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Revival of Cultural Arts celebrates Dia de los Muertos
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The non-profit organization called Revival of Cultural Arts (R.O.C.A) is celebrating 10 years. The Brownsville-based non-profit’s mission is to create opportunities that will engage the community to experience art, music, dance, film, community theater, and cultural events with an emphasis on music education for everyone. R.O.C.A is also excited for this…
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In the Los Osos Core Area project, a performing arts group finds a temporary home
The Bravo Players Guild, a local theater company, is now occupying the 3,000-square-foot former Stein Mart building at the Los Osos Core Area Project in Mission Viejo. The performance company has been in collaboration with the city since May, said Tiffney Beckloff, executive director of Bravo Players Guild. And in September, the City Council unanimously…
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John Mellencamp to begin 2024 tour in Rochester
John Mellencamp has announced the “Live and In Person 2024” tour, which will kick off on March 8 in Rochester at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre. The new tour will feature the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer performing for one night only in 27 new cities. The new tour will bring Mellencamp to Newark, NJ, Hartford, CT, Birmingham,…
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Blues, rock, stripping comedians, and opera at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in November
The Cowichan Performing Arts Centre delivers an eclectic mix of events this November with music sensations Colin James, Tom Cochrane, a tribute to CCR along with hilarious plays, moving musicals, comical strippers, a morning at the opera and for movie buffs, Real Alternatives with the Celine Song film Past Lives. Whether the changing seasons make…
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19 new small businesses to open in Detroit, thanks to $1M in Motor City Match Round 24 grants
$300K also distributed to help 14 existing small businesses make building improvements Motor City Match fuels small biz growth, from a performing arts center and luxury wardrobe rental service to the country’s first hybrid infrared movement studio and bone broth bar In Round 24, 81% are minority-owned businesses; 71% are women-owned businesses; and 68% are…
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Top Performing Arts & Live Theater This Week: October 30-November 5, 2023
The acclaimed world premiere, “Intelligence” closes in this week | Photo: Michael Bishop; courtesy of Houston Grand Opera See the latest performing arts productions and theater happenings opening across Houston from Monday, October 30 to Sunday, November 5, 2023. Looking for ways to keep the theater calendar straight? We have you covered with this weekly…
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171 Cedar Arts Center celebrates its 55th anniversary this year
“We really want to remove the barriers to the community and maybe people that haven’t walked through our doors before. we want to make sure that they feel welcome and that they belong here, and we have a variety of programming, we’re always looking to get new ideas, ceramics, water color, life drawing, painting, dance, all…
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In Tao of Glass, a humorous story of failure set to minimalist music
Tao of Glass, co-commissioned by Hong Kong’s New Vision Arts Festival from composer Philip Glass and performer-director Phelim McDermott, is difficult to define. Part live drama, part concert and part puppet show, the work – which has had its delayed Hong Kong premiere four years after it was first performed in Manchester in the UK…
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‘I wanted to create’: Hong Kong Ballet choreographer Ricky Hu on his calling
Government talent spotters came to his school and picked him to play piano. “When I heard that I had to learn piano, I was very sad, because I wanted to dance. After piano class I would run to watch the dance class,” he says. Devil has the best tunes in double-bill dance show depicting heaven…
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‘A dream come true’: Florida actors make Broadway debuts
Maria Bilbao “always knew” a career in entertainment was in the cards. Miguel Gil caught the acting bug after working on theater’s technical side. Jasmine Forsberg was lighting up Central Florida stages as a child. All three share something beyond calling the Sunshine State home: They all made their Broadway debuts this past season. And…
