For the 78th time, visionary filmmakers and discerning viewers will gather for the Festival de Cannes, one of the world’s great film festivals. The 2025 festival will take place on the seaside boulevard La Croisette from May 13-24 – and it’s going to be a big one! Tom Cruise is... Read more

On the western bank of the Mississippi River, St. Louis has been a destination for creatives at least since the 1904 World’s Fair, held there on the 100-year anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. The same year, St. Louis hosted the Summer Olympics. St. Louis was founded in 1764 as a... Read more

Retired City of Philadelphia architect Marilyn Kagan, age 94, recently published her memoirs in Notes, the journal of the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association. We were eager to read the article, because Marilyn is a dear friend. We see her photograph every day on the fridge in CreativeFuture’s office kitchen!... Read more

Measured by population, Sperryville, VA, is a tiny town of around 350 people. Measured by creativity per capita, Sperryville is a terrific place that pretty much anyone would be thrilled to visit. Francis Thornton, Jr., founded the Piedmont town in 1820, after inheriting land that an ancestor had acquired from... Read more

This year marked an important milestone for Slamdance, the beloved festival for indie films with budgets under $1 million. Since its founding as an alternative to Sundance in 1995, Slamdance had also been held in Park City, Utah. But on its 30th anniversary, Slamdance relocated to a new home, Los... Read more