Arts Council of Temecula Valley's Visual Expressions Art Show opens Dec. 12
The Arts Council of Temecula Valley's Visual Expressions Art Show will open on Dec. 12. Original works by artists from Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties will be shown through Jan. 11 at the Gallery at the Merc, at 42051 Main St. in Temecula.

Advent of an arts tradition
The work of Gloucester painter Bruce Herman merges contemporary art with faith ? two terms not always used together. His newest work will be unveiled this week during the Advent Festival of the Arts at Gordon College in Wenham, where his exhibit celebrates the birth of Christ and honors his mother, Mary. Herman, a Gordon art professor for 24 years, plays a leading role in this expanded Advent ...

Ctix kicks bucket, but cheap seats still plentiful at Cleveland-area performing arts venues
James A. Ross Just when you'd think we need it most, Cleveland's central discount ticket vendor for performing arts events died Monday. The good new is, there are more tickets at more deeply discounted prices than when Ctix launched seven...

Councillor to move against Ottawa arts cuts after hundreds protest
An Ottawa councillor says he will move to take $4.1 million in arts and culture cuts off the table for the 2009 city budget, after hundreds of arts supporters turned out to protest the proposed cuts.

Inspired Acoustics Releases Palace of Arts Budapest Pipe Organ Samples
Palace of Arts Budapest Pipe Organ Samples is a fully playable, freely configurable, intuitively manageable and MIDI-controllable virtual pipe organ, delivering every nuance of the authentic sound of the 92-stop Pecsi-Muhleisen pipe organ of the Bela Bartok National Concert Hall of the Palace of Arts ? Budapest, Hungary.

Durham Performing Arts Center Officially Opens
You could barely see the red ribbon that city and county officials were about to cut. So many people had crowded into the first floor of Durham's Performing Arts Center that children climbed on shoulders to see and even adults squeezed where they could to get a glimpse. "A theater adds to our ?coolness,' if you will," said Bill Kalhkof, President of Downtown Durham Inc. "Therefore, it's easier ...

Stewart Martial Arts students move up in ranks
Here is the results of the November karate/Ju-Jitsu testing at Stewart Martial Arts.

Arts and entertainment
Musicn Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet: Performances with Yoko's Dance and Performing Arts Academy and the Fremont Symphony Orchestra, at 7 p.m. Friday and Dec.

Straight to Video: Grizedale Arts on film 2000 - 2008
LONDON.- Before embarking on a year of solo shows in 2009 tank.tv will, this month, take a look at videos made and commissioned by Grizedale Arts - an organisation where collectivity and participation are central to the production of work in communities both in the UK and abroad.

Michael Roth: What's a Liberal Arts Education Good For?
A quick look at several members of President-elect Obama's leadership team can stand as an example of how those with a liberal arts education are shaping the future of our society.

art Till December 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm:
An exhibition of drawings and paintings by the students of Renaissance. Till December 3 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2460 4245; 10 am - 7 pm: Sculptures by Akhil Chandra Das, Amit Debnath, Anil Sen, B. Banamali Sharma, Bimal Kundu, B. Ruma Sharma, Chandan Roy, Chinmoy Karmakar, Gopinath Roy, Kinkar Saha, Pravat Majhi, Shankar Ghosh, Somnath Chakraborty, Sudarshan ...

Mixed Martial Arts emerging as top fight sport
Since the recent rise of Mixed Martial Arts, many critics are quick to claim that boxing has lost its crown as the top fighting sport in the world. Frankly, they might be right. But it's a little premature to claim that boxing is dead and MMA is taking over.

Killington Arts Guild finds a home
KILLINGTON -- In a town more famous for its winter sports than its fine arts, one Killington merchant and an art nonprofit are hopeful a recently formed partnership will create a stronger tie between the two communities. ... - By STEPHANIE M. PETERS Staff Writer

Opening of Carnegie Heritage & Arts Center of Greene County delayed
A few setbacks have caused a delay in the opening of the Carnegie Heritage & Arts Center of Greene County. Originally slated to open around Dec. 1, now the opening is set for January with music lessons beginning later this month.

Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene
Fresh, local art gifts The 38th annual KPFA Crafts & Music Fair takes over the Concourse Exhibition Center on Dec. 13-14. This year, hands-on activities for visitors are offered, thanks to the Arts Provider Alliance of San Francisco, a project of the...

Arts, Media & Culture News with 'tude
Malcolm Mc Neill's unpublished memoir about his longtime collaboration with William S. Burroughs, Observed While Falling , is just as spellbinding as the lost art of Ah POOK IS HERE , his current show at Salomon Arts (now extended through Jan. 16 ) in Manhattan.

Holiday Faires: Local arts and crafts abound - Part II
for The Daily Journal On Saturday, Dec. 6, the Ukiah Valley will be filled with holiday music, arts, crafts, and activities for children.

Vail Valley Spotlight: Vail Performing Arts Academy
Vail Performing Arts Academy does more than entertain

Teen Arts Festival opens this weekend
Teen Center Without Walls and Washtenaw Area Teens for Tomorrow will open the third annual Teen Arts Festival this weekend at the What Is That Art Gallery at 130 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti. The opening ceremony is Friday at...

Durham Performing Arts Center Monday, December 01 2008 by Leoneda Inge | Send to a friend The long-awaited Durham ...
The long-awaited Durham Performing Arts Center is open for business - even in a tight economy. It sits in eye shot of several major economic development projects in downtown - like American Tobacco.