Category: Arts and Culture

  • Forum presents mayoral candidates, their plans to support creatives

    Braxton Hare, Contributing Writer Virginia Repertory Theatre hosted the Arts & Culture Mayoral Forum on Oct. 8 to discuss the importance of arts and culture in the Richmond community. All five mayoral candidates: Andreas Addison, Danny Avula, Michelle Mosby, Harrison Roday and Garrett Sawyer were present at the forum.  The mayoral candidates shared their distinctive…

  • Just days remaining to nominate for Aisling Arts and Culture Award

    Just days remaining to nominate for Aisling Arts and Culture Award

    TG4 is back as a sponsor for next month’s Aisling Arts and Culture Award. With nominations still coming in for what is one of the most eagerly anticipated and most competitive awards of the evening, the Irish language television company is urging those who have still to nominate not to delay any longer, ahead of…

  • Apply by Nov. 25 for Funding Open to Fuel Arts, Culture Projects Across San Diego

    Apply by Nov. 25 for Funding Open to Fuel Arts, Culture Projects Across San Diego

    Students help paint a mural. Photo courtesy of Santa Ysabel Art Gallery. San Diego officials released guidelines for arts and culture project funding Tuesday, opening applications for anyone interested in applying. Two programs are accepting applications: the Operational Support Program and Creative Communities San Diego. The OSP provides funding for nonprofit arts and culture-focused organizations,…

  • Fall activities abound in North Utah County

    Megan Wallgren | Lehi Free Press Fall fun is in full swing around northern Utah County. Whether you’re looking for a harrowing fright or fall family entertainment, there’s something for everyone. Pumpkin Patches and Family Fun Cornbelly’s (Lehi and Spanish Fork) With over 60 attractions that range from carnival games and pumpkin picking to stunt…

  • 901 Now: Bilingual theater provides multi-cultural experiences to Memphians

    901 Now: Bilingual theater provides multi-cultural experiences to Memphians

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – As the only bilingual theatre group in Tennessee, Cazateatro provides bilingual education and transformative multicultural experiences that showcase the vibrancy and diversity of Latin American art and culture. Dorimar Ferrer is the executive director at Cazateatro. “I am Puerto Rican every day and every hour,” Ferrer said. “Hispanic Heritage Month is…

  • ‘A beautiful legacy’: Donald Hall worked to keep Kansas City arts and culture alive

    ‘A beautiful legacy’: Donald Hall worked to keep Kansas City arts and culture alive

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – On Tuesday, Hallmark shared that Donald J. Hall, 96, passed away on Oct. 13, surrounded by his family. He leaves a lasting legacy on Kansas City. His father, J.C. Hall founded Hallmark. Don started working at Hallmark at the age of 17, served in the army, and came back in…

  • Pharrell Williams’ musical evolution is reconstructed with Legos in ‘Piece By Piece’

    Pharrell Williams’ musical evolution is reconstructed with Legos in ‘Piece By Piece’

    Jeffrey Brown: One thing it is, a story told with LEGO pieces, traditional documentary-style interviews turn into animation, other scenes conceived and built as animation from the start, all to creatively capture the mind and works of a hard-to-categorize cultural figure, who, as performer, music producer, and beat maker working with many of today’s megastars,…

  • Art & Light Gallery spotlights artist Phillip Livingston at The Anchorage

    Art & Light Gallery spotlights artist Phillip Livingston at The Anchorage

    Art & Light Gallery has teamed up with The Anchorage restaurant in Greenville to host an exhibit featuring works by artist Phillip Livingston of Greenville. The exhibition is available virtually on the gallery’s website and in person through Jan. 7, 2025, at The Anchorage restaurant at 586 Perry Ave. For his display at the eatery,…

  • Food For Thought with Kat | (Not) eating the rainbow

    Food For Thought with Kat | (Not) eating the rainbow

    “You made a rainbow grilled cheese?” I feigned excitement when my son came home from preschool and apprised me about their in-school food activity earlier that day. “Did you eat it?” His ear-to-ear grin told me what I needed to know, as did his full lunchbox. Once we discussed how cool colored cheese can be,…

  • Carving history

    Carving history

    Oct. 15, 2024Contact: Janese Heavin, [email protected] by Nicholas Benner and Mannie LiscumVideo by Mizzou Visual Productions Every October, University of Missouri Professor Mannie Liscum carves exactly 31 jack-o’-lanterns. And these aren’t your typical triangle-eyed, buck-toothed pumpkin faces. They’re intricate portraits of movie stars, musicians, family and friends — two-dimensional images that come to life when…