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Pacific Beach Arts District could grow to include an arts center
Pacific Beach, long celebrated for its sun, surf, eating and drinking scene, could be embracing a new identity as a cultural destination. The proposed Pacific Beach Arts Center that would be created by beautifulPB is poised to become the cornerstone of a blossoming arts district that blends public art, education and community engagement. The nonprofit…
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Meet the Aussie dancer chosen to run one of the world’s most prestigious dance schools
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size At 13, Melissa Toogood took a deep breath and made a call that changed her life. The teenage dancer from Campbelltown had just watched students from Newtown’s School of Performing Arts at the annual Schools Spectacular. She was blown away. Sydney dancer Melissa Toogood has been appointed…
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Sexy circus ‘Liquid’ by New York Circus Project at Union Market
The pitch for this production could have been: “What if circus, but sexy.” New York Circus Project’s Liquid is a 75-minute punk rock circus experience at the converted Dock5 space in Northeast’s Union Market, and it delivers a wild, subversive joyride. If you’re expecting a polite three-ring extravaganza or a sit-back, pass-the-popcorn evening, you’ll be…
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After 79 years, Theatre Baton Rouge sits empty. What its stunning closure means for local theater
It was supposed to have been the seventh of nine shows in Theatre Baton Rouge’s 79th season. But the schmaltzy, upbeat roller skate musical, Xanadu, ended up being TBR’s last show ever. On March 1, six days before Xanadu’s opening night, TBR’s board of governors abruptly announced the veteran arts organization’s closure. The nonprofit would…
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A day of remembrance for the fallen
On May 1, 1865, newly freed slaves in Charleston, South Carolina, held a parade of 10,000 people to honor 257 dead Union soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave. The former slaves had unearthed and properly buried the soldiers, placing flowers at their graves. David Blight, a professor of history and African American…
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A dazzling ‘Into the Woods’ at 2nd Star Productions
How many of us have fantasized about the perfect mate, career, sex life, house, and perfect children — in short, everything we could ever want — when we were young? Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical Into the Woods delivers this at Bowie Playhouse. The 2nd Star Productions players provide all of this in Act…
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The Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts presents Shakespeare in the Sangres June 13 through July 6
The Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts’ popular Shakespeare in the Sangres kicks off June 13 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. It runs through July 6 with Yo Ho Hum, a new comedy by Marcus Anthony. In a rural community of less than 5,000 county residents, Westcliffe, Colorado boasts a robust schedule…
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Dr. Andrea Reinkemeyer
Dr. Andrea Reinkemeyer, internationally performed American composer, joins the faculty of George Mason University in Fall 2023 as Associate Professor and Director of Composition. Widely commissioned by orchestras, universities, and chamber ensembles across the United States, critics hail Dr. Reinkemeyer’s unique synesthetic soundscapes that blur the boundary between sound and vision, to “magical” (Fanfare) and even “enchanting”…
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Amos Lee Kicks off the 41st Season of An Appalachian Summer
Last Updated on June 1, 2025 11:13 am BOONE, NC — Appalachian State University’s annual multi-disciplinary summer arts celebration, An Appalachian Summer, opens its 41st season with Amos Lee, Saturday, June 28 at 7:30pm at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts. The soulful singer-songwriter released his gold-selling self-titled first album in 2005 and has…
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2025 UPAF Ride for the Arts takes riders across the Hoan Bridge
2025 UPAF Ride for the Arts A big day for bike lovers and those who want to celebrate the arts. The UPAF Ride for the Arts is underway in Milwaukee, where bike riders will go over the Hoan Bridge this morning for the ride. Stephanie Staszak and Samantha Sostarich joined FOX6 WakeUp to tell us…
