North Carolina School of the Arts News

Like trimming a Christmas tree, The Conservatory of Dance & Theatre'sa annual ballet, The Nutcracker, is a much-anticipated holiday tradition and celebration for many local families and the fifth annual production may just be the equivalent of placing the glowing angel atop a 12-foot Fraser fir.a With a cast of more than 100 local children and ...

Danny McBride, directors David Gordon Green and Jody Hill and Warner exec Matt Reilly have formed comedy production house Rough House, setting up shop at Mandate Pictures.

OUT at the Movies , Winston-Salem and the Triad's GLBT film series, will screen Make the Yuletide Gay at 6 p.m. Saturday in the ACE Theatre Complex on the campus of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, 1533 S. Main St.

The day after Thanksgiving, Appleton native Jenny Laux, who teaches dance to impoverished youth in Juarez, Mexico, helped serve a meal to the children and their families.

Graham native Heath Michaels knew pretty early on that he wanted to be a filmmaker, but didn't share that information with many people, for fear they would poke fun at him.

A new initiative called Nutz About Downtown aims to lure residents downtown and to a performance of The Nutcracker in order to take advantage of holiday savings at participating retailers and restaurants.

The Piedmont Triad Partnership and N.C. A&T State University said that the fourth keynote speech in its design initiatives will be held at 6 p.m. Dec.

No it's not another Christmas light display, it's a special lighting project in Winston-Salem. Students from the North Carolina School of the Arts designed the project at the Pepper building.

Ethan Stiefel , dean of the school of dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, rehearses with Laura Chachich and Kris Nobles for a performance of a oeThe Nutcracker.a Credit: Nelson Kepley/News & Record Want to go? What: "The Nutcracker" by UNC School of the Arts, with new choreography by Ethan Stiefel and three other members ...

3, and Wednesday, Nov. 4. On Nov. 3, Open Dream will perform the play at 9 a.m. at Mountain View Elementary and at 1 p.m. at Blue Ridge Elementary School.

Jeremy Bannon-Neches, a dancer for the Nevada Ballet Theatre, pushes himself hard because, he says, a dancer's career is short.

A religious calling turned John P. Kee from a seedy lifestyle to a career as a top-ranked gospel performer, producer, and pastor of the New Life Fellowship Church in Charlotte, NC.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a local school's fundraiser may make your mouth water.

The Degas Quartet returns to Wilmington Sunday to join fellow musicians for a program of song - songlike at the very least - for Chamber Music Wilmington.

Published: Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. LAKELAND One of Harrison School for the Visual and Performing Arts' most famous graduates came home Monday to help dedicate the new $21 million expansion and renovation of the school.

When students from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem were looking for a location to film a Western about an outlaw, they found an ideal location in Iredell County.

Lenoir native Joseph Robinson will perform tonight with the Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center.

John Rex Endowment, Raleigh, seeks proposals fpor grants to support positive youth development and capacity building.

RiverRun International Film Festival is capitalizing on its growing popularity and has expanded its dates for the 12th edition of the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based event to 11 days, April 15-25. "Extending the run of the festival to an eleven-day event is a big step for us, said festival executive director Andrew Rodgers.

During this time of a down economy services, like those supported by the United Way, are needed more than ever.