Meredith Odegard as The Sugar Plum Fairy (Photo courtesy MSA) ALEXANDROA, VA-More than 150 Metropolitan School of the Arts (MSA) students will take to the stage Saturday, December 9, and Sunday, December 10, to perform Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center (4915 Netherton Drive). Two performances will be held
Despite two years of pandemic pause in 2020 and 2021, the locally founded CloudTop Comedy Festival pulled in roughly 1,200 folks for last year’s post-pandemic events according to Founder and Director Jessica Baxter. (If you missed it, SFR published a cover story about CloudTop). Part of the reason for the big crowds might have been
As if his voice alone wasn’t enough to create and maintain a multimillion-person fanbase, Noah Kahan has provided his audience with several legendary collaborations. As all folk-pop and indie music lovers know, Noah Kahan’s fanbase has expanded exponentially this past year. According to Boston Magazine, Kahan’s monthly listeners on Spotify grew from 8 million in
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego hosted a news conference on Monday, Dec. 4, announcing the five artists who were selected to work on the mural of the El Paso County Healing Garden located at Ascarate Park. As KTSM has previously reported, the back side of the garden where the
News release from the Center for Craft: The Center for Craft invites applications for its new WNC Artist in Residence program that celebrates regional resilience and creativity through December 15. Two artists from Western North Carolina will be selected for the residency, and each will be awarded an honorarium of $10,000 plus an additional $2,000
Milwaukee Ballet’s Artistic Director Michael Pink believes the impact of his newly reimagined The Nutcracker will be immediate. Sketch by Gregory Poplyk; Image courtesy of Milwaukee Ballet “I can guarantee you that the first time the curtain goes up in that party scene, there will be so many people in the audience [gasping], and a
SYCAMORE – The Kishwaukee Valley Art League recently honored young artists from local high schools. The group presented Art of Giving Student Awards to Sycamore High School students Katelyn Horn and Taylor Wesley and DeKalb High School students Naomy Ortiz and Claire Lancaste at its meeting on Nov. 2. They students presented examples of their
Take an artful journey. We’ve partnered with local curator, writer, and artist Nya Lewis to produce Carry it Well, a series of public art installations that celebrate contemporary Black-Canadian art, artists, and the presence of African and Black communities in Metro Vancouver. Carry It Well features four large-scale artworks by contemporary Canadian artists Jan Wade,
FROM ARTS COUNCIL OF FAYETTEVILLE|CUMBERLAND COUNTY The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County has awarded $21,575 in funding in 2023 to individual artists for new works and professional development in 2024 as part of the Artist Support Grant program with the North Carolina Arts Council. A total of 12 artists were awarded $21,575 following the submission
A lot of athletes have tried and failed to become musical artists over the years, but rapper Rick Ross has a high opinion of one very public figure: NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal. In a recent interview with People, the Miami-based artist talked about his collaboration with the former Los Angeles Lakers star on