The City of Calgary is on the lookout for a developer who can help bring art and culture to the city centre while preserving the history of two vacant buildings. The historic Fire Hall No. 1 and the North-West Travellers buildings, located on the corner of First Street and Sixth Avenue S.E., have been sitting…

A big proposed increase in money for cultural arts and special events may mean more public movies, concerts and large-scale festivals and could push the city of Elgin into the billion-dollar arts and events market. The city’s 2024 Budget and Financial Plan calls for spending $3.8 million on public events — a 45.69% increase over…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga Arts and Culture earned scattered applause Wednesday when the public agency’s five-member board awarded $10.7 million in grants to arts organizations and community projects for 2024. But most of CAC’s nearly two-hour meeting at the downtown branch of the Cleveland Public Library was taken up by bitter arguments over how the…

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Todd (R-IN), and Dr. Alondra Nelson presented with FAS Public Service Awards;Alexa White received the inaugural FAS Policy Entrepreneurship award. Washington, DC – November 16, 2023 – Technology journalist Kara Swisher presided over the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) ceremony yesterday in Washington, D.C. to award the…

Cascadia Music in Okanogan County, Wash., features programs for performers of all experience levels and abilities. (Steve Mitchell Photo) The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving another $10 million to support arts and culture in Washington state, building on a gift of the same amount last year that ultimately benefitted 671 organizations. In partnership…

The City wants to breath new life into the Historic Fire Hall No. 1 and North-West Travellers buildings on the corner of 1 Street S.E. and 6 Avenue S.E. and reimagine the site as an arts and culture hub and iconic destination in the city centre. The City released an Expression of Interest in which…

Badger Prairie Needs Network (BPNN) will soon offer bilingual painting workshops for the public with the help of a “Dane Arts” grant from Dane County. On Thursday, Nov. 9, County Executive Joe Parisi, along with the Dane County Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, announced that dozens of local organizations promoting community arts, history and culture…

NEW YORK: New York-based critic and journalist Gloria Oladipo received the second annual Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism last weekend from the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) at its November 2023 conference in New York. ATCA created the award last year to honor their late colleague and to recognize United States theatre…

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend. L.O.V.E. Culture performing in the Cummer Gardens | Courtesy: Toni Smailagic, @cre8Jax Saturday  Cummer Garden Concert  Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens | Riverside  On Saturday, the typically tranquil Cummer gardens is the setting for a concert by the…

The Region 2 Arts Council board of directors awarded $173,502 in Arts and Cultural Heritage Funds to 10 organizations following a community panel review of 15 season/series arts support grant applications. According to a Nov. 14 press release, each awarded organization will offer two or more activities benefiting the people of Beltrami, Hubbard, Lake of…