Grant workshop to be held in Richmond (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

The Virginia Commission for the Arts will be presenting a grant workshop Tuesday at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.A series of statewide grant workshops will be presented by the Virginia Commission for the Arts in January and February. Locally, a workshop will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in the Parlor Room of the Pauley Center at 200 N. ...

Six honored for contributions with City of Quincy Arts Awards (Quincy Herald-Whig)

Lavern Wagner's influence on the Quincy arts community is undeniable. The music teacher, performer and historian has made many positive contributions in the half century that he's lived here, and today he was one of six recipients of the 2008 City of Quincy Arts Awards.

Needham Briefs (Nov. 8) (Needham Times)

The Needham Youth Commission is again offering a babysitting course for young people interested in learning child-care skills.

IN THE ARTS (Winston-Salem Journal)

□ A selection from a CD by organist Scott Carpenter, the coordinator of music programming at Old Salem Museums & Gardens, was featured recently on a nationally broadcast program, Pipedreams.

Mall hungry for activity turns to the arts, gets big response (Southeast Missourian)

ST. LOUIS — Erin Kelley and John Contini, actors who have performed on stages around St. Louis, pace off a carpet in front of the dressing rooms in an empty Man Alive clothing store in a struggling mall.

Arts briefs (Montgomery Advertiser)

'Amahl and the Night Visitors': The choir of Church of the Ascension will present Gian Carlo Menotti's popular opera 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the church.