Category: Performing Arts

  • 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…

  • Students pack matinee for ‘Fiddler’ at Sandy Springs theater

    Students pack matinee for ‘Fiddler’ at Sandy Springs theater

    SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Around 900 students from Metro Atlanta public and private schools packed the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center Oct. 18 for a matinee of “Fiddler on the Roof.” High school students from Barrow, Cobb, Gwinnett, Forsyth and Fulton counties took buses to see the City Springs Theatre Company’s…

  • 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…

  • Southeast Michigan arts this weekend: Irish drama, ‘Company’ and a jazz piano master

    This weekend in metro Detroit, powerful theater and gorgeous music await arts lovers as temperatures dip in the Motor City. Here are a few options to keep in mind. Three powerful plays This weekend, the University of Michigan’s University Musical Society is presenting a trilogy of dramatic plays depicting Ireland in the early years of…

  • New $95 million Gordon Center officially opens at Colby College in Waterville

    New $95 million Gordon Center officially opens at Colby College in Waterville

    This weekend marks the official opening of the $95 million Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Colby College. Photo courtesy of Colby College WATERVILLE — This weekend marks the official opening of Colby College’s $95 million Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, which was the largest academic project in the college’s history…