It’s spring in New York, and Philip Glass is bursting out all over — from Satyagraha at the Met to new box sets of previously recorded works and even a documentary about the composer at IFC Center.

Charles Mingus(1922-1979), the acclaimed jazz composer, would have turned 86 yesterday. Mingus is heralded as the heir apparent to Duke Ellington, a close friend and colleague of Mingus during his …

“All of Andy’s work addresses this poetic sensibility and empathy he has with nature,” says Financial Times art critic Claire Henry, “[He] can take what is under our feet and use it to focus our thoughts on the great ephemerality of life.” In this episode of EGG, Andy Goldsworthy shares his frustrations with the precarious nature of his sculptures.

Richard Price, whose eighth novel Lush Life (FSG) came out last month, discusses the decade-long shift in the cultural landscape of Manhattan’s Lower East Side….

In the early days of public television, the medium was dominated by lectures given by instructors in front of plain backgrounds. One of the programs to break out of that mold was performer and historian Max Morath’s “The Ragtime Era” which was pioneering in its use of sets, costumes and make-up.
In this recently unearthed 1960 episode from the WNET archives, Morath delves into the history of Tin Pan Alley.