Artists

People: Artists – Visual Artists, Applied Artists, Performing Artists, Literary Artists

Melissa Joan Hart

It was Easter Sunday, April 18, 1976, in Smithtown, New York, that Melissa Joan Hart was born to a young carpenter, Billy Hart and...

Kenny Rogers

Watch Kix’s 2013 interview with Kenny Rogers. Kix talks with Kenny about the business of music, his relationship with Dolly Parton, and his iconic...

Rob Long and Harry Shearer on Uncommon Knowledge

This week on Uncommon Knowledge, Hollywood odd couple Rob Long and Harry Shearer discuss their unusual friendship, politics, and show business. Rob Long Rob Long is...

Chuck Palahniuk, Short Story Author

The author of “Fight Club” is not necessarily known as a “Short Story Writer,” however Palahniuk is a believer in the Ray Bradbury ritual...

Frank Lloyd Wright – American Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright was born Frank Lincoln Wright on June 8, 1867. After his parents divorced, he choose to change his middle name from Lincoln to Lloyd in...
Bjorn Lomborg

Bjorn Lomborg

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg is an academic and the author of the best-selling The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It. He challenges mainstream concerns about development...
Marilynne Robinson, Essayist

Marilynne Robinson, Essayist

Robinson (née Summers) was born and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, and did her undergraduate work at Pembroke College, the former women's college at...