz as he describes ...

Sherman Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State, and he's written novels, movies, poetry and essays exploring modern Native American life. He called his first collection of stories The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. We asked Alexie to read a poem he'd ...

Twenty years ago Art Guerra was a painter whose murals were beginning to fade. He set out to find the perfect outdoor paints to fix them. And that quest led Guerra to an obsession with pigments. Guerra now collects pigments and owns an immense ...

The 82-year-old modern dance master Merce Cunningham describes what happened when he began choreographing on a PC.

(Originally aired: June 9, 2001)

The Iranian-born filmmaker, who now lives in the U.S., describes her art as a bridge between two worlds.

(Originally aired: April 28, 2001)

On the domed ceilings of planetariums all over the country, laser-painted psychedelic images move to the music of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Ivan Dryer is the visionary behind the teenage rite of passage: the Laserium.

(Originally aired: April 21, 2001)

The 82-year-old modern dance master Merce Cunningham describes what happened when he began choreographing on a PC.

We listen in to Obie Award-winning actor Peggy Shaw, and her one woman play, Menopausal Gentleman.

(Originally aired: March 3, 2001)

With the summer movie season about to begin, the king of Hollywood voice-overs, Don LaFontaine, reveals some of his trade secrets.

The Iranian-born filmmaker, who now lives in the U.S., describes her art as a bridge between two worlds.

On the domed ceilings of planetariums all over the country, laser-painted psychedelic images move to the music of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Ivan Dryer is the visionary behind the teenage rite of passage: the Laserium. 

We listen in to Obie Award-winning actor Peggy Shaw, and her one woman play, Menopausal Gentleman.