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New England Hall of Fame inducts June Millington The New England Music Hall of Fame will induct musical pioneer and Goshen resident June Millington into its 2022 class next month.Millington is a co-founder of the all-female rock band “Fanny,” the...
Wyoming Arts Council seeking candidates for $3K fellowship awards By Brendan LaChance on May 3, 2021 Jurors for the 2021 Wyoming Arts Council Fellowships. Clockwise from top left: Molina Parker, Jessica Jacobs, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Kenzi Everitt, Tasha Kubesh, Adrienne Benjamin, Kailyn McCord, Louis Martorano, and Kate Jopson (Wyoming Arts Council) CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Arts Council is accepting applications for fellowships in a variety of areas through June 10. Fellowship recipients will all receive a $3,000 unrestricted award and will have the opportunity to showcase their work in Wyoming. Fellowships are available in the following areas: Visual Arts “Fellowships are open to Wyoming residents, and are merit-based awards,” the Wyoming Arts Council says.
Succulent plants are big business for Scott Valley family A Siskiyou County family saw a boom in the popularity of their little products during the pandemic. The Jopson family owns Mountain Crest Gardens, a succulent nursery with 15 acres of greenhouse space in the Scott Valley. While they have sold succulent plants — cacti and other less-prickly varieties — since 1995, their online shop was inundated with orders during the pandemic, according to company president Tom Jopson, 69, and his son, vice president Matts Jopson, 36. “We sold at least a couple million plants last year,” Matts Jopson said. “We grew by 80%, starting in April.” Demand for the drought-tolerant easy-to-grow plants usually peaks around Mother’s Day and wanes in the fall, Matts Jopson said, but even December sales were more than twice what they were in past years.
Ucross, a prestigious artist residency program and creative laboratory for the arts in Wyoming, and The Blank Theatre, a Los Angeles institution celebrating 30 years of imaginative theatre, today announced the semi-finalists for the newly created Ucross + The Blank Theatre - Future of Playwriting Prize, a one-of-a-kind award for young playwrights nationwide. Ucross and The Blank are partnering to showcase the importance of emerging artists across the country and to celebrate the innovative work that is asking questions and evolving theater as we know it. In alphabetical order, the semi-finalists are Kori Alston, Calley Anderson, Carissa Atallah, Rae Binstock, Zachariah Ezer, Lily Gonzales, Franky Gonzalez, Katherine Gwynn, Cassandra Hsiao, India Kotis, Joey Massa, Kyle J. McCloskey, Tristen Moseley, Haley Nelson, Charlie Oh, Alicia Margarita Olivo, Dave Osmundsen, Becca Padrick, A.K. Payne, Phanésia Pharel, Aurora Real de Asua, Isaiah Reaves, Jaymes Sanchez, Jasmine Sharma, Alexander Utz, Caity-Shea Violette, Ashley Rose Wellman, Pravin Wilkins, and LaDarrion Williams.