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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…
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A performing arts center dedicated to the immigrant experience is opening in Inwood
New York’s cultural offerings will soon include productions mounted at The People’s Theatre: Centro Cultural Inmigrante, a 19,000-square-foot space in a new, mixed-use building at 407 West 206th Street in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. Set to open in 2026, the new destination has been funded by a variety of figures, including local theater darling Lin-Manuel Miranda…
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Sweet and Sad presented by Performing Arts of Woodstock
As the curtain rises again on the Apple family of Rhinebeck, theatergoers are in for a poignant exploration of connections, crises, and shared history. Whether you’re already acquainted with the Apple family from Performing Arts of Woodstock’s (PAW) previous production, That Hopey Changey Thing, or are stepping into their world for the first time, Sweet…
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CPA debuts second ‘Artists/Athletes’ video – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dizzying footwork and percussive kicks mix with an original score punctuated by tap beats and soccer sounds in the latest “Artists are Athletes / Athletes are Artists” video from Carolina Performing Arts. The second installment in the series features Carolina women’s soccer player Sam Meza and Michelle Dorrance, founder of Dorrance Dance and an award-winning…
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Check out the musical “The Lightning Thief” at the Academy for the Performing Arts and Chagrin Falls High School
[embedded content] CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio — If you’re looking for a little local entertainment this weekend, the Academy for the Performing Arts at Chagrin Falls High School opens their 2023-24 theater season on Thursday night with the musical “THE LIGHTNING THIEF: The Percy Jackson Musical.” The musical, based on the book of the same name…
