Art

Archie McDonald Speaker Series: Alan Bean

Archie McDonald, Ph.D. — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Repeat Broadcast on Monday, April 2, at 8 p.m.
Original broadcast on Thursday, May 26, at 8 p.m. Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon and an award-winning artist, was the featured guest at the 2011 Archie McDonald Speaker Series at Stephen F. Austin State University. "Alan Bean is a member of a most exclusive group – one of 12 people who have walked on the moon and captured the focus and imagination of the nation and the world during the apex of manned space exploration,” Dr. Archie McDonald said. “Our speaker series is delighted to feature a fellow Texan who has viewed our world from a perspective few others have experienced.”

Rethinking Religion: Music, Religion, & the Politics of Race, Part 2

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:00:00 +0000

Airs Monday, February 20 at 9:00 p.m. During the vibrant years of the Harlem Renaissance, music, religion, and spitituality were interconnected -- not just in the religious setting of the church, but in the jazz club, the dance hall, the rent party, even the political street rally. Writer Carl Hancock Rux, Reverend Calvin Butts of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, historian Farah Griffin, Professors Josef Sorett and Obery Hendricks, and others explore these powerful interconnections. Includes the voices of Langston Hughes, poet Sterling Brown, Marcu

Rethinking Religion: Music, Religion, and the Politics of Race

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00:00 +0000

Airs Monday, February February 13 at 9:00 p.m. From The Columbia University Institute For Religion, Culture and Public Life, and the Luce Group, an exploration in words and music of how music, religion, and politics intersected during this rich period in African American history.

City of Lufkin saves downtown landmark

Kate Archer Kent — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:44:24 +0000

Lufkin's deputy city manager says the Pines Theater renovation will be completed near the end of the year, at a cost of $1.7 million. The city purchased the 1920s-era building in 2007.

Norton Research Library reopens, rare books on display

Kate Archer Kent — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:56:59 +0000

The R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport will reopen its research library Saturday after a five-year renovation project and the cataloging of 13,000 volumes.