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Lilly Endowment grant to reimagine storytelling at Conner Prairie
Children and guests learn about Indiana’s history from historical reactors during Conner Prairie’s summer programing. (Photo/Conner Prairie) Conner Prairie is reimagining storytelling and community engagement surrounding the Lenape people and their traditions, thanks to a $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment. The living history museum in Fishers recently received the grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion…
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If Northern Ireland is now culturally relevant, why isn’t Scotland?
The Irish News pinpoints this Northern Ireland renaissance to the 2018 Netflix inclusion of Catholic girls’ school sitcom Derry Girls which saw a huge increase in its international profile. The show’s setting of 1990s Derry at the end of the Irish conflict and subsequent peace process gave a widespread perception of the realities of living…
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Culture Ministry Unveils 44M Baht Art Fund for 113 Projects
Mr. Prasop Riangngoen, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Representative of the Minister of Culture, presided over the press conference announcing the projects supported by the Contemporary Art Promotion Fund for the fiscal year 2025. The event was attended by KhunyingPatama Leeswadtrakul, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Contemporary Art Promotion Fund, Mrs.…
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‘The Brutalist’ is an American epic of immigration and assimilation
“The Brutalist” is a thick slab of a movie, as starkly imposing as the concrete structures with which it shares certain aesthetic affinities. Two months ago, distributor A24 released a teaser trailer quoting no fewer than five different publications describing the film as “monumental,” thus ensuring that the rest of us critics would be sitting…
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Public art in Reno proposed to increase with more murals, river projects
City proposes eliminating public art committee in favor of task forces More than 600 people provided feedback to the city about public art, and city officials recently released an update to the city’s public art master plan detailing the future of public art in Reno. The draft plan, developed in 2024, aims to expand the…
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Scranton Fringe unveils international cultural exchange with Ireland
SCRANTON— The Scranton Fringe Festival announced an exciting new cultural exchange with the Ballina Arts Centre in County Mayo, Ireland. Founded in 2015, Scranton Fringe Festival is an exhilarating local performing arts festival that supports independent artists while offering an accessible platform for all audiences. Their new initiative will foster a stronger relationship between Scranton…
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Mayor’s Comments on Art Center Pullout – The Boca Raton Tribune
By Marci Shatzman Mayor Scott Singer mentioned Boca Raton’s “largest financial commitment” in his reaction to the proposed performing arts center’s announcement it was dissolving its agreement with the city after receiving an extension to comply. The Center for Arts and Innovation sent a letter to the city and a press release to the media…
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Arts and Culture: Cascade Theater Company’s These Shining Lives
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Help Shape the Cultural Experiences in West Hollywood For the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games
ADVERTISEMENT The City of West Hollywood invites the community to participate in one of several community conversations, led by AEA Consulting, to discuss a West Hollywood Art Project for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Two focus groups for Arts Organizations and Artists will take place on Friday, January 24 from 10 a.m. to 12…
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2024 Arts and Culture staff film recommendations
Wicked (2024) Released in November, “Wicked,” directed by Jon M. Chu, brings the famous Broadway musical to theatres. Featuring a cast of stars including Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum and others, the film depicts a story in the Land of Oz in the time before the classic novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” The…