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Amid Old City changes, one historic building is staying put, even if its use might shift
Show Caption Hide Caption Historic Knoxville landmarks, from Gay Street Bridge to Market Square See local houses and buildings that have been part of Knoxville’s landscape for decades. With the soon-to-open Covenant Health Park bringing new activities, employees and crowds of visitors to Jackson Avenue, the Old City is in flux. The neighborhood is quickly…
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School of Theatre, Dance, and Film’s production of Everybody challenges us to create our legacy
The Illinois State University School of Theatre, Dance, and Film’s production of Everybody, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies Le’Mil Eiland, reimagines the 15th century morality play Everyman with a contemporary perspective. This modern adaptation explores themes of mortality and the legacy we leave behind. Much like in Everyman,…
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Column: As circuses change, the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival keeps the magic alive
While telling me about the three-day extravaganza called the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival that is taking place this weekend on the West Side, Amancay Kugler remembered her first circus. She was 3 years old when her father took her to a field near the family home in Madison, Wisconsin, where, as she told…
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The Trump Show Comes to the Kennedy Center
The Lede The Trump Show Comes to the Kennedy Center Can the fifty-four-year-old arts hub weather the next four years? By Katy Waldman April 8, 2025 Photograph by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story On the evening of March 23rd, the Kennedy Center honored Conan…
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In THT Rep’s ‘Much Ado’ role, Abuzar Farrukh looks beyond being a ‘plain-dealing villain’
William Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” can be a delightfully witty, battle of the sexes romp. But is there anything else going on? “It’s not just about nothing,” said Abuzar Farrukh who is playing Don John in The Hanover Theatre Repertory’s production of the play running April 10 to 27 at the BrickBox Theatre…
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More fine arts, extra STEM classes, an ad blitz: How Alief ISD plans to win back students
In Juliana Gonzalez’s new dance class at Rees Elementary School, students sit, twirl, jerk, and strike poses, their jagged movements reflected in the floor-to-ceiling mirror in front of them. The Alief ISD third graders are practicing their “tutting,” a hip-hop dance move in which dancers make geometric movements with their hands and fingers. One student…
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Arcata-Gaza Sister City Project Announces Two Local Performing Arts Events
This is a press release from the Redwood Peace and Justice Coalition: “Please join us in sending local circus performer International Super Clown Shea Feelove to Palestine as an ambassador for our Arcata-Gaza Sister City Project.” “Shea has been invited to attend the Boulder Colorado-Nablus Palestine sister city delegation headed to Palestine in the coming…
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‘Cats’ to prowl at John Legend Theater in Springfield this weekend
When it came to choosing a spring show, OPAI ballet mistress and the show’s director Amy Davidge had a memory of “Memory,” the show’s signature song. “I’ve always loved ‘Cats.’ It was the first Broadway musical my parents took my sister and I to, so it’s special,” she said. Gauging if the young performers would…
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Hoover reallocates $17 million in bonds from performing arts center to city capital needs
HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) – The Hoover City Council voted Monday night to reallocate millions of dollars in bond money from a proposed performing arts center to capital needs and projects, including the sewer system. The conversation between the mayor, the city council, and Hoover residents lasted more than an hour and a half. Hoover received…
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The Straz Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its $80 million expansion project
TAMPA, Fla. — The Straz Center for the Performing Arts held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday to celebrate its $80 million expansion project. The ceremony included officials with the Straz Center, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, Hillsborough County Commissioner Hary Cohen, Tampa City Councilwoman Gwendolyn Henderson, and representatives from the design firm DLR Group. Greg Holland,…