A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków Mirga-Tas was born in Zakopane as a member of Poland’s Bergitka (mountain) Roma community, one of the first Roma groups to settle in Poland and who have lived in the region for centuries. Łukasz Gągulski/PAP Acclaimed Polish-Romani artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas has been announced as a…

Singer/songwriter City: Carman, Manitoba Country of Origin: Morocco Named one of Variety’s “Artists to Watch for the 2022 Grammys,” Vogue’s “Style Stars Set to Make 2022 Exciting,” PEOPLE’s “Talented Emerging Artists Making Their Mark on the Musical Landscape,” and Entertainment Weekly’s “Artists to Watch in 2022,” Faouzia recently shared “RIP, Love (Acoustic Live),” a stripped-bare new version of her worldwide hit…

The Christmas Market in Old Town Tomball offers tons of vendors and German-themed fun | Courtesy of Tomball German Fest Create some holiday magic at the best kid-friendly things to do in and around Houston for December 2023. This month, take in dazzling holiday displays around town, experience the Victorian times, walk among the dinosaurs,…

Gloucester Stage Co. in the heart of the Rocky Neck Cultural District served Wednesday as the backdrop for the Massachusetts Cultural Council to announce $810,000 in awards to 54 state-designated cultural districts, including Rocky Neck and Harbortown in Gloucester, and Essex River in Essex. On hand in the theater Wednesday were state and local officials,…

Our theater writers Jesse Green and Elisabeth Vincentelli discuss two of the biggest hits of the fall theater season, both of them shows about the perils of making art with people you love. The new Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s “Merrily We Roll Along” revitalizes that famously flawed musical, while off Broadway…

The music streaming service released a new feature — Sound Towns — with its yearly summary of listener preferences and linked many people to an unexpected city. Do you listen to a lot of Noah Kahan? How about boygenius? Taylor Swift? Odie Leigh? Car Seat Headrest? Indigo Girls? Brandi Carlile? Well, it might be time…

Noah Maurer was in his early teens when his father, former Mia Minneapolis Institute of Art director Evan Maurer, brought the popular traveling exhibition “Star Wars: The Magic of the Myth,” to Minneapolis. Some questioned if this type of show was meant for a museum, to which then-curator Lotus Stack said the movie was “an…

This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O’Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up here to get it every Wednesday afternoon. Apartment dwellers know the sensation: mysterious sounds through the ceiling, floor or walls, made by people you don’t necessarily even know. Rowhouse denizens, in turn, might know their…

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Artist statement: “American Demagogues An Unbroken Succession” consists of 20 expressive brush drawings of individuals along with a biography focused on demagoguery. One person’s demagogue is another person’s hero. This project aims to make people aware that demagogues have always been in America, and many use the same tools to manipulate people. Most of the…