What does the future hold for the Kimbell Art Museum? Eric McCauley Lee, the museum’s newly appointed director, talks about his plans and about evolving Fort Worth Museum District on this episode of Think.

How are successful screenplays crafted and what makes a film stand the test of time? Screenwriter and director Robert Towne, who won an Academy Award for Chinatown, stopped by the Think studio to discuss the topic when he was in town for the AFI Dallas International Film Festival.

I answer audience phone calls for Think, so I am perched in Master Control with the lovely Gini Mascorro, looking into a room where Krys Boyd conducts interviews. For one hour today, Gini and I stared at the back of Adrien Brody‘s head. Brody is in North Texas for the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Though Gini and I are cynical and [...]

What has happened to the music business over the last decade? Kids are still forming bands and thousands still attend conventions and festivals like SXSW and Coachella every year. But the sales figures just aren’t what they used to be. Journalist Steve Knopper joined Think host Krys Boyd this week to discuss his new book, [...]

Texas writer Joe Nick Patoski joined Think host Krys Boyd during the Scene segment of this week’s show to chat about his biography, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life. The book was recently awarded the 2009 TCU Texas Book Award.

Get the Flash Player to see this content. How is theater changing with the times and the new century? Playwright Itamar Moses, whose play Back, Back, Back runs at the Dallas Theater Center through April 5th, joined Think for a recent conversation. For a review of the play and a feature on Moses, see the [...]

Get the Flash Player to see this content. What does the future hold for the Nasher Sculpture Center? Jeremy Strick, the new director of the museum talks about his plans and about the current exhibit, “George Segal: Street Scenes,” during this week’s episode of Think. Think airs Friday at 7:30 p.m. on KERA (Channel 13). [...]

How does The Daily Show‘s “senior black correspondent” view the Obama election and other significant events of the New Year? Humorist Larry Wilmore joined Think for a recent episode to discuss those topics along with his new book, I’d Rather We Got Casinos, and Other Black Thoughts (Hyperion, 2009).

Which of your favorite films and actors will win Oscars this year? Will Slumdog Millionaire (above) be the night’s big winner? We’ll find out when the 81st Annual Academy Awards are held on Sunday. To preview the ceremony, Arnold Wayne Jones of the Dallas Voice, Stephen Becker of Art&Seek and Christopher Kelly of the Fort [...]

Get the Flash Player to see this content. How should photographers challenge their audience and how has the practice of photography progressed in the last several decades? One of those agents of change – artist Barbara Crane – discussed the topic with Think host Krys Boyd during Friday’s episode. Her groundbreaking work from the last [...]