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Arts and prosperity in the Pikes Peak Region
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (SCBFD) – According to the newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), the Pikes Peak region’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $184,613,914 in economic activity in 2022. To read more stories like this one, click here to subscribe to SCBFD. This news comes to you from the Southern Colorado Business…
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Who dethroned Bad Bunny as the most-streamed artist on Spotify this year? Take our arts and culture quiz to find out
Did you follow arts and culture news this week? Are you up to speed on the latest books, plays and movies? Take our quiz to test yourself. 1 Which artist was named this year’s most-streamed artist by Spotify? a. Drake b. Taylor Swift c. Beyoncé d. Bad Bunny 2 Which Canadian author was on this…
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Spanish Club Visits Chicago
Northern Michigan University’s Spanish Club took a recent trip to Chicago, where students visited the National Museums of Mexican Art and of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture. “The Chicago trip was awesome,” said student Laney Pestrue. “It was a great bonding experience for everyone involved, and I really enjoyed the opportunity to be immersed in Hispanic…
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Remembering Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023)
Elliott Erwitt was born Elio Romano Ervitz to Russian-Jewish parents in Paris in 1928. He spent his childhood in Milan, and emigrated to the US in 1939 when fascism drove his family out of Italy. Erwitt was living with his father in Los Angeles when he began to take portraits of local people to make…
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Why Noel Night in Midtown Detroit is so special
The 49th annual Noel Night will return to Detroit’s Cultural Center and the Midtown district on Saturday, Dec. 2. A longstanding holiday tradition, the district-wide open house features participation from more than 100 institutions — including the Detroit Public Library, Detroit Institute of Arts, MOCAD, Michigan Science Center, College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University…
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Works & Process Announces Underground Uptown Dance Festival
New York, N.Y. – Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents the Underground Uptown Dance Festival, a festival of commissioned street and social dances taking place in the subterranean Frank Lloyd Wright-designed theater at the Guggenheim from January 10-16, 2024 and at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on January 12. Rare in the field of…
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LA3C: UNVEILING THE HEARTBEAT OF LA’S ARTS AND CULTURE — A BOOK OF MAGAZINE
BY IRVIN RIVERA & JESSE ZAPATERO LA3C (a.k.a. Los Angeles, the Capital of Creativity & Culture), Penske Media’s annual festival in celebration of Los Angeles’ rich culture and creativity, provided its participants with an unforgettable experience over three days. With a hyper-focus on music, food, and film, LA3C brings together a diverse community in Downtown…
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Arts journal Riddle Fence, walloped by inflation, warns its 50th issue could be its last
Riddle Fence’s executive director Elisabeth de Mariaffi says losing the literary magazine would be a major loss for the province. (Supplied/Elisabeth de Mariaffi) Newfoundland and Labrador arts and culture journal Riddle Fence just released its milestone 50th issue, but its executive director says without financial help, it might not make it to No. 51. Riddle Fence…
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Philanthropy Born of Luxury Goods Helps Fuel a Revival of Art in France
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, FRance. Photo by Wendy Paris. On a wet, cold Saturday in late November, Parisians lined up on the slick, cobbled plaza outside the Fondation Louis Vuitton (FLV), gripping umbrellas against the wind. The shiny, Frank Gehry-designed museum rose in the rain on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, the city’s…
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Galveston celebrates 50 years of “Dickens on the Strand”
Galveston Historical Foundation Galveston’s Victorian-themed street festival, Dickens on the Strand Listen Audio Embed Popup To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: Galveston’s annual Dickens on the Strand, a Victorian-themed holiday street festival, takes place this weekend. It’s also celebrating its 50th anniversary (and was, in fact, recognized for…