The Christian Science Monitor | Artshttps://www.csmonitor.comThe Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the arts.The Christian Science Monitor | Artshttps://images.csmonitor.com/csm/2024/04/1172291_2_csmlogo_feed_250x30_standard.pnghttps://www.csmonitor.comChristian Science Monitor. All rights reserved.300en-usThu, 17 Sep 2026 05:22:51 EDT‘So heartfelt.’ Dolly Parton blended stardom with a unifying care for people.https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Arts/2026/0826/dolly-parton-country-music?icid=rssad57ed25618026c0a4ad0808595bcdf2Performer and entrepreneur Dolly Parton turned personal struggles and hard work into universal anthems and messages of hope and resilience for anyone.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:30:12 EDTHarry BruiniusVictoria HoffmannPatrik JonssonRock singer and naturalist: How Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg straddles two careershttps://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Music/2026/0731/shearwater-jonathan-meiburg-antarctica-new-world?icid=rss4217b359ec040c21f91928f64e10351aShearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg, out with an album called “The New World,” is also a naturalist and explorer whose next book is about the beauty and wonder of Antarctica.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:00:10 EDTStephen Humphries‘Little House on the Prairie’ returns. Will the show’s reboot resonate with a new generation?https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Arts/2026/0708/little-house-on-the-prairie-netflix?icid=rssd1acf19c308c70f848bced50a0ec8741A new “Little House on the Prairie” series launches on Netflix this week with a broader diversity of characters. The revamp of the enduring story illustrates the complexity of updating a classic story for modern viewers.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:00:09 EDTKendra Nordin BeatoEmily StauntonAn enslaved potter left messages for the future, inscribed in clayhttps://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Arts/2026/0302/reparations-slavery-dave-the-potter?icid=rss862698adc2f6cdc42609e90232305c32Several groups lay claim to artisan David Drake: a museum, a county, and his descendants. His work serves to illuminate America’s fractured past.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:18:43 ESTKen MakinEnglish painter John Constable captured the rhythms of rural lifehttps://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Books/2026/0226/john-constable-landscape-painting?icid=rssd66251e74137d3d4a7d32eaa2f326723The farms and fields of Constable’s native Suffolk county provided rich material and spiritual sustenance.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:02:58 ESTHeller McAlpinThis Nigerian educator gave a river a voice. The next generation is listening.https://www.csmonitor.com/Perspectives/Making-a-difference/2026/0211/nigeria-ogun-river-children?icid=rss7a69c3b8d35627f1adedbb76a0c999c7Solomon Ekundayo wrote the storybook “The Loud Cry of Ogun River” to explain a river’s decline in terms children can absorb.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:28:49 ESTOgar MondayAI can write songs, plays, and novels. What does that mean for human creativity?https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Arts/2026/0211/ai-music-creativity-llm-jobs?icid=rsseb45b859ca8b6e483b0957776a2ae98fThe age of AI-generated music and AI-aided fiction has arrived. Will “canned” art push musicians, writers, and others out of jobs?Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:00:10 ESTLaurent BelsieMelanie Stetson FreemanIn Oscar-nominated ‘One Battle After Another,’ a message for a troubled America?https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Arts/2026/0124/oscar-one-battle-after-another-extremism?icid=rss27436cc19a28f35a338aa5a44ee3bf37In “One Battle After Another,” nominated for best picture, the risks of political extremism come to the fore in a film that might feel uncomfortably close to the current news cycle.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 05:00:16 ESTStephen Humphries‘This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.’ How two murderers found grace performing Shakespeare.https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Arts/2025/1010/shakespeare-stage-prison-play-murder-grace-redemption?icid=rssb16d8900f32128f1c7ddaa65fa896c6fPerforming Shakespeare in prison helped two murderers rediscover their humanity and find redemption. They vow to “be wise hereafter and seek for grace.”Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:46:14 EDTStephen HumphriesHow a hippo and an octopus brought joy to this Boston neighborhoodhttps://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Arts/2025/0903/boston-charlestown-tobin-bridge-public-art?icid=rssc0ef9cc4ce366dc5e17276c5591f4439A new sculpture exhibition under the Tobin Bridge was designed to revitalize the oldest neighborhood in Massachusetts. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:00:09 EDTHannah Goeke