COVER STORY
Frames
Host Kurt Andersen and architect Frank Gehry talk about how frames guide what we see and understand in a piece of art.

Picture Frames
Those strips of wood or metal around works of art are doing a lot more than we realize. Produced by Sarah Lilley.
Go to the International Institute for Frame Study
Go to a site about the Kulicke Family
Go to the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Go to Bark Frameworks

Pre-Set
In theater, the stage and its proscenium are the obvious frame and container of the action. But often the sound and the lighting begin their work even the before play begins. Director Lawrence Axsmith talks about how a "pre-set" draws an audience into the world of a play. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.

Nesting Stories
A look at one of literature's great tricks -- stories told within stories. Produced by Brian Zumhagen.
Go to an Online version of Arabian Nights
Read an Essay about Frames
Visit Jonathan Safran Foer at Houghton Mifflin

Art's Power To Frame
In the year after the September 11th attacks, Karen Frillman has been thinking about all the ways she's turned to artists to help her understand what's happened. Produced by Karen Frillman.
Visit the North Shore Arts Association

SPECIAL GUEST
Frank Gehry
is one of today's most visionary and pioneering architects. He's drawn notice since the 1970's for his deconstructed style, using unconventional materials and sculptural shapes in his buildings. He designed the instantly iconic Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Gehry's recent public commissions include the Bard College Performing Arts Center and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Visit a Frank Gehry Site at The Guggenheim

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Commentary
Operation Enduring Synergy
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Eminem The writer Paul Slansky has grown middle-aged. But he still really believes in the renegade power of music.
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