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In Depth: Arts venues voice concerns about ticket resellers
In Depth: Arts venues voice concerns about ticket resellers Several prominent arts and entertainment venues consider third-party ticket sellers to be a “pervasive threat” to the performing arts industry, but professional resellers are defending their businesses. Updated: 10:15 AM EST Nov 17, 2024 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TOPICS ARE TAKING CENTER STAGE. IF YOU’VE PURCHASED TICKETS…
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Shen Yun’s Longstanding Labor Practices Attract Regulators’ Scrutiny
For years, New York labor regulators stood by while a prominent dance company headquartered in the state relied on children and teenagers to stage shows worldwide, earning tens of millions of dollars per season but offering little or no pay to the underage performers. That changed in recent months when the State Department of Labor…
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Numerica Performing Arts Center gets decked with Festival of Trees
With her palette of decorating options laid out on the table beside her, Mayra Avina with the Wenatchee Convention Center decorates a Grand Tree sponsored by Sunny F.M. called “Sunny and Bright.” In November 2022, it was one of the final days to decorate and spruce up the Christmas trees and wreaths at the Numerica…
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The Wizards of Winter to perform benefit concert for Cadets
The Wizards of Winter have announced they will be bringing their 2024 Christmas Dream Tour to the Rogers High School Performing Arts Center, 21000 141st Ave. N., on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. This stop on The Wizards of Winter Christmas tour will be a benefit concert for the 728 Cadets Marching Arts. Tickets…
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Judith Jamison taught us to keep chasing possibilities
Even after she stopped performing with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and became its artistic director, Judith Jamison retained the capacity to evoke a thousand different emotions in the elegant undulations of a simple gesture. As she’d coach a dancer through a role, her long arms would extend toward the ends of the earth…
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The Jazz Ambassadors to perform Monday at the Gertrude C. Ford Center
The Jazz Ambassadors to perform Monday at the Gertrude C. Ford Center Published 8:00 pm Saturday, November 16, 2024 1 of 2 The internationally acclaimed Jazz Ambassadors of Washington, DC will continue its long tradition of presenting free public performances when it appears at Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, November…
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Cantonese opera troupe in Hong Kong brings new life to ancient art
Even after 20 years of learning Cantonese opera, 31-year-old Thompson Vong Seng-pan is still a newbie. Most other performers are middle-aged. But he understands why younger generations are not interested in this art that is centuries old. “Teenagers [find] Cantonese opera dull because it’s really long, and they sing traditional songs that they do not…
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Ring in the Holidays with the Rob Mathes Holiday Concerts at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
The Rob Mathes Holiday Concert, a beloved annual tradition, is set to return to The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College for three unforgettable performances this December. Shows will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, December 20, and Saturday, December 21, with a special matinee performance at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 22. Tickets…
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Kids Make Theatre: In Astoria, teaching the performing arts, igniting a passion
Lori Wilson Honl (center) leads a creative drama club session in October at Kids Make Theatre in which youngsters made masks to turn themselves into owls. Photo courtesy: Kids Make Theatre Preschool was tough on shy Norah Doney. Mornings, her mom, Haley, would drop the 4-year-old off at Warrenton Grade School, then stick around for…
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Kirksville School District plans new performing arts center
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — Music and art are taking center stage at the Kirksville School District. The school has officially started the process to building a new Education Center for the Performing Arts in between the high school and the middle school. “It’s pretty amazing, you won’t find a better facility than this one anywhere in…