Orange Coast College’s visual and performing arts program will soon get a transformative boost, after officials announced the recent gift of $9.44 million — the largest donation ever received in the community college’s 77-year history. Made by a philanthropist described only as an alumnus of the Costa Mesa campus, the contribution allows for the creation…

LONG TALL TEXAN— Country star Lyle Lovett is among the stars inked to perform in Thousand Oaks in the coming year. Check out the Bank of America Performing Arts Center’s website for a full list of upcoming performances and productions. The new year brings with it a full lineup at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts…

Mission Opera, Joshua R. Wentz, artistic director, is the winner of The American Prize in Opera Performance, 2024 in the professional division for its production of “Susannah.” The ensemble was selected from applications reviewed from throughout the United States. The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series…

Davis Musical Theatre Company is excited to present everyone’s favorite Broadway musical about, Broadway, 42nd Street! Following a special event performance and dinner on New Year’s Eve at DMTC (tickets are still available at dmtc.org), “42nd Street” (underwritten by Michael and Alice Smith), opens Friday, Jan. 3, and plays through Sunday, Jan. 26,  at the…

Text to speech audio articles made possible by the Quest Grant at Yavapai College. Tuition free industry recognized certificates for your career. With an eye on student futures and a firm commitment to its tradition of artistic excellence, the Yavapai College Performing Arts Department has recruited five new faculty members. This ensemble of impressively qualified…

. People like to send the artist Suchitra Mattai fabrics. Her mother, who lives in Edison, N.J., home to one of the largest South Asian populations in the United States, collects saris from secondhand shops and mails them to her daughter, who lives in Los Angeles and is of Indo-Caribbean descent. Friends, relatives and friends…

The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center will be broadening the scope of artists represented in its holdings thanks to contributions from a Macon County couple.  Franklin residents William Banks Hinshaw and Robin Markle Hinshaw recently made gifts and pledges totaling $125,000 to endow a…

Voices Festival Productions’ (VFP) world-premiere story of evolving relationships within a multi-generational caregiver support group will start performances on January 9, 2024.  Who Cares:  The Caregiver Interview Project — co-written by Ari Roth, A. Lorraine Robinson, and Vanessa Gilbert, and directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer — will run from January 9 to February 2, 2025, at Universalist…

Auditions for Bemidji Community Theater’s production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. will be held on Jan. 8 & 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the BCT Performing Arts Center, 316 Beltrami Ave, NW, Bemidji. All actors must be between the ages of 8 and 18 Must prepare 18 measures of music to sing…