The life and work of Frank Wisner, one of the CIA’s founding officers, offers us a portrait of American intelligence’s ...

Alsop kept her Kennedy Center performances with the National Symphony Orchestra recently because, she says, art is bigger than this moment and should be celebrated. "Art is about the human spirit ..

Maestra Marin Alsop conducts the National Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Julia Wolfe’s Her Story on Feb. 27. (Scott Suchman | Kennedy Center) Alsop kept her Kennedy Center performances ...

MARIN ALSOP: So in this particular piece, I have to have a lot of light on me because the orchestra is often in the dark, so they have to always see me. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're on stage at the ...