Art can take many forms but for one dance group in Lake Worth Beach, they’re teaching their members and the community all about African culture through the beat of drums and traditional African dances. “Dance is art, it’s movement, it’s a different form of expression,” said Khinuu Nefer CEO/founder of […]
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Good morning, and welcome to the U-T Arts & Culture Newsletter. I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. Next March, San Diego Dance Theater will celebrate its 50th anniversary. In the meantime, the company founded by SDSU […]
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) and DUMBO Improvement District (Dumbo) today announced that Brooklyn-based social enterprise and creative house Brooklyn Brujeria is presenting the Shine Shrine Intention Walk at sites throughout Dumbo and Downtown Brooklyn from August 19 to September 18. To activate the first Shine Shrine, Brooklyn Brujeria is hosting […]
This summer, the Berkshires arts season features outdoor theater, dance and thought-provoking exhibitions at local museums. Relishing the chance to get away from the city, arts and culture writers Ed Siegel and Jacquinn Sinclair spent some time in the mountains to experience the rebirth of the local arts scene. Here […]
Countries around the world are both reassessing society through the lens of diversity, inclusion and equity, and are working to slow and end the pandemic of COVID-19. Arts and culture that address who we are at this moment can be a vital part of both change and recovery, and the […]
Century-old art forms and a story of healing are at the center of Turtle Bay Exploration Park’s latest exhibit, and a meaningful addition to the park’s summer program highlighting Native American culture. “The Jingle Dress,” an exhibit of elaborate ceremonial garments made by the women who dance while wearing them, is on display at the park’s […]
ELK GROVE, Calif. — Few cultures rely on the art of dance to influence their young as much as the Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga. Several times a week Catherin Ofa Mann, or Ofa as she is known, held traditional pacific islander dance lessons for the community. Unfortunately, on Monday, […]
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, New Jersey — At the Woorigarak Korean Cultural Art Center, in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, a group of Second-generation Korean Americans preserves the beauty of Korea’s culture through dance. Wearing the traditional and brightly colored hanboks, the Korean traditional dress, a group of dancers performs the Buchaechum, a […]
Floating into February on a misty cloud, Eugene-Springfield’s arts and culture scene brings a number of streaming and live exhibitions and performances to soak up that creative urge. For a full listing of goings-ons, visit registerguard.com/events. ‘Online Jazz Dance Party,’ Track Town Swing Track Town Swing brings the grooves back to Eugene […]