Over the past 60 years, we’ve sent robots, cocky test-pilots and even a geologist to the moon. Now it’s the artists’ turn. Starting Sunday, a dancer, a poet, a writer and a textile artist from the University of Arizona will spend six days making art on the lunar surface — a simulated version of it, anyway,

Shafaq News/ Behind the curtains of captivating performances and the glitz of fame, a poignant struggle resonates through the hearts of the individuals who bring magic to the stage. Iraqi artists, often the unsung heroes of the nation’s cultural narrative, suffer profound financial hardships and a shifting landscape that threatens to overshadow their craft. Shafaq

Akira Toriyama, a Japanese manga artist and creator of the influential Dragon Ball franchise, has died. He was 68. Toriyama’s death was confirmed on Friday by his manga and design production studio, Bird Studio, and Capsule Corporation Tokyo. The studio said Toriyama died on March 1 due to acute subdural hematoma, a condition where blood

It makes perfect sense that Nona Faustine’s introduction to professional photography was through photojournalism. While her photographs are always premeditated and posed, their primary intent is to calcify a particular moment in time to ensure that she — and we — never forget it. Her photo series “White Shoes,” her most historically anchored project, is

The Dallas County Museum in Fordyce is hosting a gallery talk, “Ancient Caddo Artists and Their Descendants,” led by Dr. Mary Beth Trubitt, at 11 a.m. Friday, March 15 at the museum, 221 N. Main Street. Dr. Trubitt will present pottery and other artifacts in the Native American exhibits at the museum while discussing the

SXSW Ask three different people what they think gentrification is, and you might get three different answers in return. The term, which refers to the economic development of a low-income area that ultimately displaces the neighborhood’s current residents, is culturally ubiquitous but rarely understood. Because of its prevalence, the more broad definition of gentrification has

Visitors mingle at the opening of the “Emergence” art show at the Bottlebrush Gallery in Harmony on Friday night, March 8. William Pitts/Butler Eagle HARMONY — More than 60 pieces of art from more than 30 artists were on display for the first time at the opening of the Cranberry Artist Network’s “Emergence” art show

Tiger Rock Martial Arts is hosting its very own Southeast Texas taekwondo district championships Friday and Saturday. BEAUMONT, Texas — Young athletes of Southeast Texas are getting the chance to compete in a taekwondo tournament at Parkdale Mall. Tiger Rock Martial Arts is hosting its very own Southeast Texas taekwondo district championships Friday and Saturday.