An anthology mix of cultural news, views and interviews, and the organic and intricate ways that art always intertwines and fuses dynamically with political currents of the day. Produced by Artsmagazine and hosted by Prairie Miller.

This episode, Mr. Smith Does Not Go To Washington: Treat Williams talks dismayed and dropping out of DC politics in his latest movie as The Congressman. Blood At The Root: Race on stage dramatizing the case of the Jena Six, a production of the National Black Theatre; a conversation with the director John McCrory and producer Camille Forbes. And Nuit Debout - Why Not! French screen legend and Godard muse Anna Karina phones in to Arts Express to discuss a New Wave classics retrospective touring this country.