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What’s going on with Excelsior’s future Arts and Culture Center?
Currently the Excelsior City Council is operating out of 106 Center Street to host its council meetings, but in the future, the Arts and Culture Center will make the space home. The present former church building at 106 Center Street in Excelsior. (Submitted photo) Council approved this direction in April 2023 after hearing two adaptive…
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A new ‘Cyrano’ at Pasadena Playhouse, and PST Art gets rolling: L.A. Arts and culture this week
One of the great gifts of being an artist — or an arts writer — is looking at the world through the fascinating prism of your vocation. Finding the art in everyday occurrences. In college in Boston I once wept at the sight of an old woman’s hand gripping the subway pole beside me. Something…
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BBX Capital Foundation to Launch $200,000 2024 Art and Culture Grant Initiative
Existing user? Just click login. As part of its ongoing mission to support the arts, education, and human services, and in response to ongoing reductions in art and culture funding, the BBX Capital Foundation is launching a $200,000 2024 Art and Culture Grant Initiative directed to South Florida nonprofit organizations that help advance arts and…
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5 kid-friendly arts and culture events in San Diego this fall
Black Family Empowerment Day The event celebrates Black art, culture and community, offering a space for families to engage in discussions about heritage and future growth. Attendees can enjoy live music, entertainment and access important resources like health workshops and local vendors. It’s an opportunity for families to come together, celebrate cultural roots and strengthen…
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Tucson’s ‘Somos Uno’ initiative unveils first State of Culture report
After years in the making, Mayor Regina Romero’s idea of a cultural heritage strategy is beginning to bear some fruit after the release of its first major report. Somos Uno is a cultural preservation initiative that is working to better amplify the arts and history that make Tucson the old pueblo that is it. Romero…
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Nippon Kobo Introduces the Bay Area to Contemporary Japanese Culture
Haruka Fujii, second from right, in a performance presented by Nippon Kobo earlier this year Tech entrepreneurs aren’t the only self-starters drawn to the San Francisco Bay Area. In the cultural sphere, artists like Haruka Fujii are taking matters into their own hands when they see creative realms that should be getting far more exposure.…
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NASA JPL Scientists, Engineers Collaborate With Artists for Exhibition
The universe is vast and filled with countless worlds, but a new exhibit at the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, California, aims to shrink time and space. For “Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination,” artists collaborated with scientists and engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to create cross-disciplinary works that help illuminate the…
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The vindication of a German painter dimmed by Hitler’s praise
How to respond to a world racked by war, in an age of lies, intrigues, and fading faith? The answer may lie in the art of a man named Caspar David Friedrich, born 250 years ago this month. This German painter, who captured the sublime beauty of God through nature, might have a lesson or…
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How to Watch ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ at Home
Break out your best black and white stripes and get ready for a seance, because Beetlejuice is back. The infamous poltergeist, who was first unleashed upon the world 36 years ago in Tim Burton’s 1988 film of the same name, is in theaters once again for the long-awaited sequel to the cult classic. Reprising his…
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Binge-Watched ‘A Discovery of Witches’? Diana and Matthew’s Story Continues in a New Book
Now that A Discovery of Witches is on Netflix, viewers worldwide are falling for the love story of witch Diana Bishop and vampire Matthew Clairmont. The drama is based on Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy, and each season is drawn from the first three books. Since the show concluded, however, fans have been clamoring for…
