This October marks 12 years of Arts Month in our community! It has grown into a tradition that invites everyone to explore, connect, and celebrate our shared creativity. Each October, hundreds of local events remind us that the arts aren’t just entertainment – they are essential to how we understand one another, how we build community, and how we can build a vision for our shared future.

Arts Month’s theme, Open Your World with the Arts, is both an invitation and a promise. The arts open doors we didn’t even know were there: to new ideas, to new neighbors, and to new joy. I think of the moment in a theater when the whole audience gasps in unison, or the instant when strangers rise together for a standing ovation. I think of voices blending in song, or friends tasting something new at a cultural festival. These are the moments when the arts open our world and remind us that in the midst of modern stresses and divisions, belonging is still right here.

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