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Cultural Council Grants

Canton Citizen - Massachusetts · August 16, 2025

By Guest Canton Cultural Council grant recipient Rick Hamelin, aka the “Pied Potter,” gives a demonstration at the Canton Heritage Festival held this spring at the Revere Heritage Site. The Canton Cultural Council, a participating member of the...

THE LORD OF THE RINGS Poster Art "The Legend Comes To Life" By Artist Stephen Andrade

GeekTyrant - California · August 16, 2025

Hero Complex Gallery teamed up with artist Stephen Andrade to create this beautiful poster art for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. This poster debuted at Comic-Con, and I loved it so much, I went ahead and bought...

LPA art troupe joins art exchange with Air Division 372

People's Army Newspaper ·

The Lao military art troupe was led by Colonel Saysana SaLermsack, Deputy Chief of the Department of Political Education and Information, the General Department of Political Affairs of the Lao People’s Army. Speaking at the art exchange, Senior...

PM attends special art program in Hanoi

People's Army Newspaper ·

The event was organized by the Hanoi Municipal Department of Culture and Sports at August Revolution Square. In his opening remarks, Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh stated that under the leadership of the Communist...

Ybor City Saturday market soon to celebrate 25 years of community and culture

WFTS Tampa Bay - Florida · August 16, 2025

YBOR CITY, Fla. — The Ybor City Saturday Market at Centennial Park will soon be celebrating 25 years of bringing the community together. WATCH: Ybor City Saturday market soon to celebrate 25 years of community and culture Ybor City Saturday market...

Tour guides accused of undermining Arts Centre businesses

Graphic · August 16, 2025

Vendors of artefacts at the Arts Centre in Accra are at odds with some tour guides, accusing them of encroaching on their trade. They claim business has declined because some tour guides are now doubling as artefact sellers. Instead of bringing...

Kuwaiti play ‘King of Stage’ explores artist’s struggle

Kuwait Times · August 16, 2025

KUWAIT: The play “King of the Stage” was restaged at Souq Sharq Theater, telling the story of an artist struggling against marginalization while trying to make his mark in the Kuwaiti art scene. Written and directed by Abdulaziz Safar, the...

Fixing society begins at home — Remita Board Chair, Ifeoma Idigbe

Punch · August 16, 2025

Ifeoma Idigbe is the Chairman of Remita Payment Systems Limited and a board member at SunTrust Bank Nigeria Limited and DOII Designs Limited. A former Acting Managing Director at the Benin–Owena River Basin Development Authority under the Federal...

Thousands Enjoyed Culture & Heritage At The 23rd Annual Puerto Rican and Hispanic Day Parade [PHOTOS]

93.7 WBLK - New York · August 16, 2025

If you were to go around Western New York and ask, it is more than likely that just about every person you talk to would agree that 2025 has been one of the best summers we've had in the region in a very long time. From the amazing weather we've...

Two artists explore ancestry and memory in dual Jamestown Arts Center exhibitions

What's Up Newp - Rhode Island · August 16, 2025

JAMESTOWN, R.I. — Two solo exhibitions opening Sept. 12 at the Jamestown Arts Center will examine themes of ancestry, cultural memory and perseverance through distinctly different artistic lenses. Pittsburgh-based artist DS Kinsel’s “Bohemian...

Building a brand rooted in culture, craft and community

The Manila Times · August 16, 2025

Artisanat Handmade began as an idea born out of an unexpected pause. Co-founders Chelsea Tuason and Rica Borja found themselves with time to spare — Chelsea was waiting for her family restaurant to reopen, and Rica was on a break from teaching....

ARTS AND HUMANITIES: Aiken featured in the literature of the Gilded Age

The Post & Courier - South Carolina · August 16, 2025

When readers meet her at the beginning of the novel, Lily is 29-years-old and conscious of the fact that spinsterhood is just around the corner if she doesn’t make a concerted effort to find a suitable mate. Maintenance of her place in the upper...

Redlands Bowl summer festival finale fetes music and art from iconic films

The Press-Enterprise - California · August 16, 2025

Fans of film, art and music cheered as the Redlands Bowl wrapped its 102nd Summer Music Festival Friday, Aug. 15. The festival finale featured a musical feast for movie lovers, followed by fireworks. Film music producer Robert Townson presented...

PNCA marks I-Day with cultural showcase

The Express Tribune · August 16, 2025

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), in collaboration with the Pakistan Cultural Forum and the Directorate of Ideology of Pakistan, hosted a grand Independence Day celebration, showcasing the country's rich cultural...

Reel People: Meet some of the New Orleanians using social media to support the city's culture

Gambit - Louisiana ·

We like to think that back before computers and the internet, everybody lived in “the real world.” It’s an idealized world, especially for Gen Xers who love to wax poetic for anybody born after 1980 about how great the world was back then, which...

Cultural Tourism is economic mainstay for Mason County

Shoreline Media - Michigan ·

LUDINGTON —When you vacation, do you visit a museum, take in a concert, or spend time enjoying a cultural space? That’s what many visitors to Ludington do and these activities are an important part of Mason County’s economy. A three-year research...

Fiddlesticks Fiber Arts to offer 'Fiber Flick' movie event Aug. 23

The Bemidji Pioneer - Minnesota · August 16, 2025

BEMIDJI — Fiddlesticks Fiber Arts will hold a "Fiber Flick" movie event at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Bemidji Movie Theater, 5284 Theater Lane NW. Fiber Flick is a community event designed for knitters, crocheters, stitchers and fiber...

TALK OF THE TOWN: The party's over for society darling Lady Sabrina Percy and her pizza heir husband Phineas Page

Daily Mail · August 16, 2025

Their's was a high-society wedding to remember. But despite the glamour and promises of eternal happiness, I regret to reveal that Sabrina Percy and Phineas Page, heir to pizza chain Franco Manca, have filed for divorce after nearly four years of...

Cultural treasures at Kjarvalsstaðir survive basement flooding

Iceland Monitor · August 16, 2025

Heavy rain in the capital area yesterday caused water to flood into the basement of Kjarvalsstaðir, where the Reykjavík Art Museum stores part of its collection. According to Ólöf Kristín Sigurðardóttir, director of the Reykjavík Art Museum, the...

Amateur Artists Movement: Gratitude Beyond Applause

Periódico 26 ·

Mercedes Arias Visbal is over 70 years old, but that does not stop the majestic flow of her voice. Knowing that dreams have no age, she has approached the Tomasa Varona Cultural Center, the Raíces de San José project, and has even sung a few times...