Category: Arts and Culture

  • Hengqin Culture and Art Complex, Guangdong Province – e-architect

    Hengqin Culture and Art Complex, Guangdong Province – e-architect

    Hengqin Culture and Art Complex, Guangdong Province, Chinese Architecture, Photos 29 April 2025 Architects: Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron Location: Hengqin Island, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China photo © Schran Image Photos by Schran Image, Shengliang Su, Yipeng Lv, Kunzhen Huang and Hao Zhang Hengqin Culture & Art Complex, China Hengqin Culture & Art Complex:…

  • The District Detroit Awards Arts & Culture Neighborhood History Study and Report to Wayne State University

    The District Detroit Awards Arts & Culture Neighborhood History Study and Report to Wayne State University

    Olympia Development of Michigan and Related Companies are thrilled to announce the selection of Wayne State University to complete The District Detroit Arts & Culture Neighborhood History Study and Report.  This study and report includes the research, documentation, and recommended memorialization of areas within The District Detroit, Brush Park, Paradise Valley, Cass Corridor, Black Bottom…

  • Rhiannon Giddens’ new music festival celebrates Black music, art, culture in NC

    Rhiannon Giddens’ new music festival celebrates Black music, art, culture in NC

    Dedicated to Black music reclamation and exploration, Biscuits & Banjos is a new music festival curated by Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens. The festival took place this past weekend in Durham, N.C., and featured artists like Taj Mahal, Infinity Song, Rissi Palmer and a Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion. It also incorporated Durham’s Black history with a…

  • 5 things to do this weekend, including ‘Art in Bloom’ and a conversation with queer chefs

    5 things to do this weekend, including ‘Art in Bloom’ and a conversation with queer chefs

    I recently discovered the beautiful gem that is Central Square. It’s a wonderful part of Cambridge with delectable restaurants, good thrifting spots, cute cafes and a great theater. Central Square is throwing a block party this Saturday, so if you haven’t made it over there, now is the time. There’s also a discussion of queer…

  • Explore the amazing world of trees with World Wide Wood

    Explore the amazing world of trees with World Wide Wood

    An interactive Botanic Atlas, with help from Gemini The Botanic Atlas is an interactive tool meant to help everyone learn more about plant life around the world. You can browse a map, search for your favorite plant or simply look around until you stumble upon something that interests you. To create the Botanic Atlas, we…

  • Opinion: Reviving Australia’s arts and culture

    Opinion: Reviving Australia’s arts and culture

    Since the Albanese Labor Government came to power we’ve been rebuilding Australia’s arts and cultural sector after years of neglect during the pandemic. As you know, cultural and creative activity in Australia is comparable in size to our Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, and Accommodation and Food Services industries. The Albanese Labor Government understands the true…

  • Maestas to receive Creative Leadership Award

    Maestas to receive Creative Leadership Award

    Dana Maestas, one of the community souls looking after the Town of San Luis through her creative spirit, civic leadership and volunteerism, is among this year’s recipients of the Governor’s Creative Leadership Awards. The Polis Administration and Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) announced Monday the 2025 recipients of the Governor’s Creative Leadership Awards to “recognize Coloradans…

  • Vinik Ernest launches ‘Palmtree’ Magazine, a bold celebration of Caribbean women and culture

    Vinik Ernest launches ‘Palmtree’ Magazine, a bold celebration of Caribbean women and culture

    Vinik Ernest, founder and visionary behind the PalmTree brand. Photo by PalmTree/ Vinik Ernest Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own! Caribbean-American creative Vinik Ernest is bringing his bold vision to life with the official launch of Palmtree magazine on May 2. The magazine,…

  • Museums Sustain Unprecedented Assault in Trump’s First 100 Days

    Museums Sustain Unprecedented Assault in Trump’s First 100 Days

    President Donald J. Trump made many promises about what he would do on his first day in office. It might have seemed unlikely that he would come for arts institutions that early, but in fact, national museums got caught up in his dragnet against programs ensuring diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA), programs he called…

  • April 28, 2025 – Robert Pinsky, arts funding and advocacy, and public art in Kendall Square

    April 28, 2025 – Robert Pinsky, arts funding and advocacy, and public art in Kendall Square

    About The Episode Three-time U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky joins The Culture Show to talk about retiring from Boston University where he has been a professor since 1989. He’ll preview his retirement celebration, which is this Thursday, May1st atop  “The Jenga Building” on the BU campus. He’ll recite poetry, there will be screenings and a…