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…

As a space for showing art, the small storefront that houses the Experience Gallery has some drawbacks. It’s small, and that limits the size of exhibitions. The ceilings are low, and that cuts down the kind of art that will fit in the room. There are too many windows for curators to control the lighting,…

Miami has long nurtured some of the brightest stars in contemporary dance. From Alvin Ailey principal dancer and choreographer Jamar Roberts to Lloyd Knight and Richard Villaverde of Martha Graham Dance, the city has served as a launching pad for these extraordinary talents. One pivotal figure in their journeys is Peter London, a New World…