Michele Siegel

Alesksandar Hemon, the author of the novel Nowhere Man, was in Chicago in 1992 when the war began in his hometown of Sarajevo. He found out much as he could, through TV news, phone calls, and letters from friends back in Bosnia. Produced by Michele Siegel.

When she was just 16, The New York Times called Alexandra Ansanelli "a true prodigy…that rare find, a dancer of nuance and originality." Studio 360 caught up with Ansanelli as she prepared for a performance in Beijing. 

Collectors can radically affect an artist’s career by the choices they make. California artist Eugenia Butler talks about her experience being collected … and then un-collected. 

Poet Chana Bloch and composer Jorge Liderman describe their linguistic and musical translations of an ancient love poem from the Hebrew Bible.

(Originally aired: November 10, 2001)

In English, the movie title means, "And Your Mother, Too." It has broken all box office records in Mexico. We look at this unusual Mexican road movie that opens across the U.S. next week. 

Alan Berliner’s installation of names opens this weekend at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis. The filmmaker talks about how his fascination with identity has been building for years. 

Among the featured props in the new movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, is a vivid and disturbing painting by Miguel Calderon, called Bad Route. Just how did this painting find its way to the movie screen? 

Poet Chana Bloch and composer Jorge Liderman describe their linguistic and musical translations of an ancient love poem from the Hebrew Bible. 

Studio 360's Michele Siegel looks at a quilt made from scraps of cloth with poignant significance.

(Originally aired: March 17, 2001)

The Next Big Thing is learning that a dialect is a terrible thing to waste. It's hope springing eternal... well, actually, it's hope springing biological. Maybe. It's animal sightings - including a giant bullfrog in the middle of New York City and a couple of mad cows. What else? You ...

The poet Lucille Clifton communicates the richness and complexity of memories, both personal and public.

Studio 360's Michele Siegel looks at a quilt made from scraps of cloth with poignant significance.