Anant Singh has been appointed to the Global Arts and Culture Council (GACC) JOHANNESBURG (TIP): Indian-origin South African filmmaker Anant Singh has been appointed to the Global Arts and Culture Council (GACC), which was inaugurated at the latest session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.Known for using his films to speak out against…

St. Louis is a city brimming with artistic talent, cultural richness, and creative innovation, and much of that vibrancy is thanks to the efforts of the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis (RACSTL). For four decades, RACSTL has shaped the city’s cultural landscape, making St. Louis a national hub for the arts while driving economic…

Looking to the year ahead, Winkler Arts and Culture is gearing up for an exciting 2025, packed with fresh programming, new initiatives, and a continued commitment to bringing the community together through the arts.   Jered Hildebrand, Executive Director of Winkler Arts and Culture, shared some of the organization’s goals for the year and some of…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Last week Metro Vancouver’s Board held a special meeting to discuss possible changes directed at addressing scope creep at the utility. One consideration before them is eliminating donations to arts and culture groups through its Regional Culture Committee. In 2024, 57 nonprofits were given grants totalling $300,000…

UP President Jimenez addresses an audience composed of representatives and community members of Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology (ASSCAT) and Northeastern Mindanao State University (NEMSU) ahead of the evening concert by the UP Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino (Kontra-GaPi) in Butuan City. Sitting in the audience are UP Fine Arts Professor Toym Leon…

I’m told many people’s favorite part of going to the movie theater is the trailers before the film. However, I was raised to believe that trailers spoil movies and that I shouldn’t watch them if I wanted to enjoy the film. But I’ve decided now that the idea that trailers spoil movies is wrong. A…

A demonstration against Berlin’s decision to cut its culture budget. Photo: Christian von Polentz. All images supplied by Berlin Ist Kultur A shifting of the political winds has led to Berlin taking a scythe to its culture spending, threatening to decimate what has long been seen as one of the world’s strongest arts scenes. Ahead…

“What we see in the media about North Korea is focused on how crazy the leader is,” said Kim, an expert on Korean Buddhism and culture. “A better way to understand the country is to understand the people. This course is focused on the people who are living there and who have the same dreams…

From the Maplewood Division of Arts and Culture: In honor of Black History Month, the Township of Maplewood has joined with local non-profit, community and business partners to sponsor more than 20 artistic, cultural and educational events and activities throughout February.  “This is Maplewood’s eighth annual Black History Month celebration to raise awareness of the…

Yiddish is a language and culture that constantly seems under threat of “dying.” However, in the words of Nobel Prize winning Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer: “In Jewish history, between dying and dead is a very great distance.” These words were partially quoted to me in an interview with Shane Baker, star of “Bashevis’s Demons,”…