TR PHOTO BY AUSTIN CHADDERDON – Kansas artist Stephen Johnson, pictured, designed the “Scherzo” sculpture that now stands in front of the Marshalltown Performing Arts Center. Johnson has a large art portfolio and has designed public art pieces from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Marshalltown’s public art portfolio has grown once again with the delivery and…
Northwest Children’s Theater has announced plans to leave their historic home at the NW Neighborhood Cultural Center and move to downtown Portland, converting the fourplex movie theater located at 1000 SW Broadway into a multi-venue arts center for youth. Located across the street from the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall and Newmark theater, NWCT’s new home…
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Award-winning international films from Belgium, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, and Soviet Estonia tell unique yet universal stories of childhood bullying, violence and adolescent angst. This year’s series is curated by Dale Pollock – a renowned film critic, movie producer and film professor who served as Dean of the School of Filmmaking at the University of North…
Dwayne Johnson and Rawson Marshall Thurber on the set of Red Notice. Netflix / Frank Masi Best On-Screen Twists And Turns Red NoticeBy Rawson Marshall Thurber, Orinda Netflix’s all-time most popular movie in English. A spot on the media giant’s Top 10 list in nearly 100 nations. A 92 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes….
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Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Suffers, David Sedaris, The Weight, Start Making Sense, Winnie the Pooh, The Machine and the renown Parsons Dance Company The Miller Center for the Performing Arts at Reading Area Community College, long recognized as one of the premier performing venues in the Mid-Atlantic Region, is proud to announce a phenomenal 15th…
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Leader of the Pack. Da Doo Ron Ron. Chapel of Love. Then He Kissed Me. Darlene Love. The Shangri-La’s. Ike and Tina Turner. The Ronettes. Ellie Greenwich helped write some of the most popular songs in history for some of the best known musical acts of the 1960s and beyond. This weekend, the Civic Players…
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NEWS | FEATURES | PREVIEWS | EVENTS originally published: 06/22/2022 (NEWARK, NJ) – The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced its upcoming 2022-23 season of dance including several anniversary celebrations and world premieres. The fall season begins with two shows melding dance and jazz music: famed Newark-born tap artist and dancemaker Savion Glover…
A show at the Orpheum Theater scheduled for Saturday night is not only an original, professional production that tells stories of Omaha’s Black and Latino heritage through dance and drama, it’s also a love letter home from noted Broadway dancer and choreographer Ray Mercer. A native of Omaha who has been performing in “The Lion…
La Plata sophomore pens original music composition – Joins CCPS students for national ACT-SO competition A lot of kids like listening to music, Isaiah DeLeonard likes composing it. The rising sophomore at La Plata High School spent nearly six months penning and arranging his first full composition “War March.” Written for a full orchestra, the…
The sound of heavy footfalls filled a studio at Abrons Arts Center on a recent afternoon, as the choreographer Mariana Valencia and her young collaborator, Heera Gandhu, walked decisively around the room. With their arms raised to one side and hands gnarled into claws, they called to mind the classic move from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,”…
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