Elizabeth Blair
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20 new dance projects will receive up to $100K each — but the grant program is ending
Today 20 dance projects from around the country won grants totaling $100,000 dollars each. The announcement comes from the National Dance Project. These grants are among the most coveted in the dance world because they cover a range of costs including fees to artists and presenters as well as operating support. But this round of winners is the last of its kind due to a funding shortage.
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Ed People: the 'favorite dance move' guy
"More dance, less hate." Belgian dancer and social media influencer Ed People travels the globe asking people 'Can you show me your favorite dance move?' The result has been hundreds of videos that he hopes will show how there's more that unites than divides human beings, one dance step at a time.
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Trump was 'very involved' in Kennedy Center Honorees selection, vetoed 'wokesters'
Trump announced the Kennedy Center Honorees on Wednesday. They are Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, Kiss, George Strait and Michael Crawford.
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Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'
The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.
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'Each Peach Pear Plum' author Allan Ahlberg dies at 87
Bestselling children's writer Allan Ahlberg has died at the age of 87. Many of his books -- like Each Peach Pear Plum and The Jolly Postman -- were illustrated by his wife, Janet, who died in 1990.
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Artist cancels her exhibition after Smithsonian wants to remove a portrait
Artist Amy Sherald, who painted Michelle Obama's portrait, has canceled an upcoming exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after a dispute.
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Remembering poet Andrea Gibson
Andrea Gibson was a queer poet who's been called a "rock star of poetry slams." They died at 49 after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer four years ago.
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Can Tiny Chef fans get his show back on Nickelodeon?
Tiny Chef began as a passion project. Now, fans are rallying to revive it after Nickelodeon canceled the show.
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Democratic senators rent space at the Kennedy Center to host a Pride event
A group of Democratic senators and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller are hosting a Pride celebration at the Kennedy Center Monday evening. But the Kennedy Center has nothing to do with programming it.
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President Trump said he fired a Smithsonian museum director. Can he do that?
Since taking office, President Trump has aggressively tried to reshape cultural institutions. Last month, he claimed he was firing the director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
