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A rendering of the Jacobs Performing Arts Center, which will open in September in the Arts District Liberty Station. (File photo courtesy of NTC Foundation) The outlook for federal support of the arts is not encouraging. The start of the Trump administration saw mass resignations from the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees and the President’s Committee…

On Writers and Writing: Essays by Henry James, edited by Michael Gorra (New York Review Books, 408 pp., $24.95) The criticism of Henry James (1843–1916) is replete with imperiousness. We can hear this in his not altogether facetious response to Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). Deploring the undue attention Hardy pays to…

The Region 2 Arts Council recently allocated $5,580 in Sudden Opportunity Grant funding to individuals and small organizations in the Bemidji area. With up to $500 available in funding, the new grant is designed to support urgent needs. The program offers a rolling deadline to cover expenses related to essential travel, training, transportation and project-related…

Concord Monitor – Opinion: Our leaders’ puzzling decision to eliminate the State Council on the Arts <!– !function(n){if(!window.cnxps){window.cnxps={},window.cnxps.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement(‘iframe’);t.display=’none’,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement(‘script’);c.src=’//cd.connatix.com/connatix.playspace.js’,c.setAttribute(‘async’,’1′),c.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document); –> <!– –> <!– –> Part of the 40th Concord Dance Academy rehearsal at Capitol Center for the Arts in 2021. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor file The Met Live in HD present “Carmen” at the Capitol…

The Black Scranton Project is expanding its Juneteenth celebrations from one day to three, with the addition of a punk and alternative music festival, a church service and brunch. Juneteenth, or June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. and marks the day that delayed news of emancipation reached a group of enslaved…

Costume and production designer Anna-Lisa ‘Annaixe’ Guthrie and international model Drucillah ‘Dru’ Campbell were honoured with the Prime Minister’s National Youth Award for Excellence in Arts and Culture at this year’s ceremony, held on Saturday at Jamaica House. Guthrie, known for her innovative costumes and viral creations, has been a creative force in the Caribbean…