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Soirée unveils plans for arts center
On Thursday evening, a group of invitees gathered to celebrate a crucial step in a decades-long dream. Designs were officially unveiled for a community performing arts center to be situated on College of Coastal Georgia’s campus. Attendees, clad in black-and-white attire, milled about a tent erected on the future site of the center. The project,…
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‘Playlist’ turns 10 at Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts
The tastes of pop music fans can be notoriously fickle. But Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts has built a show that has withstood the test of time. “Playlist,” the rock ‘n’ roll festival show put on by HBAPA’s Popular Music and Media students, turns 10 years old this year and is thus being…
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Girard BOE rejects bids for arts center
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> GIRARD — After construction bids for a proposed performing arts center came in too high, the Girard Board of Education is “going back to the drawing board.” The board approved rejecting the bids and Superintendent Bryan O’Hara said the board will have to discuss what they are going to do next…
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The art of stepping with Step Afrika!
HOUSTON – C. Brian William, a Houston native, founded Step Afrika! (always with an exclamation) in 1994. It’s the first dance company dedicated to the art of stepping. They’ve toured more than 60 countries, including The White House, showcasing its history and tradition through stepping. Renowned nationally as one of the top ten African-American dance…
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Turner Theater and Studio Tenn create a home for performing arts in The Factory at Franklin
The Factory at Franklin got a little brighter Thursday, with the unveiling of the new Turner Theater and its dazzling marquee at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Studio Tenn’s permanent home. Over a year of discussions, planning and construction went into turning a boxy room in a former factory into a theater space fit for…
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Coronation Royal Performing Arts set to begin another season
It is the fall in Paintearth County, which means that a new season for Coronation Royal Performing Arts is set to kick off. The first show is set to take place on Nov. 4 and will feature Jake Vaadeland, an award-winning Saskatchewan-based country crooner. Vaadeland and his four-piece band, featuring a banjo, bass guitar and…
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Experience the King of Rock and the King of Pop at the Charlotte Performing Arts Center
CHARLOTTE, Mich. (WILX) – Hear the hits of Elvis and Michael Jackson at the Charlotte Performing Arts Center. Leo Days will be performing as Michael Jackson on Friday, October 27th and as Elvis on Saturday, October 28th. Both shows are at 7pm. Leo Days was raised in Flint, Michigan and first learned to moonwalk as…
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Ada Performing Arts presents “Footloose”
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Ada Performing Arts students from 5th to 12th grades partnered with Ada High Cheer and AHS Student United Way to support the Cougars as they took to the field against Ft. Gibson Friday. Over 250 students danced in a…
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Wilkes University Welcomes New Faculty Members
Wilkes University recently welcomed fifteen new faculty members for the fall semester. The new faculty and their areas of specialization include: Martha Agbeli has joined the College of Health and Education as an assistant professor in the Passan School of Nursing. She previously served as an assistant professor in the Tan Chinfen Graduate School of…
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San Diego weekend arts events: ‘Korea in Color,’ haunted theater and a 19th century courtesan
Visual art For more arts events, or to submit your own, visit the KPBS/Arts Calendar. If you want more time to plan, get the KPBS/Arts newsletter in your inbox every Thursday to see event picks for the weeks ahead. ‘Korea in Color: A Legacy of Auspicious Images’ opens this weekend at the San Diego Museum…
