TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 21 -- Florida League of Cities issued the following news release: * * * Florida League of Cities presents Gib Coerper with the 2024 E. Harris Drew Municipal Official Lifetime Achievement Award * * * The Florida League of Cities (FLC), the united voice for Florida's municipal governments, announced that Alachua Mayor Gib Coerper is this year's recipient of the League's prestigious E. Harris Drew Municipal Official Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented annually, thi  more

BEVERLY, Massachusetts, Aug. 20 -- Trustees of Reservations issued the following news release: LINCOLN, Mass. - deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum has awarded Maine-based artist Jeremy Frey with the 25th Rappaport Prize. Frey is the first Indigenous artist to be awarded the prestigious prize. He will deliver the Rappaport lecture on Oct. 23, 2024 at deCordova's Dewey Family Hall. Established in 2000 and endowed in perpetuity in 2010, the prize was established by The Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Ra  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 21 -- My Hero Project issued the following news release: Kuinerraq is a short film where seventh grader Magnus Shipe explores the heritage of his maternal grandma through this glance at a Yu'pik village and his Native Alaskan roots. In this magically creative film, the audience discovers that the village of Kuinerraq is sinking due to climate change and that this has made the village practically uninhabitable for the 732 residents. It needs to be moved! The short,  more