Category: Arts and Culture

  • Help Shape Bellevue’s Arts and Culture Future with Online Survey

    Help Shape Bellevue’s Arts and Culture Future with Online Survey

    The art, by New York art-architecture studio THEVERYMANY, is titled “Piloti”. On October 9, a listening session was held to gather input from arts enthusiasts regarding Bellevue’s arts and culture ecosystem. Over 60 participants attended the event, which provided an overview of current arts initiatives in Bellevue and addressed the Bellevue Arts Museum’s recent announcement…

  • Winter is a perilous time to be a beaver

    Winter is a perilous time to be a beaver

    Just about everyone has heard of the American beaver. A humongous rodent, the American beaver (Castor canadensis) cuts down trees and dams up streams. The furry brown creature, often represented by plush toys, has long been a favorite of my sister, Laura. The beloved children’s author Thornton Burgess immortalized the beaver in one of his…

  • S.D. Arts and Culture Newsletter: Aimee Mann returns to Belly Up next week

    S.D. Arts and Culture Newsletter: Aimee Mann returns to Belly Up next week

    Whenever I tell people that Aimee Mann’s coming to town, I generally get one of two responses. It’s either “Aimee Mann? I love her!” Or it’s “Aimee Mann? Do I know her?” That’s the kind of career the now-64-year-old singer/songwriter has had since she went solo in the early ‘90s after the breakup of her band ‘Til…

  • NYC Culture Week

    NYC Culture Week

    To commemorate the restorations and investments made in the Fiscal Year 2025 Adopted Budget for the arts and culture sector, the New York City Council is partnering with arts and cultural organizations to host NYC Culture Week from October 24th to October 31st, 2024! Join us for a series of special events ranging from musical…

  • ArtSEA: Eerie arts events haunting Seattle this Halloween

    ArtSEA: Eerie arts events haunting Seattle this Halloween

    Also at the Frye is the ongoing show the edge becomes the center (through Jan. 5, 2025), which beckons the viewer with shadowy whispers. The large-scale, abstract, black-and-white works by Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters may at first look like animal fur or grain fields or misty landscapes. But soon it appears as if there’s…

  • Dynamic Benton Harbor Walls Slated as Powerful Tool for Social Change

    Dynamic Benton Harbor Walls Slated as Powerful Tool for Social Change

    “Art, in its most profound sense, has always been a powerful tool for social change.” With that as her backdrop, and lots of blank canvas space on building walls throughout the community, Anna Russo Sieber has become the catalyst for a dynamic new initiative called the Benton Harbor Walls Project. As one of the early…

  • Rollins Museum of Art: Date Night at Orlando’s Best FREE Museum

    Rollins Museum of Art: Date Night at Orlando’s Best FREE Museum

    An enchanting date night, or afternoon, does not have to break the bank. A marvelous museum is waiting for you to explore – and it doesn’t cost a thing. With captivating exhibitions and intimate tours, the Rollins Museum of Art invites you to explore art that sparks conversation and connection. Here’s everything you need to…

  • Call for a cultural shift

    Call for a cultural shift

    “While it could be argued that the policy is resigned to matters within the city limits, let me tell you this — history and culture do not coil around these arbitrary boundaries. So ideally, we need an initiative that has a wider ambit,” says Sivadathan M P, the director of Kerala Homestay and Tourism Society.…

  • Five lakeshore arts and culture organizations are getting $20K. Here’s which ones

    HOLLAND — The Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation has granted $100,000 to five local organizations as part of a two-year initiative to support arts and culture. A total of $20,000 each was given to Evergreen Commons, Holland Chorale, the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center, the Tri-Cities Historical Museum and the Zeeland History Society. In a statement,…

  • UP Arts and Culture Alliance holds conference

    UP Arts and Culture Alliance holds conference

    Alison Watson, executive director of Michigan Arts and Culture Council, delivered the keynote address at the annual conference of Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance. <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance recently held its annual conference at the Northern Center at Northern Michigan University, drawing over 60 attendees…