Scopus to Expand Arts & Humanities Coverage.
AMSTERDAM, November 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elsevier announced today that its flagship product Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, will be nearly doubling its Arts & Humanities (A&H) titles. Access to the new journals will be available to Scopus users in April 2009. Currently the...

Rockefeller Foundation Helps Boost Creative Sector With Its 2008 NYC Cultural Innovation Fund Awards.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rockefeller Foundation announced today the 2008 recipients of the Foundation's $2.7 million New York City Cultural Innovation Fund awards. The annual Fund, established last year, celebrates innovation in the creative sector through grants for trailblazing initiatives that strengthen the city's multi-faceted cultural...

NACAC presents free fall Performing and Visual Arts College Fairs.
The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) is offering free Performing and Visual Arts College Fairs to help students who are pursuing a college degree in music, theater, art and dance. This fall the Performing and Visual Arts Fairs will rake place in sixteen locations throughout...

This Idol gives back: American Idol's Syesha Mercado embraces Sarasota, where she first learned to believe in herself and her dreams.
TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE watched Sarasota's own Syesha Mercado shake, shimmy, sob and sing her heart out on American Idol this season--coming from behind each week yet never losing her million-watt smile. In the process, this determined young dynamo earned the devotion of legions of voters and finished a remarkable...

The Latin Recording Academy Selects Lizbeth Ortiz Art for Grammys.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-14 September 2008-The Latin Recording Academy Selects Lizbeth Ortiz Art for Grammys(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Lizbeth Ortiz has been named the official artist of the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, it was announced by The Latin Recording Academy. Ortiz was selected by two...

Critical issues and practices in gifted education; what the research says.
9781593632953 Critical issues and practices in gifted education; what the research says. Ed. by Jonathan A. Plucker and Carolyn M. Callahan. Prufrock Press Inc. 2008 785 pages $99.95 Paperback LC3993 Plucker...

Business briefs.
COLUMN: Business briefs Telegram & Gazette Bloomberg Index Central Massachusetts Change: -0.73 Last: 121.78 Volume: 94,209,199 Up: 12 Down: 10 Unchanged: 7 Gainer: Hanover Insurance Group Inc. $33.35 +$0.85...

Creating a brighter workforce with the arts: the skills taught by the arts will contribute to success in the knowledge-based economy of the 21st century.
In a 2006 address to the Stanford University Academic Council highlighting the role of the arts in the 21st century, the university's president, John L. Hennessy, noted: "The arts can help us break out of traditional patterns of thinking and adopt fresh approaches to intellectual experiences. Discontinuous innovations require...

2008 Dance Annual Directory.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Welcome to Dance Magazine's 2008 Dance Annual Directory. Its an essential guide for every dancer and dance professional. We've gathered up-to-date info on over 700 dance companies, schools, presenters, dancewear companies, and more. It's the world of dance at your fingertips. DANCE COMPANIES...

The Ringling Quarterly.
Growth Continues at The Ringling The momentum of our Museum's recent growth has accelerated plans for three important new projects--each promising dramatic transformations. Funds have been received to commence work on the Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt Galleries for Asian Art, to be located in the Art...