Mitzi Aguirre of Davis California, was the winner of the annual Grand Theatre Raffle. Douglas resident Bill Wendt drew the winning ticket with Nick Forsythe and Debra Wendt as official witnesses. First runner-up is Jerome J. Fagg from Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

A reception and program celebrating the launch of the Delta Visual Arts Center project in downtown Newport was held on Sept. 9 at the Newport Business Resource Center. The press conference and public reception was held to introduce three students from the

Nonprofit Finance Fund has announced the ten leading arts organizations that will participate in a landmark, $15.125 million initiative designed to explore new business and funding models for the sector.

Wiinchester — Shenandoah University will graduate about 215 students during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Smith Library Plaza on the local campus.

In the NoMa BID's ongoing quest to spruce up their neighborhood, they now have a $50,000 matching grant awarded by the D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities for the installation of public art. They intend to use it for artwork along First Street NE,