July 25, 2008

Philippe Petit (©2008 JL Blondeau / Polaris)

Man On Wire

It had all the glamor, conspiracy, and danger of a classic heist movie, but it was real –- and the hero was wearing slippers. Philippe Petit’s unauthorized walk on a high wire between the World Trade Center towers transfixed the world in 1974, and it’s now the subject of the documentary "Man on Wire." Kurt visits the site of the walk (now Ground Zero) with Petit and director James Marsh.


Philippe Petit walks between the Twin Towers:

(an excerpt from Magnolia Pictures' "Man On Wire")


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Bill Murray (Courtesy of Poet's House)

Bill Murray the Poet

Every good cause needs some celebrity support, and poetry is no different. Bill Murray joined hundreds of people at an event for the Poets House, in New York. He’s a frustrated poet himself, as Studio 360’s Eric Molinsky found out.


Weigh in: What's your favorite poem?

Bonus Track: Bill Murray Recites

The actor reads poetry by Thomas Lux, Martín Espada, and Galway Kinnell.

Bonus Track: More Poetry

Martín Espada and Marilyn Nelson read their work.

Kehinde Wiley

Click here to view a slideshowThe up-and-coming painter is a bit of a throwback -– to the Baroque era. Wiley's oil paintings are big, colorful, beautifully painted portraits. Kurt visits in his studio to find out how he has scouted models from the streets of Harlem to West Africa.

DJ Shadow (Arian Stevens)

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow set a Guinness Book record for creating an album, Endtroducing, made up entirely of samples, many of them from LPs he rescued from the 50-cent bin. He’s moved on, but some of his fans (like Studio 360’s Derek John) still haven't gotten over it.

Miranda July (RJ Shaughnessy)

Birthmark

Last year, the screenwriter/director/actress Miranda July published a collection of short stories called No One Belongs Here More Than You, and she joined us to read the story “Birthmark.” With production by Studio 360’s Pejk Malinovski.

(Originally aired: December 14, 2007)

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