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Trump’s War on the Arts: Southern California Creatives Slam NEA Cuts as ‘Cultural Sabotage’
A production still from ‘Walking Water’, a site-specific performance by Cornerstone Theater Company in September 2024. The Los Angeles-based arts organization was among the hundreds of groups that lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts this week. May 5, 2025 By Brian Hews LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration’s latest budget bombshell landed…
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DISTORT’s “Ending Up” Opens at Art House Gallery
On Saturday, May 3, 2025, Art House Gallery in Jersey City, New Jersey, opened its latest art show,“Ending Up,” by well-known mural artist DISTORT. The show will be open through Sunday, June 1, 2025. It is presented by Art House Productions, a nonprofit arts group based in Jersey City. This indoor show is a new…
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Theater will continue at the Alliance for the Arts under Events & Programming Director Michael Hebler
The Alliance for the Arts has appointed Michael Hebler as its new events and programming director. One of his duties includes continuing the Alliance’s theater program. “With my theater degree, I wanted theater to continue,” said Hebler. “I think it’s a very important .… It’s a performing art. This is the Alliance for the Arts,…
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Theater will continue at the Alliance for the Arts under Events & Programming Director Michael Hebler
The Alliance for the Arts has appointed Michael Hebler as its new events and programming director. One of his duties includes continuing the Alliance’s theater program. “With my theater degree, I wanted theater to continue,” said Hebler. “I think it’s a very important .… It’s a performing art. This is the Alliance for the Arts,…
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Trump administration boots Doug Emhoff from museum board, plus L.A. arts and culture this week
President Trump continues to press for control over institutions that shape the arts, culture — and history. Last week the administration removed board members appointed by former President Biden from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., including former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris. “Holocaust remembrance and…
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Guide: 5 things to do in Charlotte this summer
Blaise Uy/Niner Times While most students return to their hometowns after the semester ends, those staying on campus for the summer will find that Charlotte offers an abundance of activities all season long. There is always something going on in Charlotte. Here are five things you can enjoy this summer in the Queen City. Charlotte…
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Vermont Book Awards winners announced
MONTPELIER— Vermont Humanities announced the winners of the Vermont Book Awards for outstanding literature in 2024 on Saturday at a cocktail and dessert celebration in Montpelier, attended by 200 readers, writers, and supporters of literature and the humanities. The winners in each of their respective categories were GennaRose Nethercott for “Fifty Beasts to Break Your…
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Arts and Culture Commission Reports on First Year’s Advocacy and Accomplishments
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported recently that arts and cultural enterprises contribute $1 trillion to the national economy and, in New Hampshire, arts and culture make up 3.1 percent of the State’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Since coming through the pandemic, Portsmouth has turned a spotlight on ways to protect, preserve, and…
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Professor Daniela Rivera recognized as inaugural Wagner Arts Fellow
“I’m an artist that makes weird work,” remarked Daniela Rivera, Professor of Studio Art at Wellesley. “Well, not weird, but some of the pieces are too large, or some of them are to be seen and used during an exhibition period. They get dismantled and they don’t exist anymore, so supporting my practice is really…
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Celebrating Diversity at Multi-Cultural Arts Festival
ALBUQUERQUE – Today, the City of Albuquerque welcomed families from across the metro area to the third annual Multicultural Arts Festival at the Singing Arrow Community Center. This vibrant event showcased the incredible talent of our local arts community, featuring approximately 40 artists displaying and selling their work. Attendees enjoyed a diverse array of multicultural…
