Tracy Lawrence shared a word of advice to aspiring artists and songwriters planning to pursue a career in Nashville, Tennessee. The legendary singer-songwriter and producer recently caught up with brothers and podcast hosts Dan and Reid Isbell on an episode of God’s Country. When asked about the advice he would give to up-and-coming performers and
Crowds and artists praise the 2024 ERJ | Vincennes PBS | 1200 North Second Street, Vincennes, IN 47591 About two hundred people braved the heat this past weekend heat to attend the Electric River Jam. The 4th annual event at the French Commons was held on Saturday with several new bands
July is often a slow month in the Sarasota area arts scene, but it has turned out to be a busy one this year, with several new stage productions, two theaters giving a test drive to new works with staged readings, art exhibits and a lot of improv comedy with the return of the Sarasota
ExploreDayton digital media artist Tess Cortés uses technology to explore personal history Photographer Andy Snow is showing “Time Bends, Space Blends,” a fascinating look at the ways area cities and towns have changed in the years since the devastating 1913 flood. Artist Tess Cortés has created “Vanishing Point,” two videos that incorporate family movies, photos
In her illuminating book Archive of Feelings (2003), feminist and queer scholar Ann Cvetkovich observes how: “The act of archiving personal and collective memories can serve as a form of activism, a way to resist erasure and claim visibility for marginalized experiences.” 20 years on from the publication of this seminal work in the field
The Chicago High School for the Arts, or ChiArts, thrives in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. ChiArts’ Class of 2024 graduates face bright futures. They will study engineering, sculpture, sociology, jazz, premed, poetry and more. This range of opportunity exists only because the students who attend ChiArts have access to a robust academic and arts education.
The artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen sat down in the lobby of a hotel in Chelsea one recent Saturday evening. He was wearing a double-breasted cotton jacket, indigo jeans, and unscuffed leather shoes. As usual, he was in heavy-rimmed spectacles with rounded edges, like Yves Saint Laurent’s. It was McQueen’s last evening in New York,
Doug Aitken, the acclaimed American multidisciplinary artist at the forefront of contemporary art, is set to debut his first exhibition in Türkiye at Borusan Contemporary this September. Known for his boundary-pushing exploration of all forms of artistic expression since the 1990s, Aitken has garnered prestigious accolades such as the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the latest entry to Sega’s Like a Dragon series, sold over one million units worldwide within a week of its release, breaking the franchise’s past records. But the grander the scale of a title, the easier it is for the individual efforts behind it to go unnoticed. That’s why we
Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj (Images via Getty Images) Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj won Best Male and Female Hip-Hop Artist awards, respectively, at the 2024 BET Awards, which took place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 30. Lamar was up against strong competitors, including 21 Savage, Burna Boy, Drake, Future, Gunna,