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Uncover the history of New Hope, Pennsylvania, the subject of five short documentaries premiering this fall.

The town of New Hope, PA takes the spotlight for the inaugural year of the Creative Hope Initiative where five filmmakers uncover local LGBTQ+ history with their documentaries.

Like the Tom Petty song says, the waiting is the hardest part. New Jersey live music venues are waiting for the disbursement of funds from both the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, which will allot $16 billion for venues across the country, and $15 million for Jersey venues from the state's disbursement of CARES Act funds. "Our arts and cultural establishments are among the best in the nation, but they have faced difficult challenges over the past year,” said Gov. Phil Murphy when he signed the arts venue allotment of the CARES Act funds on April 8 at the West End Arts Center in Lon...

Opinion: Many thanks for helping venues stay afloat The application portal for the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) to provide relief funds for devastated indie venues across the U.S. has launched after a failed launch earlier in April due to technical difficulties. You might better recognize this as the culmination of the #SaveOurStages (SOS) Act spearheaded by the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) that you helped us spread awareness of and advocate for since summer of last year. Thank you! Finally, those efforts are paying off as tens of thousands of venues acr...