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Cleveland Ballet CEO, president resigns amid ‘serious workplace allegations’
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Ballet confirmed CEO and President Michael Krasnyansky resigned after an independent investigation on a number of “serious workplace allegations against the organization and its personnel” was launched. The Board of Directors accepted the resignation on Nov. 21, effective immediately. Krasnyansky and his wife, Artistic Director Gladisa Guadalupe, were both…
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‘Energetic, virtuosic’: Weis Center celebrates holiday season with ‘A Mariachi Christmas’
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome Mariachi Herencia de México on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. This performance will include both traditional mariachi music and holiday favorites, according to a press release. Celebrate the holidays with “A Mariachi Christmas” featuring Mariachi Herencia de México. The Latin GRAMMY-nominated…
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Louisville makes list for top destinations to travel in 2024
WHY THE DERBY CITY WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF 2024. WHETHER IT’S THE BOURBON INDUSTRY, WHETHER IT’S CHURCHILL, WHETHER IT’S MUHAMMAD ALI, THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN THE TOURISM SPACE. NOW TRAVEL AND LEISURE MAGAZINE IS RECOGNIZING LOUISVILLE AS ONE OF THE TOP PLACES IN THE WORLD TO VISIT…
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Vancouver performing-arts visionary Norman Armour passes away, but his legacy on cultural scene lives on
In the ensuing years, PuSh moved from a small series to a citywide happening that continues today—Armour becoming synonymous with the event, passionately introducing its mind-expanding, offbeat programs and expanding Vancouverites’ tastes for boundary-pushing arts. Now artists in places as far-flung as Melbourne and Brussels instantly recognize the fest’s name—and Armour’s, too. “The vision that…
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Mercy High students appearing on Good Morning America next week, set to perform Frozen in March
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) — On Monday, a group of theater students from Mercy High School in Farmington Hills are headed to New York City to sing on Good Morning America. After that, in March 2024, the students will produce and perform the musical for the hit Disney movie “Frozen”. They were selected to do…
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Door County theater teacher named to state hall of fame as her students win festival awards
FISH CREEK – Gibraltar High School performing arts director Lizbeth Thomas joined a statewide hall of fame for her work in high school theater while her students were winning seven awards in a scholastic theater festival this past weekend. Thomas was inducted into the Wisconsin Interscholastic Theatre Hall of Fame by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Speech…
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The STAGE Act: How It Could Save Non-Profit Theatres, and How You Can Help
Non-profit theatres across the country are in trouble, with many still struggling to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In just the past few months, major cuts were revealed at Chicago’s Steppenwolf and Lookingglass, Off-Broadway’s The Public Theater and Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group. But work is also underway…
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Best Bets: A quick guide to online and in-person entertainment and experiences
Nov. 21, 2023 2 PM PT The La Jolla Light presents this continuing listing of online activities and local in-person events. Lectures & learning • The Front Row lecture series at Scripps Research presents “Editing Genes to Tackle Neurological Conditions” with assistant professor Xin Jin at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the Scripps Research…
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Area arts organizations, museums to receive state grants
Several area arts organizations and museums will receive grant awards through the New York State Council on the Arts. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced in a media release the grants will support more than 1,000 nonprofit organizations and 500 individual artists across the state. In this funding cycle, four awards categories were announced: Support for Organizations,…
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Area students attend CSO performance in Oneonta
ONEONTA — Hundreds of local children listened to fairy tales when the Catskill Symphony Orchestra performed music by Maurice Ravel on Thursday, Nov. 16. Glen Cortese, interim music director of the CSO, conducted musicians in Ravel’s “Mother Goose Suite” at the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center in downtown Oneonta. Almost 700 students from 13…