DULUTH — Alan Sparhawk and a band of Duluth musicians played a set Saturday at a music festival in the Netherlands, wowing one prominent critic with a set of “beautiful, obliterating new songs” written in grief for the late Mimi Parker. Damien, a Duluth band featuring Marc Gartman, from left, Owen Mahon, Cyrus Sparhawk and

Image from the Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center A series of 15th- and 16th-century papal edicts continues to shape policies that include land usage and mineral extraction across the globe and undergird notions of white supremacy and religious extremism. In 1823, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the edicts, in ruling that a 1763

Scott Organ, Vincent Terrell Durham, Benjamin V. Marshall and Melissa Toomey. UNION, N.J.: Premiere Stages at Kean University has selected four playwrights to receive development opportunities during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. These include one winner and one finalist in the theatre’s annual Premiere Play Festival, and two recipients of the Liberty Live Commission. Scott

LeMoyne Arts is starting early and taking a new approach to its annual Holiday Show this year, which has traditionally opened on Thanksgiving Day. Two sweet celebrations will be going on simultaneously at the venerable downtown location of Tallahassee’s vibrant LeMoyne Arts gallery starting Nov. 18. First, the finale of the LeMoyne’s Diamond Jubilee, commemorating

With visitor numbers increasing, is it time to pull the plug on Bath? The UNESCO World Heritage City of Bath in Somerset, England, attracts six million visitors every year. The Roman Baths are an obvious draw, along with the Abbey and the Pump Room, and more modern attractions like the Thermae Baths and the Jane

Two members of the finding committee for Documenta 16, RANJIT HOSKOTE (left) and BRACHA L. ETTINGER (right). Arts and cultural institutions in Europe and North America face increasing pressure from governments and stakeholders to restrict or limit displays of support for the Palestinian struggle. The violence in Israel, Gaza, and the occupied territories has in

The Munson Museum of Art loaned two of Mark Rothko’s paintings to a retrospective exhibition at the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The show will run through April 24. The two works – “Untitled: Abstraction Number 11” and “Number 18” – showcase the moment Rothko surrendered his early experiments in surrealism to the abstract rectangular

Creative Europe Desk Ireland is inviting applications for its European Platforms for Promotion of Emerging Artists fund with a deadline of 31 January 2024 at 4 pm Irish time. This call aims to enhance the international visibility and circulation of emerging European artists’ works, focusing on improving cultural events’ access and audience development. The funding supports

This week the Council of the European Union made an announcement. “With a view to ensuring a trusted and secure digital identity for all Europeans, the Council presidency and European Parliament representatives reached today a provisional agreement on a new framework for a European digital identity (eID).” The proposed new framework would also require member

Construction has officially started on a massive $1.7m art gallery and cafe extension north of Brisbane, along with $400,000 of infrastructure upgrades to support the southern hemisphere’s largest medieval festival – attracting 25,000 knights and maidens every year. As part of the 2022-23 State Budget, the State Government committed $2.1 million to the Caboolture Abbey