ROCHELLE — Now overlooking the downtown pavilion area is a 54-by-24-foot mural depicting flowers and insects. The mural was designed and painted by local artists and siblings Mat and Mandey Steder and commissioned by the City of Rochelle. Mat owns a tattoo shop downtown and Mandey is a graphic designer. The Steder siblings said feedback … Read more
Bravo! The Vail Music Festival this week issued the following press release for its first-ever Music Education Month this October: Bravo! The Vail Music Festival (Bravo! Vail) announces its first-ever Music Education Month, featuring a free concert and collaborative learning opportunities in October. In celebration of Bravo! Vail’s year-round commitment to music education for adults … Read more
Dallas, Texas – Widdlytinks, a company that offers personalized wall signs, wants to remind people that Halloween is just around the corner and those looking to celebrate this long-awaited annual event should start preparing and look at various Halloween home decorating ideas. Halloween is an event celebrated on the night of October 31st, that is … Read more
Artist Malaika Favorite in her studio in Geismar. PERSONAL PHOTO OF ROBIN MILLER Malaika Favorite has created a world where frames fight to contain the explosion of color on canvas. Favorit holds up a frame in which paint slides out of the ground in a mixture of red, green, yellow and blue. In another, colors … Read more
WINCHESTER — The artworks featured in a new exhibition at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley offer a great depth of discovery. Destination: Latin America, which has been touring nationally for more than six years, celebrates 29 Latin American artists with tracks from the 1930s to the present day. The exhibition opened on September 3rd … Read more
Each monarch will be remembered throughout history for various achievements. Colin Firth’s performance of King George VI will always be there The king’s speech. The late Queen Elizabeth II has Netflix The crown to solidify her legacy. But King Henry VIII will be forever linked to his six wives. You may have heard of them: … Read more
Editor’s Note: Traveling isn’t always easy. Time, money and itineraries can be difficult to juggle. Here at Explore we run a series of stories about road trips that can be done in one day or include an overnight stay. Each takes you on little adventures to places you might have overlooked or missed on your … Read more
The Ars Electronica Festival began more than four decades ago in Linz, Austria—in 1979. Since then, the annual festival has brought artists, researchers, and scientists from around the world together in a unified beehive. Ars Electronica creates a space that opens up to a hybrid audience of art and technology lovers while exploring radically new … Read more
When Van Binkley of Tudbink’s Farm creates a fall planter for his clients, no two planters will look the same. Binkley sees himself as an artist with vibrant artworks as he composes a palette of deep and soft greens, silvers and golds, burgundy and magenta, autumnal bronze and sienna with fallen leaves. “I never make … Read more
click to enlarge EGAN O’KEEFE Taste of St. Louis will feature approximately 30 local food vendors. This could be the busiest weekend of the year so far in the St. Louis area. If leather competitions aren’t your thing, check out Shakespeare, Tower Grove Pride, walking tours of the city’s hotspots, or the Greater St. Louis … Read more