Share with friends ATLANTA – The Georgia Council for the Arts Awards announces grant funding to 87 organizations to support programs and facilities in 59 counties. Release: Georgia Council for the Arts, a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development announced the recipients of fiscal year 2024 Vibrant Communities and Cultural Facilities grant…

Jill Medvedow, the director of Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, will step down after 25 years on the job. Medvedow oversaw the ICA’s transformation from a small, but cutting-edge, presenter of contemporary artwork to one of the major players in the international contemporary art world. Her legacy includes the development of the ICA’s distinctive building…

Blatant sex appeal is a time-tested tactic in the restaurant industry. Usually it’s women whose looks are exploited. But in his new comedy, Pittsburgh-based playwright Brian Pope imagines a bar-restaurant called Himbos where it’s the male waitstaff who are scantily clad and apt to be ogled. Pope’s ensemble comedy, too, is called “Himbos.” It premieres…

A new African American Arts and Cultural Center is planned for West Tampa — and the county wants feedback from residents. The project will be built on the current site of the West Tampa Community Resource Center on 2103 N. Rome Ave. Health care resources and the Head Start program currently housed at the resource…

With major gifts and new matching grants, the historic capital campaign to build the Center for Black Excellence and Culture in the heart of Madison’s South Side has entered the home stretch with the organization announcing on Wednesday that it has just $3 million left to raise to break ground debt-free in spring 2024. “I…

It’s that time of year when everyone likes to cozy up at home and watch scary movies. But you know that horror films are always better with a crowd. “Shocktober” brings an embarrassment of riches for Boston area moviegoers looking for something even more terrifying than trying to park in Salem. The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s…

WDET 101.9 FM recently welcomed Program Director Adam Fox to the station. WDET general manager Mary Zatina said she and her team hired Fox as the new program director May 8.  “We did a national search for several months looking for candidates who wanted to come to a station like ours and who had top…

Editor’s Note: After increased student interest and initiation, The Commentator is excited to announce the introduction of a new “Arts & Culture” subsection, which will span selected content from both the features and opinions sections, and will have its own subsection inside our physical editions. Students interested in writing should reach out to us at…

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Arts Council (CAC) today released a comprehensive field scan of the California arts and culture funding landscape, called Equity Challenges in California’s Arts Ecosystem. This landmark project was undertaken as part of an external evaluation of CAC’s grantmaking in collaboration with the consulting firms Scansion and WolfBrown and represents a…