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Cinco de Mayo, cider, crafts, and culture fill Portland’s weekend calendar
Portland is packed with music, markets, and culture this weekend—from Cinco de Mayo festivities to cider tastings, crafts, and a Derby-day bash. PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s finally May and there’s so much happening. We have Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, a few heritage months, and Memorial Day. Portland is buzzing with events this weekend, from…
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Why now is the time to explore outer East London
59 minutes ago ShareSave Stephen Emms ShareSave Stephen Emms A few miles from East London’s perennially hip neighbourhoods, an explosion of art and culture is transforming a once-neglected stretch into one of the city’s hottest destinations. East London. Two words that, if you know anything about the UK’s capital, often conjure up opposing opinions. There…
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Danelle Plaza, Tempe’s ‘last cool place,’ prepares for a new era
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Minneapolis art space hosts free film series on cultural storytelling
This story is provided to you free of charge. We’re glad you’re here! If fair, free journalism matters to you, please support us! In the Twin Cities art scene this weekend, Public Functionary offers free film screenings, panels and workshops led by local Black, Indigenous and filmmakers of color that aim to nurture the artist…
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Arts and Culture Breathing New Economic Life Into PA Communities
From House Majority Policy Committee Photo courtesy of a YouTube livestream of the event Arts and culture remains a vehicle for change in Pennsylvania’s communities, transforming and reimagining buildings vacated by businesses and industry. They also have a track record of being an economic engine, driving job creation and revitalizing cities and towns throughout the…
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Meet Alec Spicer, The Observer’s New Arts and Culture Editor
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On first day of American Indian Month in Minnesota, Native American community unites in grief, art, and resilience
The Native American Community Development Institute is a hub for preserving and supporting Native American culture, history and art. MINNEAPOLIS — On the first day of American Indian Month in Minnesota—a time usually dedicated to honoring and celebrating Native American history, culture, and contributions—grief lingers in south Minneapolis. According to Minneapolis police, four of the…
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Arts alliance shares data about the arts and culture economy in Wyoming
A nonprofit that says the arts are almost as big of an industry as agriculture in Wyoming is gathering community feedback on how to build the state’s arts economy. A report by the Wyoming Arts Alliance (WyAA), commissioned from the University of Wyoming’s Center for Business and Economic Analysis, showed that arts and culture amounts…
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Exploring the efforts to control how U.S. history is presented in museums and monuments
Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Amna Nawaz: In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has sought to put its mark on various parts of the nation’s cultural sector, the Kennedy Center, funding for federal arts agencies, and more. One focus, how American…
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San Diego artist Koy Sun’s love for Asian grocery stores inspires AAPI-themed MTS bus wrap
One city bus is about to get a little more artistic. Artist Koy Sun’s illustration shows a family on a bus, surrounded by grocery bags of familiar Asian products — drawing on the rich diversity of Asian food and culture in San Diego. “I included things like halo-halo, Yakult, to reference my Thai culture, the…
