Category: Performing Arts

  • Grants, scholarships support youth in performing arts

    Grants, scholarships support youth in performing arts

    The Performing Arts League (PAL) recently award its 2023 grants and scholarships totaling $28,887 to support youth involvement in the performing arts, according to a news release. This year, PAL awarded grants to nine area nonprofit arts organizations to pay for and support instrumental, vocal, dance and theater programs that recruit, develop and train young…

  • Man injured following standoff at Texas performing arts center

    Man injured following standoff at Texas performing arts center

    ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Officers with the Odessa Police Department responded to assist the University of Texas Permian Basin Police Department, who were involved in an active disturbance with a suspect at the Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, according to a release from OPD. Lubbock PD Deputy Chief McClure accused of violence, death threat with…

  • Opinion: Building mental wellness in young people through the power of performing arts

    Opinion: Building mental wellness in young people through the power of performing arts

    Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists The Youth Singers of Calgary perform at the official ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly named ATCO Performing Arts Centre in 2021. Photo by Azin Ghaffari /Postmedia Network Article content As I watched a talented performing arts group, the Youth Singers of Calgary, perform this spring, I witnessed incredible teamwork, energy…

  • Ardenne High continues to excel in performing arts

    Ardenne High continues to excel in performing arts

    Ardenne High School cemented its hold on the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Marcus Garvey Awards for Excellence in the Performing Arts. The school has continuously impressed audiences and judges at the JCDC competition for over a decade and did so with ease at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at The University…

  • Houston Grand Opera set to premiere new production ‘Intelligence’ at Wortham Center for 3 weeks

    Houston Grand Opera set to premiere new production ‘Intelligence’ at Wortham Center for 3 weeks

    Saturday, October 21, 2023 3:38AM HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — This week, the Houston Grand Opera embarks on a rare landmark in the performing arts industry with a world premiere of a new American opera commissioned by the company. Intelligence tells the little-known true story of two unlikely women spies who turn against the Confederacy and…

  • REX opens The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University

    REX opens The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University

    <!– {"type":"entry","id":150387545,"true_html":" Edit Post “,”false_login_html”:””}–> anchor The new Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University. Image: Warren Jagger for Brown University. Brown University has shared photos to go along with the inauguration of its new REX/Joshua Ramus-designed Lindemann Performing Arts Center tomorrow in Providence, Rhode Island.  The building supports both performance and instruction on campus…

  • Stairway to Zeppelin kicking off 2023-24 Performing Arts Series Saturday night

    Stairway to Zeppelin kicking off 2023-24 Performing Arts Series Saturday night

    The 2023-24 Emporia Arts Council Performing Arts Series is kicking off Saturday night with a classic rock band. Stairway to Zeppelin is quickly becoming the number one Led Zeppelin tribute band in the country and they will be taking to the Emporia Granada Stage as the first act in a great lineup of performers for…

  • UA breaks ground for the Smith Family Center for the Performing Arts

    UA breaks ground for the Smith Family Center for the Performing Arts

    Shovels stand at the ready for the groundbreaking for the Smith Family Center For The Performing Arts at the University of Alabama Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News Trustee Karen Brooks embraces Mary Battle who, along with her husband, Bill, cochaired the fundraising effort. They were attending the groundbreaking for the Smith Family…

  • Rock band The Orchestra to perform at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center

    Rock band The Orchestra to perform at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center

    #inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – This elaborate stage experience will keep audiences entertained with classic hits from one of the most influential rock bands. Engler Entertainment in partnership with 1st Summit Arena @ Cambria County War Memorial will present The Orchestra,…

  • Rock band The Orchestra to feature ELO classics at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center

    Rock band The Orchestra to feature ELO classics at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center

    #inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – This elaborate stage experience will keep audiences entertained with classic hits from one of the most influential rock bands – ELO. Engler Entertainment in partnership with 1st Summit Arena @ Cambria County War Memorial will present…