LAGUNA BEACH - Cloudy skies didn’t dampen the spirits of participants in Saturday’s Patriots Day Parade.

As of March 4, $3,798,735 (34.5 percent) had been raised toward the Fine Arts Fund Drive goal of $11 million to support Cincinnati’s arts institutions.

Dearborn artist Richard Kawucha is bringing the traditional art of scrimshaw to this year’s Dexter Pioneer Arts Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 17 at Creekside Intermediate School in Dexter.

Regional council unanimously passed an arts and culture plan Thursday night designed to make Niagara a “cultural destination” in Ontario.

Tae kwon do is more than just a form of martial arts for Chuck Crone.

Organizers worry about extra costs to cover police staffing

Starting later this month, Fleet Foxes leader Robin Pecknold will open a few shows for conquering hero Joanna Newsom . And now, Pecknold ’s taken to his YouTube page to play a sweet, low-key acoustic cover of “On a Good Day”, the shortest song on Newsom ’s gargantuan new triple album Have One on Me . Lovely.

By Natthew Martin Times Features Editor Alabama has its share of music festivals — Riverfest, Birmingham’s City Stages, the Big Spring Jam in Huntsville and Enterprise’s BamaJam to name a few — but there is a new one to rival them all: Gulf Shores’ The Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival set for the weekend of May 14-16.

The Patriots Day Parade Assn. had no trouble finding worthy individuals to honor at the annual March event: Indeed, the well runs deep in Laguna.

Openings this week …