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Monmouthshire horror author celebrated at exhibition
The ABERGAVENNY Museum celebrates the works of a Monmouthshire author best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy and horror fiction.
This exhibition features works by Jon Langford, Pete Williams and John…
Abergavenny Museum hosts exhibition by local author Arthur Machen
Abergavenny Museum is hosting some impressive works by Welsh artists this year, all inspired by Monmouthshire's own Arthur Machen, best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy and horror fiction.
This exhibition features works by…
6 Decades Before Jackie Robinson, This Man Broke Baseball’s Color Barrier
Sixty-three years before Jackie Robinson became the first African-American in the modern era to play in a Major League Baseball game, Moses Fleetwood Walker made his league debut on May 1, 1884 with the Toledo Blue Stockings. in a 5-1 loss!-->…
Dig This: Straight Along the Shore at the Boston Center for the Arts
April 26, 2022 It's a truly spectacular season for the arts, and high on our to-do list is Rights along the shore, which "considers the sociopolitical, economic, and intersectional contours that continue to realign Boston in the wake of…
The 23rd Milan Triennale International Exhibition Announces Dates and Participating Architects
The 23rd Milan Triennale International Exhibition Announces Dates and Participating Architects
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Events in Stowe and Burlington to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day — Waterbury Roundabout
Events in Stowe and Burlington next week will observe Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe along with the Greater Stowe Interfaith Coalition, the Stowe Jewish Film Festival and the Vermont Holocaust Memorial will…
New roundup of online resources – News
One of the joys of working with scholarly communications and open access materials is seeing how our colleagues around the world have embraced the movement and how their work can benefit our users. With the end of the semester, we…
Canton Museum of Art Announces WITNESS TO WARTIME Exhibition Lecture Series
The Canton Museum of Art announces a free lecture series as part of its spring exhibition, Witness to Wartime: The Painted Diary of Takuichii Fujii beginning Sunday, May 1, 2022. This three-part lecture series will provide three…
Arts festival organizers call for artists to exhibit
The committee met recently to dot the i's and crosses on the upcoming arts festivalThe exhibition, part of the Church Stretton Arts Festival, is open to amateur and professional artists living within 30 miles of Church Stretton.There is no…
Bethel Firefighters to Host Easter Flower Sale and Other Community Highlights
The annual Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Company Easter Flower Sale returns this week to help raise money for the agency's EMS program.
Flowers will be sold at the Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Company headquarters, 59 Stony Hill Road,…
Artist Edward Gorey’s Love of Ballet at Center of Cape Cod Museum Exhibit
The Edward Gorey House opens its 2022 season on April 7 with a featured exhibition on one of the artist-author-designer's favorite pastimes - and the truth behind an urban myth.“Doing the Steps: Edward Gorey and the Dance of Art” pays…
Something for Everyone at Arbor Gallery in April
Spring is in the air and things are moving at Arbor Gallery, with the presentation of an exhibition, a storytelling evening, a concert and a giant art sale.
Saturday April 23 – Conversation with Tom Cooper, author
On April 23,…
Mister Gary from Them Yo People! earned her crown by being So St. Louis | Art Stories and…
Click to enlarge Mr. Gary at the 2022 St. Louis Mayor's Mardi Gras Ball. As host of They, people! Local TV star Gary Boyd is the underground king of St. Louis. Better known as "Mister Gary," Boyd has hosted the show…
Emerging Curators Institute Announces New Cohort – Twin Cities Arts Reader
A collage showing the 2022-2023 Emerging Curators Institute Fellows.
The Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) has announced the recipients of its latest cohort of Early Career Fellowships. Recipients receive extensive research…
An artist delves into the mysteries of an author’s life in a Llangoed mansion
Julie Mayer at Plas Bodfa, discovering the life of a former resident of the house
Written byJulie MayerThis week we chat with artist Julie Mayer, 53, from Southampton, whose work is one of many creative!--kg-card-end:>!--kg-card-begin:>…
The Bookseller – News – Authors speak out against China as host of WorldCon 2023
More than 100 authors have signed an open letter calling for the revocation of the decision to let China host WordCon 2023 "in protest against the serious and ongoing human rights abuses occurring in the Uyghur region of China."
Key…
Five things to do this weekend — March 11-13
Memphis Theater, 630 Perkins ext.
Performances until March 27
Nothing better than starting Friday night with a hot little gossip, and my God, La Cage aux Folles is ready with some draaaama. I set the scene: Georges and Albin have…
The Grimani of Venice share their treasures again
VENICE - Visitors to this city have plenty of opportunities to explore the tastes of visionary, deep-pocketed collectors like Peggy Guggenheim, whose Grand Canal Palace is a treasure chest of 20th-century American and European art, or…
Next step, Sylvia Plath! Why it’s time to redesign the London Underground map |…
OWhen I was a baby feminist, I argued with friends that public space was political. I had been radicalized by my teenage years, sick to the teeth of street harassment from men who seemed to think the streets were theirs to roam freely,…
Opening of the Dominick Lombardi retrospective at the Dowd Gallery
03/04/2022 Cyborgs. Post apocalyptic tattoos. The street kids.
Over his 45-year career, D. Dominick Lombardi, visual artist, writer and curator, has been…
ALL honors Kerouac for 100 years with exhibitions, events – Lowell Sun
Had he lived, Jack Kerouac would have turned 100 on March 12.
He unfortunately died young. But Kerouac - famous author, icon of the Beat Generation, native son of Lowell - lives in his novels, his poetry, his interpretations of jazz and…
Life Between Islands at Tate Britain by Faith Cunningham Bancroft’s
Making the most of my Tate Collective rate of five pounds for 16-25 (I know, unbelievable!), I decided to go up to Pimlico to see this exhibit. It celebrates the relationship between the Caribbean and Britain in art from the…
Philly Home & Garden Show comes to Oaks
The popular Philly Home & Garden Show returns to the area on Friday, and it's your last chance to catch an art show in New Hope.These are just a few of the events taking place in Bucks County and beyond this weekend.Opening of the Harry…
Kershaw show, Massillon art, Third Coast Percussion
Sammy Kershaw and Collin RayeCountry music artists Sammy Kershaw and Collin Raye will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University in Tuscarawas. Tickets cost $48.50 and $78.50 and can be purchased…
Tomás Saraceno: Tracking the Aerial Life of Spiders
The Shed has pulled out all the stops for multi-tasker Tomás Saraceno - a visionary Argentine artist and environmentalist celebrity who ranks among the world's biggest spider-whisperers - giving him management of three of his four public…
The Ebony Test Kitchen, Where Black Cooking Was Celebrated, Is Reborn
When Charlotte Lyons first walked into Ebony's Chicago test kitchen after becoming the magazine's editor in 1985, a thought crossed her mind: "Whoa!"Here, amid psychedelic waves of orange, green and purple swirling along the walls, the…
Westerville Art Hop calls for artists
Artists interested in being part of the 2022 Westerville Art Hop are encouraged to apply by March 7. The Art Hop, scheduled for April 9, will involve more than 30 stores, businesses and galleries in and around the Uptown area. Artists…
Collective Ending presents Lewis Brander & Sonya Derviz First Light
Sonya Derviz Wise Young Girl Oil on canvas 200 x 220cm. Courtesy of the artist and Collective EndingFirst Light is a two-person exhibition of paintings by Lewis Brander and Sonya Derviz, 2018 graduate students of Goldsmiths and the Slade…
Louise Bourgeois: vision of the safe uterus
Louise Bourgeois is a myth maker and storyteller. A chronicler of the self who has used her life to create stories that speak to female desire and the body, memory and repressed trauma.
Oh what a tangled web we weave When we first…
Gujarat Week Ahead: Gujarati Play “United States of Pada ni Pol”; water conservation session
Treewalk organizes a session on simple gestures for better water conservation
About the event: Ahmedabad gets enough rain every year, but the groundwater is steadily decreasing every year. Treewalk will share simple and achievable actions…
Hill Top will reopen on the same date as the Beatrix Potter exhibition at the V&A
Beatrix Potter's Lake District home, Hill Top, is preparing to open on February 12 for the 2022 season.
After spending the winter cleaning the farmhouse and tending to the items in their care, staff at the National…
Best bets: a quick guide to online and in-person entertainment and experiences
the La Jolla Light presents this ongoing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet, as well as local in-person events.Conferences and learning
• The non-profit association WIFE.org present "Second Saturday" at 9…
Reconstructing Australia’s Photographic Memories
By Jacqueline Trewin Noosa Councilor Karen Finzel will unveil the second photographic exhibition at Max Galleria, featuring an international book launch by acclaimed Brisbane-based writer-photographer Matt Bushell.
The…
The exhibition center presents 2022 flagship events and new programs
Ag Expo
From March 2-4, Ag-Expo presented by Farm Credit Canada and the North American Seed Fair presented by FortisAlberta will invite the agricultural industry and the regional community of growers, growers!-->!-->!-->…
Keith Piper’s Jet Black Future
In 'Jet Black Futures' at New Art Gallery Walsall, Keith Piper exhibits works that articulate narratives of race, myth, prophecy and science fiction to explore recurring tropes used to portray the near future…
Kinsey African American Art Collection, one of the hidden gems of Super Bowl 56
The award-winning Kinsey Collection of African American Art and History is on display inside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, kicking off the celebration of Black History Month on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The collection is one of the world's…
Challenging the canons of Chinese art
Seven Chinese artists will take part in the Malaga exhibition. / ONNew Oriental Art Exhibit Aims to Deepen Rando's Idea of Creative Freedom The Jorge Rando Museum in Malaga is currently hosting an exhibition of works by!-->!-->!-->!-->…
A dollhouse you could call home
Commissioned in 1916 by Carrie Stettheimer - a wealthy New Yorker who ran fashionable salons with her mother, Rosetta, and her sisters Ettie, an author, and Florine, a well-known painter - the house is 28 inches high, two - 12-bedroom…
Katoomba High’s Ivy Riddle was included in this year’s ARTEXPRESS exhibition | Blue…
The work of a Katoomba High student has been selected to feature in the prestigious ARTEXPRESS 2022 exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney. +2MORE GALLERIESIvy Riddle In the passes, a video work, was selected from 43 entries among…
Stunning Photo of Girl Dancing in Light Beams Wins Global SinoPhoto Award
The Global SinoPhoto Awards, now in its second year, aims to convey Chinese stories through photography. It welcomes professional and amateur photographers from all over the world, regardless of location, origin and nationality – and…
The update | Author publishes “The Hidden History of Youngstown”; Jewish Food Festival…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - "Hidden History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley," the third book in Sean T. Posey's Youngstown-Mahoning Valley trilogy, takes readers through the history of area landmarks and unearths stories forgotten in…
A cleaner society starts with us
January 14, 2022
LUMBERTON — The NC Cooperative Extension Robeson County Center has scheduled several classes for the months of January and February ranging from crop…
What’s happening around Bathurst? | western avocado
news, local news, This exhibition by local artist Julian Woods investigates the nature of death and how all humans are mortal and "cut from the same cloth". Titled For dust you are and to dust you will return, it features a series of…
Phillips launches fiduciary services to help clients navigate the art market
Phillips started a branch of fiduciary services.…
New exhibit brings together maps from ‘Lord of the Rings’, ‘Game of Thrones’…
Even writers creating elaborate fictional landscapes sometimes need direction. This is clear in "Mapping of fiction“, a new exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in California, which examines how…
The Startling Art Exhibit at Q Station From a Submerged Cave
There is a piece of black yoga mat that has been pecked by birds. Birds that swallow marine plastics such as polystyrene are known to starve to death because they assuage their hunger without ingesting nutrients.As for the Victorian…
Do you like Peter Rabbit? Join the V&A’s new Beatrix Potter exhibition
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Do you like Peter Rabbit? Join the V&A's new Beatrix Potter exhibition
A mohair, felt and glass soft toy of 'Jemima Puddle Duck', made by JK Farnell & Co Ltd, England, ca. 1925. Courtesy…
9 newly opened museums enriching the artistic and cultural scene
9 newly opened museums enriching the artistic and cultural scene© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Reinhard Friedrich
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Producer Dwayne Hickman, who played Dobie Gillis, has died
(AP) - Dwayne Hickman, the actor and director of network television who, despite many accomplishments throughout his life, will be remembered by a generation of baby boomers for his role as Dobie Gillis, is deceased. He was 87 years old.…
Proust, Baudelaire – major exhibitions show France’s eternal love for literary greats
Several famous French authors are at the heart of major exhibitions throughout 2022. From the 19th century writers Marcel Proust and Charles Baudelaire, to…
Danish Hans Christian Andersen museum gets a makeover | Life
Hans Christian Andersen House in Odense, Denmark. - Photo ETX Studio
COPENHAGEN, January 3 - Denmark pays homage to its most famous writer, Hans Christian Andersen, with a renovated museum that aims to immerse visitors in the…
Souvenir of Michel Strauss, impressionist supremo at Sotheby’s for four decades
When Michel Strauss joined the Impressionist and Modern Art Department at Sotheby's in London in the summer of 1961, the French esthete in his twenties could hardly know what central role he would play in creating a market in passionate and…
“Too Often You’re Bored”: How Roger Federer Was Different from Bjorn Borg and…
Renowned sports journalist Christopher Clarey, who is the New York Times tennis writer, recently published a book on Roger Federer titled “The Master: Roger Federer's Glittering Career”. The biography chronicles Federer's life taking help…
The government spent € 28,500 on four busts of John Hume “to promote the political interests…
THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS has spent over € 80,000 on artwork for its embassies, consulates and offices over the past two years, including four busts of the late SDLP leader John Hume and an oil…
Joseon’s first photographer: The DONG-A ILBO
“I saw my reflection on a little piece. My real self was engraved on rasaji, ”wrote Lee Hang-eok, a junior official who was in the entourage accompanying the Joseon delegation to the Qing dynasty. Lee laid eyes on photographs, a new…
Return to the home of Kinmen’s first national antiquity
Taipei, December 23 (CNA) The first nationally recognized Kinmen antiquity and the oldest privately held ancestral portrait were unboxed on Sunday ahead of an exhibition in January at the Kinmen History and Folklore Museum.The portrait of…
Arts Council for 2022
Despite nearly two years of disruption and intermittent COVID-19 restrictions, the Sunshine Coast Arts Council (SCAC) enters 2022 in good financial health and with an interesting lineup of exhibitions and with plans to expand and…
The New Museum will present Faith Ringgold’s first comprehensive retrospective in New York.
Faith Ringgold, Woman on a Bridge # 1 of 5: Tar Beach, 1988. Acrylic paint, canvas, printed fabric, ink and thread, 74 5/8 x 68 ½ in. (189.5 x 174 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Gift Mr. and Mrs. Gus and Judith Leiber,…
Around town: the “Skate with HBPD” event is scheduled for Wednesday
Huntington Beach Police Department officers and other officials will be on hand Wednesday for a "Skate with HBPD" event at the city's Winter Wonderland at Pier Plaza.HBPD officers will be at the rink between 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on…
Greek goddess in the spotlight at the opening of the exhibition
Head of a statue of Apollo, sports hero in the background
NIKE, the ancient Greek goddess of victory, was in the foreground when the exhibit “Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes” was unveiled to the media this morning…
Maggi Hambling opens her first solo exhibition in New York.
Marlborough will present Maggi Hambling in her long-awaited first exhibition in New York City. Hambling has been a prominent and controversial figure in the UK for over fifty years and here will present a significant body of work from the…
Director Perry Escaño in suspense
The sought-after blonde film actor-turned-director-producer Perry Escaño, and still full of sex appeal in his mid-30s, is undeniably on the hook this Christmas season.Escaño's most recent…
Things to do in the San Gabriel / Whittier Valley, December 9-16 – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Santa's Speedway Christmas Lights Drive-Thru is operating at Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale until January 2. Photo taken on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News / SCNG)
Things to do in the San…
9 gifts that bring Duke Spirit to your vacation
With the holiday shopping rush and the preparations underway, did you know that there are places on campus where you can purchase a gift for some of the people on your list?
The Nasher Museum of Art, Sarah P. Duke Gardens,…
Celebrate a phoenix from a house in Los Angeles
When Joyce Poulson was awakened by her fire alarm in the early morning hours of November 12, 2018, she saw no flames or the smell of smoke. She went upstairs to her butterfly-roofed house in Los Angeles's Silver Lake neighborhood to try to…
SleepOut at Eden project helps raise funds for homeless charities
Fundraisers spent the night on hard, cold ground outside Eden Project Biomes to raise funds and educate homeless charities.A total of 75 people took part in the SleepOut event to help raise thousands of pounds for…
Saudi Arabia to allow direct entry of all countries for one shot
DHAHRAN: For thousands of years, mosques have served as sacred ground for Muslims around the world. But there is more than meets the eye, with the Ithra Islamic Art Conference examining the deeper meaning and spiritual effects that…
Everything you need to know about Dubai Watch Week 2021
The fifth edition of Dubai Watch Week is underway. We tell you what to expect at this year's show.
What is Dubai Watch Week?Since its inception in 2015, Dubai Watch Week (DWW), under the successful leadership of…
The BFG in pictures visits the Babylon Gallery in Ely
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For those who are fans of Roald Dahl's books, an exhibition has kicked off in a gallery of Ely bringing one of his beloved characters to life.
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How African cultural institutions are paving the way for audience development
Over the past decade, a new wave of entrepreneurs has reinvigorated Africa's cultural landscape. These visionary entrepreneurs, who represent some of the continent's best talent in…
The future of the museum
That we broke their statues,that we drove them out of their temples,doesn't mean the gods are dead at all.
- IONIEN, Constantin Cavafy
I grew up in museums and love them, and so one of the hardest parts of the last year of Limbo and…
Yoshitomo Nara: Pinacoteca, a historic solo exhibition for London.
Yoshitomo Nara, STOP THE BOMBS, 2019 acrylic on wood, 58-7 / 8 ″ × 46-1 / 4 ″ × 3-1 / 16 ″ (149.5 cm × 117.5 cm × 7.8 cm) © Yoshitomo NaraPace Gallery is delighted to announce Yoshitomo Nara: Pinacoteca, a historic solo exhibition,…
Give your opinion on the future of Tarago, with a draft strategy on the exhibition | Goulburn Post
community, If you have any thoughts on Tarago's future, you have until February 11 to share them with the Goulburn Mulwaree Council. The future of Tarago is the subject of a draft village strategy, with an exposure period which has been…
Exhibition to show Kilmore Quay in the ‘rare oul times’
“Kilmore Quay Village In the Rare Oul 'Times” is the title of a fascinating photographic exhibition that will be…
Best Bets: A Quick Guide to Online and In-Person Fun and Experiences
The La Jolla Light features this continuing series of online activities to take on your computer or tablet, as well as local in-person events.Conferences & learning
• The non-profit Mended Hearts of San Diego presents "Cardiovascular…
Liz looks at life, love and grow old
Western Australian author Liz ByrskiWhen WA's beloved author Liz Byrski was a young girl growing up in Britain, her mother took her to the Brussels Exhibition, a special event that stuck in her mind. This, and the polio epidemic at the…
Long before Nemo there was a creature named Little Obelia
Romance was Born's Obelia swimsuit.Credit:Romance is born“May Gibbs goes from the bush to the sea, always with her message of community and conservation,” said Yvonne Brennan, a former marine scientist with Nutcote Trust.Exhibition curator…
The first physical exhibition of the Dubai collection opens this Saturday at the Etihad Museum
The exhibition includes works of art from the collections of 11 patrons of the Dubai Collection, providing a unique opportunity to engage with works that would generally not be available to the public.Launched tomorrow November 4, the…
China and UN build better future at CIIE
The 4th China International Import Expo will be held from November 5 to 10 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, east China on November 2, 2021. / China International Import Expo…
The “Access Delayed” exhibition presents works inspired by Afro-American suffragettes
When Barbara Brown Gathers first heard about the Access Delayed Quilt Project it was in February 2020 and she felt she just didn't have enough time to participate.Then the pandemic struck.
"Delayed Access: The Courageous…
My Wellington: What’s not to love in a city where people thank the bus driver?
KEVIN STENT / StuffLucy Corry at Innermost Community Garden, Mt Victoria, just a five minute walk from the hustle and bustle of Courtenay Place.Lucy Corry is the author of Homecooked - seasonal recipes for every day (Penguin Books). She…
The exhibition of Christos Chrysopoulos at the “Melina” Cultural Center
The personal exhibition of Christos Chrysopoulos, entitled "Autobiography", is presented by the Culture, Sports and Youth Organization of the Municipality of Athens (OPANDA) from October 12 to November 28, 2021 at the Cultural Center…
Juvenile sex crimes fugitive arrives in Miami-Dade after 10 years in hiding in the Dominican…
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Florida - A 54-year-old fugitive who was wanted for sexually abusing adolescents flew from the Dominican Republic to Miami-Dade County on Thursday after a decade on the run.Joan Humberto Marcelino faces charges in…
Confront Titian – The Bay State Banner
(clockwise from top right) Jomama Jones PHOTO: Courtesy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Toshi Reagon PHOTO: Flora Hanitijo, Helga Davis PHOTO: ISGM, Fabiola Jean-Louis PHOTO : Aundre Larrow, Claudia Rankine, PHOTO: Ricardo…
Vladimir Putin’s decreasing tolerance for art
At a recent contemporary art exhibition I attended in the town of Asbest in the Ural Mountains east of Moscow, locals were puzzled as to the significance of an installation. featuring a children's play area. The video explaining the…
CEATEC 2021 exhibition: focus on “Living with Corona” and decarbonisation
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The “CEATEC 2021” Computing and Advanced Digital Devices Fair kicked off on October 19, in an online format similar to last year.
Key themes for this year's exhibition include 'Living with Corona' and technology related to…
Ricky Jay Ephemera’s Magic Treasure Comes Up For Auction | News from USA®
By LEANNE ITALIE, AP Entertainment WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Conjurers, cheaters, con artists, hoaxes, pranksters, pranksters, postulants, suitors, showmen, armless calligraphers, mechanical wonders and popular entertainment.These are the…
Celebrate Halloween halfway through with an entertainment festival in Siamsa Tíre
Ooh… what was that scary sound? It's the sound of Halloween (otherwise known as the Celtic Samhain Festival) and it's…
Las Vegas Book Festival celebrates 20 years with a fascinating mix of in-person and online events
For its 20th anniversary, the Las Vegas Book Festival is back in force. Following a fully virtual event in 2020 due to COVID, this iteration will encompass the best of both worlds, with a main event at Fifth Street School and a variety of…