AKRON, Ohio — Musicians, dancers, actors and artists are some of the more than 15,000 creative industry workers who entertain people in Summit and Portage counties. Nicole Mullet, executive director of the nonprofit ArtsNow, said arts and culture generate nearly $3 billion in economic impact to the area annually. “What we do know is that…

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design has hired higher education leader, professor and musician Gwendolyn Freed as its 20th president of the college following a national search. Freed, currently the interim chief development officer at Brooklyn Park-based Second Harvest Heartland, will lead the 800-student private nonprofit art college in Minneapolis known for drawing students…

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Since learning that the great composer-lyricist William Finn — who wrote “A New Brain” and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” — died Monday, I’ve been revisiting a cast recording of “Falsettos,” his 1992 musical comedy about family and friendship in the early years of the AIDS crisis. The Tony-winning stage show, created with…

Since learning that the great composer-lyricist William Finn — who wrote “A New Brain” and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” — died Monday, I’ve been revisiting a cast recording of “Falsettos,” his 1992 musical comedy about family and friendship in the early years of the AIDS crisis. The Tony-winning stage show, created with…

About The Episode Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and James Bennett II go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review, which includes the Museum of Fine Arts. Following a global search, they announced that Pierre Terjanian will be the museum’s next Ann and Graham Gund Director and CEO. He joins…

The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will take place Thursday, April 17, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room of the Community Center, 851 E. William St.  Special Presentations The Board will award the Chief’s Medal of Commendation to Robert Berger and Lucas O’Brien, the Citizen’s Medal of Honor to Robert Russell, issue proclamations for Arbor Day and National Public Safety Telecommunications Week,…

CLAREMONT, N.H. — The city of Claremont is pleased to announce the opening of its spring exhibit, “A brief history of the Arts in Claremont 1830-1930″ at the Mike Satzow Visitors Center. This first quarterly exhibit is a collaboration of many local organizations including the Claremont Opera House, the Claremont Historical Society, the Fiske Free…

“With the world getting very polarised, arts and the humanities are extremely important,” says Ravichandar V., explaining the raison d’être behind Sabha, a new arts and community centre in Bengaluru, which is all set to host its first open house this weekend. And it is why places like Sabha, envisioned by Ravichandar as a “privately…

Helen E. Haynes, 74, of Philadelphia, chief cultural officer under former Mayor Michael Nutter, longtime director of cultural affairs at Montgomery County Community College, award-winning arts and music program administrator, former college studio art teacher, and lifelong artist, died Wednesday, March 26, of cardiac arrest at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital. For more than 40 years,…