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5 Ways to Brighten Up Your Weekend With Seasonal Arts and Culture
A performance by Ballet Chicago. (Courtesy of Ballet Chicago) The holidays are hectic, so why not go eclectic? Here’s a wide-ranging shortlist of good bets for seasonal art, culture and discovery. Thanks to our sponsors: “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Studebaker Theater Shadow puppets plus live music add up to a handmade holiday haunting. Manual…
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Celebrate Haitian culture at this free Indy library event
Have fun exploring the city with Play List, Mirror Indy’s midweek arts and culture newsletter. Sign up here: Support local news Our journalism will always be free because of donations from readers like you. Do you know anything about the sacred dance of Haiti called Yanvalou? What about Haitian folktales or poetry or storytelling? Here’s…
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Choptank Arts & Culture Exchange awards new round of grants
CAMBRIDGE — Choptank Arts & Culture Exchange has selected three recipients for its latest round of Choptank500 grants. The Cambridge based nonprofit awards $500 grants to local artists and cultural organizations. Featured Local Savings
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The best art and architecture of 2024
Adrian Searle’s best art shows of 2024 10 Beryl Cook/Tom of Finland Studio Voltaire, London This unlikely pairing of self-taught Plymouth-based national treasure, who painted her everyday surroundings, and a Finnish illustrator of muscle-bound hunks bulging in their biker leathers, was a collision made in some sort of heaven. Cook accompanied her pneumatic subjects to…
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Promise Marks Performs Songs of Etta James in One-Woman Show, “A Sunday Kind of Love” at the Black Repertory Theater in Berkeley
Special to the Post It was “A Sunday Kind of Love” at the Black Repertory Group Theater in Berkeley on Saturday night, Dec. 7. The one-woman musical based on the music of Etta James featured the multi-talented singer Promise Marks Marks, who wrote and directed the musical, also owns PM Productions. “The (show) is a…
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Butte receives $20M EPA grant to create community hub for health and culture
BUTTE, Mont. – Butte is set to receive a significant boost with a $20 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will fund the creation of a community resiliency hub, aimed at enhancing fitness, safety, and arts and culture in Butte-Silver Bow. The grant, part of the EPA’s Community Change initiative, marks the…
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Western Australia floats 10-year plan for arts and culture
The Western Australian government has unveiled its plan for the arts and culture sector. Titled Creative WA, it is a 10-year strategy designed to secure and create jobs, foster innovation and celebrate diversity. More than $54 million in State Government funding has been ear-marked for initiatives including new Creative WA Fellowships and Internships that prioritise…
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North Island Credit Union & Escondido Art Association celebrate local arts and culture in annual holiday party
p]:inline uppercase”> San Diego, CA (December 17, 2024) | North Island Credit Union’s Escondido branch and the Escondido Art Association recently welcomed local officials, artists and community members for a festive holiday event celebrating local arts and culture. The event was held in the credit union’s Community Room, which displays a rotating collection of artworks…
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My Culture Journal: The Russian barista who loves bonfires and tater tots
Have fun exploring the city with Play List, Mirror Indy’s midweek arts and culture newsletter. Sign up here: Support local news Our journalism will always be free because of donations from readers like you. Hi, my name is Masha Kuznetsova. I work at Red Door Cafe at the Cyrus Place. Two years ago, I moved…
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Scotland continues to punch above its cinematic weight
Despite the odds, Scotland continues to punch above its weight in the cinematic arts. Take Edinburgh-born film-maker Charlotte Wells. Oscar nominated last year for her elegiac and moving debut Aftersun, an autobiographical tale starring man-of-the-moment Paul Mescal, she won a jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival and followed that with a Best Newcomer gong…