The City of Oakland and Visit Oakland are excited to announce that 38 event sponsorships have been awarded as part of the Activate Oakland Event Sponsorship Program. Activate Oakland is a new program by the City of Oakland Economic and Workforce Development Department intended to activate public spaces and support community events in Oakland’s downtown…

From the appointment of Sheena Wagstaff as creative director of Frieze Masters to the resignation of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s long-time head Robert Battle, here are some of the most notable role changes recently announced across the arts and culture spheres. Mariët Westermann to become the Guggenheim’s new director Mariët Westermann will take on…

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank was founded in 1980. In the 43 years since its inception, over a thousand partnerships have been built with Pittsburgh-based organizations to ensure over 42 million meals can be served throughout the community each year. Pittsburgh-based rock band The Clarks started in 1986, so they can’t quite say they’ve…

Local arts organization River Arts Alliance (RAA) is holding a special celebration and fundraiser event, the Souper-Duper Pie Walk, for the first time this year. This fun evening on Friday, December 1, will include a soup supper, a pie auction, and a program honoring five local individuals as “Champions of the Arts.” Please join us…

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. I keep coming back to that phrase. It defines our current diet culture in which foods are constantly marketed as “free” or “low” or “reduced.” They’re “diet,” so they must support our goal to lose weight, right? What, exactly, is the catch, then? I’m old enough…

ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum presents the 18th Share the Wonder Celebration, sponsored by The Wyeth Foundation. The annual holiday celebration at the museum features art making, musical performances and other festive events for all ages. The Farnsworth Art Museum invites everyone to the month-long Share the Wonder Celebration and offers free admission for…

Dinée Dorame ’15, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, was a junior at Yale when the Native American Cultural Center (NACC) opened in its own building on High Street back in the fall of 2013. Before that, the center had been housed in several rooms on the third floor of the adjacent Asian American Cultural…

AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File Mick Jagger, left, Ronnie Wood, center, and Keith Richards, right, of the band The Rolling Stones, perform during the last concert of their “Sixty” European tour, Aug. 3, 2022, in Berlin, Germany. On Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, the legendary English band announced that they’re taking “Hackney Diamonds,” their first album of…