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September/October 2004
Editor's Note
Education Matters
"A Good Teacher and a Willing Student"
Education Secretary Rod Paige talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about improving America's schools.
The American Musical
Broadway!
A new film tracks one hundred years of stars and shows along the Great White Way. By Scott Ethier
Urban Sensibilities
Joseph Urban brought European design and craftmanship to Ziegfeld's extravaganzas. By Cynthia Barnes
The Dance Master
Videos, photographs, and manuscripts document the legacy of choreographer Jerome Robbins. By Maya Dalinsky
A Penny for a Song
Musical broadsides give a glimpse of nineteenth-century popular culture. By Phoebe Prioleau
Art of the Americas
The Medici of the New World
How an art-loving physician named Albert C. Barnes took revenge on the critics by building a collection barred to them. By Caroline Kim
The Lost City of Cahokia
An exhibition explores an ancient civilization in the American Midwest. By Emmett Berg
Around the Nation
Bronzeville Blues
Recalling how music thrived on Chicago's South Side. By Eric Segal
Virtual Trowel
Digging up Arizona's past through a new website. By Lisa Rudden
In Focus
Bob Buss promotes history in Hawai'i. By Phoebe Prioleau
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