The Weeknd is set to take the stage at the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show — and we’re ready to be blinded by the lights! After a year of hit singles and epic awards show performances, the R&B superstar is bringing his cinematic After Hours era to music’s biggest stage. He’s sure […]
Month: January 2021
North Carolina Theatre Announces Three New Positions
North Carolina Theatre has announced three new positions starting this spring, filled in preparation for live performance and the start of digital streaming in its 2021-22 season. “We are proud to place a beacon of hope before our community by announcing these fantastic and talented artists and administrators working with […]
St. Johns County supports Art in Public Spaces expansion
Arts and culture make for a vibrant community for local residents and visitors alike and that’s why Christina Parrish Stone, executive director of the St. Johns Cultural Council, sees expansion of the Art in Public Spaces program as a coup. County commissioners on Jan. 21 approved Stone’s proposal to increase funding for […]
Design agency Handsome rebrands itself in the face of an industry that’s ‘lost sight of art, emotion, and feeling’
Austin, Texas-based branding and experience design agency Handsome has unveiled a new visual identity which it describes as a “fresh, future-facing approach to human-centred design”. Handsome focuses on creating brands, services, and products for “the future of the human experience” using a “holistic approach”, it says, working across numerous platforms […]
VFW Auxiliary to host two art contests
The VFW Auxiliary will host two upcoming art contests: “Illustrating America” and “Young America Patriotic Art.” These are art contests that encourage students to show and highlight their ideas about America. “Illustrating America” is open to all students in Massachusetts, including home-schooled students, in grades one through eight. It will […]
Season 1 of MUSICALS WITH IMPACT Podcast Now Streaming
The inaugural season of Musicals With Impact, hosted by Spencer Williams, launched on all major podcast streaming platforms on Wednesday, January 8th, 2021. Produced by Fashion Consort, and part of the FC Podcasts network, Musicals With Impact celebrates new, culture-shifting musicals and gives a much-needed voice to their creators as […]
Seattle’s tallest public art combines old and new
The art piece “Transforest” towers above South Lake Union. SEATTLE — EDITOR’S NOTE: This segment originally aired in May 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Space Needle’s got company. The sleek, modern Denny Substation looks like a spaceship that just landed in South Lake Union. So any art that […]
What’s ahead for Bay Area arts, entertainment
It’s customary in January to savor in advance all the wonderful art and entertainment we’ll be watching, listening to and interacting with during the coming year. That’s true even when the crystal ball offers a view that is foggy at best. Let’s face it. What fans really want to know […]
West Springfield teen’s art shown in Washington for President Joe Biden’s inauguration
WEST SPRINGFIELD — While the biggest spotlight was on President Joe Biden during his inauguration, a West Springfield teenager’s artwork also shone brightly in Washington, D.C., last week. Eduardo Miranda, 17, was one of 34 teen artists who had their work projected nightly, Jan. 15-19, on the facade of the […]
Kourtney Kardashian and Blink-182’s Travis Barker Are Dating?!
Image: L: Dimitrios Kambouris, R: Gregg DeGuire (Getty Images) Over the weekend, news broke that Kourtney Kardashian, the meanest and most organic of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, went to Palm Springs with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, once again drumming up (sorry) rumors that the pair could be dating. On Sunday night, […]