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Kara Gregory Awarded bill Montgomery Literacy Service Award
Jennifer Rupp Named President & CEO of Michigan Humanities
New Exhibit Opens at Ramsdell Center featuring Artwork by Bill Knudstrup!
Blissfest Announces 2022 Lineup Including Three-Time Grammy Winner, Shawn Colvin
Michigan State University’s Michigan Traditional Arts Program Announces 2022 Michigan Heritage Awardees
‘PLANETS IN MY HEAD’ EXPLORES THEMES OF POSTCOLONIALISM AND CULTURAL HYBRIDITY
From the Audience to the Stage, Michigan Native Makes National Tour Debut in Mean Girls
Imagine growing up and attending professional theatrical performances from an early age, then returning years later to make your national tour debut on that same stage that held many memories and cherished experiences. That is Nadina Hassan’s dream coming to life this week as she makes her national tour debut as Regina George in the musical Mean Girls at Wharton Center for Performing Arts in East Lansing.
Tisch Family Gift will Support Students Pursuing Careers in the Arts
Flint School of Performing Arts’ Documentary Wins National Awards
Get a Coffee Cup Worth Talking About with CerAmics Exhibit in MusKegon
March is Cultural Advocay Month in Michigan
Do you believe in the impact arts and culture has on your community? Are a donor to organizations fulfilling their creative mission? Work as a volunteer to provide vital support for an organization’s purpose? Sit on the board of directors for a community-based non-profit? Or work in the arts and cultural sector? If the answer is yes to any of these, consider yourself an Advocate!
Michigan’s International Dance Festival Brings Focus to New Style, Screendance
The 13th annual RAD Fest is bringing professional dance to the international stage in Kalamazoo, Mich. March 4 – 6 in a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual offerings. The 2022 festival will feature the works of over 25 different choreographers and 20 screendance makers from Russia, Barbados, France, New York City, Chicago, and many other U.S. locations including several cities in Michigan.
Contemporary Ideas and Traditional Art Merge in New Exhibition Opening at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Michigan Indigenous Artist ReceIves National Honor
Waitress is a Story of Love, Relationships & Pie
It is a story of love, relationships, and pie. Waitress the musical is stopping at the Midland Center for the Arts this week and brings with it the sweet aroma of a poignant and touching story of Jenna, a waitress and creator of extraordinary pies. She tries to find herself and purpose despite a tumultuous marriage and small-town dynamics. She begins to realize her full worth when a relationship with the local physician begins to bloom.
The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Has a New Name!
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs to announce that the state’s leading arts and culture agency is changing its name to the Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) effective today.