New Braunfels adopted a 15‑year arts master plan that calls for new venues, festivals and public art while urging partnerships to carry the costs. The strategy aims to boost local artists and spotlight the city’s cultural heritage.

Bun B will perform UGK’s Ridin’ Dirty in sequence at Smart Financial Centre on Aug. 1, with guest artists, recreated skits and presales beginning May 6.

NBC ordered eight pilots produced by Universal Television, bringing shoots back to L.A. and generating roughly 4,000 jobs across Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta.

Original founding-era documents from the National Archives will be on view at History Colorado Center May 28–June 14. Admission is free but timed tickets are required.

Icons in Ink lands at the Maltz Museum May 7, bringing Superman artifacts, rare originals and a hands‑on comics lab to Beachwood. The show runs through Aug. 23.

Jazz Fest will run April 22–25 and April 29–May 2, 2027 at the Fair Grounds. Organizers hinted a lineup could arrive in mid‑December.

Saher Alghorra’s Gaza photographs, documenting hunger, ruined hospitals and displaced families, won the 2026 Pulitzer for Breaking News Photography.

Doris Fisher, Gap co‑founder and longtime S.F. arts patron, has died at 94. Her business and philanthropic legacies — from Gap to the Fisher Collection at SFMOMA — shaped the city.

The City of Socorro shared photos previewing the Rio Vista Bracero Museum and says construction began in March 2025, following years of research and landmark designation.

Ken Griffin has bought a second first printing of the U.S. Constitution; the Van Sinderen copy will be on view at South Street Seaport Museum beginning May 27. The purchase follows his 2021 record‑setting acquisition.

Boulder City's long‑planned railroad museum visitor center is nearly finished; exhibits will be installed through the summer with a likely September 2026 opening.

The Penn Museum’s reimagined Native North America gallery centers Indigenous curators and mixes historic objects with contemporary art and interactive language stations.

John Williams returned to North Hollywood High to cut the ribbon on an 800‑seat performing arts center that anchors a $320M campus modernization. The new theater includes classrooms, technical facilities and a 75‑foot mural.