New Podcast by Kurt Andersen

New Podcast by Kurt Andersen

Kurt Anderson (DG 2014, 2019) writes, co-produces, and narrates a new podcast, Nixon at War. “Most accounts of the collapse of Richard Nixon’s presidency begin with Watergate — the now iconic tale of a bungled break-in and the misbegotten cover-up that...
2021 Pulitzer Prizes Announced

2021 Pulitzer Prizes Announced

On Friday, June 11th, 2021, the 105th class of Pulitzer Prize winners in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music were announced. Natalie Diaz (CRF 2015) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection Postcolonial Love Poem, published by Graywolf Press....
Sky Macklay Joins Peabody Composition Faculty

Sky Macklay Joins Peabody Composition Faculty

Sky Macklay (CRF 2019) will join the composition faculty of the Peabody Conservatory beginning in the 2021-22 academic year. As a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, one of her next projects is a chamber music album that will synthesize her work as a composer and her raucous,...
Judith Hudson’s “Beasts and Clowns”

Judith Hudson’s “Beasts and Clowns”

“Beasts and Clowns,” a two-person show by Judith Hudson (DG 2009) and Lucy Winton is up for a few more days at the Tripoli Gallery in Wainscott, New York. “Hudson’s paintings explore the gender fluidity and duality of the clown, at once male and...
Michael Daugherty’s “Lift Up Thine Ears”

Michael Daugherty’s “Lift Up Thine Ears”

The Omaha Symphony will present the world premiere of Michael Daugherty’s (CRF 2009) “Lift Up Thine Ears” for orchestra on June 11 and 12. The Saturday, June 12 performance will be livestreamed for free at 7:30 PM CDT for the League of American...