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Baltimore-area district pushes back against Trump comments
BALTIMORE – As Latoya Peoples painted a mural with high school-age students Monday in Baltimore,…
New Julia Alvarez novel, ‘Afterlife,’ coming next April
NEW YORK – Million-selling novelist Julia Alvarez’s next book is a story of identity and…
Canadian arts impresario Walter Homburger has died at age 95
TORONTO – Canada’s arts community is mourning the death of impresario Walter Homburger. An obituary…
Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan pioneer of kinetic art, dies in Paris
CARACAS, Venezuela – Carlos Cruz-Diez, a leading Venezuelan artist who won international acclaim for his…
Ester jewelry designer to celebrate 50 years with jubilee
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A lifetime of jewelry has come out of Ester and, because it’s…
AP Source: Jay-Z pulls out of Woodstock 50 performance
NEW YORK – Jay-Z’s got 99 problems but Woodstock isn’t one: The rap king has…
The Fayetteville Observer names 1st female executive editor
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The publisher of The Fayetteville Observer says the newspaper has its first…
Richard Dreyfuss on working in Canada with ‘Astronaut’ and ‘Duddy Kravitz’
TORONTO – Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss says he considers himself an honorary Canadian. After all,…
Lebanese rock band takes centre stage in freedoms debate
BEIRUT – A popular Mideast rock band known for its rousing music and lyrics challenging…
Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser ready for UFC debut in Edmonton
Mixed martial arts has taken Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser around the world. On Saturday, it…
Aiming Haya: Canada’s Jumaa a medal contender in karate at Pan Am Games
Haya Jumaa’s first Pan Am assignment came as a volunteer four years ago in Toronto.…
MMA great Anderson Silva becomes US citizen
LOS ANGELES – Mixed martial arts great Anderson “Spider” Silva of Brazil became a U.S.…
Artists’ work reduced to ash after fire destroys shared Winnipeg studio
WINNIPEG – Shawna Dempsey did not believe it when she received a text saying a…
B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitar going up for auction
LOS ANGELES – Her name was “Lucille,” and in B.B. King’s hands she gave voice…
Stuntman injury halts ‘Fast & Furious 9’ production in UK
LONDON – Production of “Fast & Furious 9” has been halted after a stuntman for…
Toronto-raised sexologist Shan Boodram on winning ‘The Game of Desire’
Toronto-raised sex educator Shan Boodram wants to bring a more “human approach” to pickup artistry.…
Summer camp uses dance to teach students life skills
JONESBORO, Ga. – Of all the mantras Anai Espinoza and her fellow campers recite each…
Review: In Tarantino’s latest, a radiant Hollywood fable
Quentin Tarantino has, for a while now, been reminding us what’s so great about movies…
Simu Liu’s rise from Bay Street accountant to Marvel’s kung fu super hero
TORONTO – Once upon a time, Simu Liu was a Toronto accountant. But he secretly…
Budget cuts make Alaska only US state without arts council
KODIAK, Alaska – Alaska has become the only state without an arts council following a…
Fairbanks printmaker melds mediums in wood and paint
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Local Fairbanks artist and printmaker Sara Tabbert was not an artistic kid,…
‘Queen of Saratoga’ Marylou Whitney dies at 93
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Marylou Whitney, a successful thoroughbred breeder and owner whose family helped…
3 sentenced for violence at Virginia white nationalist rally
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Three members of a white supremacist group were sentenced Friday to between…
Verse averse: State poet laureate pick nixed after criticism
CONCORD, N.H. – There are poetry slams, and then there are slammed poets. New Hampshire…