• February 12, 2012

the arts

RENAISSANCE MEN

How Did Al Franken Become ‘America’s Artist-Senator’?

by Lauri Apple

11:10 am June 30, 2010

Yesterday Sen. Al Franken drew “the portrait blogged around the world” when he pencilled a little sketch of Alabama Senator/Grand Wizard Jeff Sessions during the Elena Kagan confirmation hearing. (He also napped, but you can’t auction that off at Sotheby’s.) Everybody seems to agree that Franken has mad drawing skills. Where on earth did they [...]

YOU TALKIN' TO ME?

Biden & Obama: Will They Ever Agree About Springsteen’s Later Work?

by Ken Layne

1:48 am December 18, 2009

While you were eating the rest of that bag of chips and wondering whether to watch the teevee or stalk your ex on Facebook, Joe Biden and Barack Obama were dressed in evening clothes at the Kennedy Center, arguing the merits of recent work by Kennedy Center honorees Bruce Springsteen and Robert DeNiro. Biden’s opinion? [...]

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Nancy Pelosi Plays the Flute (and Piano!)

by Ken Layne

3:09 pm February 13, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proves her support of Funding for the Arts. [The NewsRoom]