THE Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) is about everything from fine arts and fashion to advertising and even documentary. Started in 2007, it is today one of the largest photographic events in the world.

Photos by Jamie Bradburn/Torontoist. Torontoist discovered that if you don’t like all the construction happening in your neighborhood, you should just put up big banners announcing how much you think that construction sucks .

Eighteen-year-old Luke Holden, a Carson High School student who is an expert in animation, is in the midst of making his first film, “Gateway,” a 20-minute production set for release sometime in May. Holden, a member of the Brewery Arts Center’s club, the Northern Nevada Film Factory, for filmmakers and animators, was one of about 12 people who attended a set design workshop Saturday at the BAC …

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OLD LYME — June might seem like a long time from now, but the Old Lyme Fine Arts Festivals, which take place in June and August, are looking for artists to apply for inclusion.

In case there were any doubts, Emily Cook, also known as Miss Georgia 2009, erased them definitively tonight at the Miss America pageant. Although she hails from the state that hosts the prestigious Masters golf tournament, Miss Georgia informed viewers that she “didn’t meet Tiger Woods.”

Cummings Gallery unveils ‘A Common Canvas’

JUPITER —The ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival announces the following roads will be closed from 6 a.m. Feb

Talented and Stunning Young Jazz Vocalist Sophie Berkal-Sarbit Releases CD “Young and Foolish” (7 Arts/E1 Music Canada). Sophie Berkal-Sarbit celebrates her new release with a special Valentine’s Day CD Launch Event at: “The TRANE STUDIO Jazz Lounge” Sunday, Feb

Leaders of the arts festival planned for the 2012 Olympics have abandoned the name ‘Cultural Olympiad’ because it is too hard for people to understand.