Atlantic Dance goes on sabbatical to rethink spring programs
New Bern's Atlantic Dance Theater plans a sabbatical from spring performances to pursue new program directions including more school work and community engagement. Artistic director Elizabeth Pope and board president Chuck Dale cite fundraising pressures and Grassroots grant changes as factors. They aim to expand teaching, concerts, and master classes with local groups and possibly outside guest dancers.
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New Bern
Atlantic Dance Theater
North Carolina Arts Council
Elizabeth Pope
J.T. Barber School
North Carolina Dance Alliance
Pope
Chuck Dale
Dale
Russia
China
Atlanta
North Carolina
Atlantic Dance
Sacramento Ballet
Oakland Ballet
Colorado Ballet
State Arts Council
Great Gatsby fund-raiser gives trip to London Paris
Craven Arts Council hosts a Great Gatsby anniversary fund-raiser in James City with a chance to win a London Paris trip. Tickets are 75 dollars Saturday and 20 dollars Sunday, including meals, at 1106 Green Springs Road. Major prizes include vacation trips and a gas grill. Call 638 ARTS for details.
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Craven Arts Council
London
Paris
James City
James Congleton
Green Springs Road
Bank of the Arts
Middle St
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zelda
Long Island
N.Y
Michaelson
New Bern
Call
ARTS
North Carolina Stories TV Tour of History Museum
Ira David Wood Ill hosts a debuting UNC television program at 8 p.m. detailing the new North Carolina Museum of History and a cross section of state performers and craftsmen. The show highlights Native American, African American and European influences on the state’s development. Information from WUNC at 919 549 7177.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Museum of History
University of North Carolina
Ira David Wood
WUNC
North Carolina Seafood Festival Seeks Art for Eighth Poster
The festival awards annual poster design to a North Carolina resident chosen through a subcommittee and festival board. The 1994 commemorative poster is Martha Smith Brooks’ Fall Fishing, a watercolor of pier fishermen. Posters, including limited editions, will debut at the waterfront festival and are sold at area merchants and the festival office.
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North Carolina
Martha Smith Brooks
Seafood Festival
Arendell St
Brooks
Rhonda Hamer
Hamer
Festival Board of Directors
Middle Marsh
Martha Bringhurst
Cuatane
North Carolina Seafood Festival Weekend Highlights
Festival schedule lists events at Civic Center and Central Park across Saturday and Sunday. Activities include Down East Clam Bake, street dances, road race Beaufort watchers, nautical displays, and multiple performances by The Voltage Brothers. Several shows run from morning through evening with fireworks to close.
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Down East
Civic Center
the Voltage Brothers
Tin Pan Alley
Waterfront
Beaufort
Watchers
Coastal Yesterday and Today showcase at NC Seafood Festival
From Morehead City the Coastal Yesterday and Coastal Today sections offer coastal life exhibits and live programs. Coastal Yesterday features clam rake making duck decoy carving model boats and folk musicians with full weekend schedules while Coastal Today hosts live animal programs storytelling and concerts in dedicated festival tents at Bogue Sound and 9th and Shepard Streets.
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Coastal
North Carolina
Connie Mason
John Curry
Matthew Nieberger
Martin Garrish
Fish House Liars
Storytellers
Worth
Carol Mason
Molasses Creek
Unknown Tongues
Lemon Sisters
Rutabaga Brothers
Coastal Yesterday
Shady Grove
Lightnin’ Wells
Bogue Sound
9Th and
Shepard Streets
Frankenstein to haunt Civic Theater in October
The New Bern Civic Theatre will stage Victor Gialanella's Frankenstein with eight performances in October. The Victorian fairy tale features working machinery and a dramatic take on Mary Shelley’s tale, with Chip Caldwell as Frankenstein and Nadine Inglis as Elizabeth. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, on sale at Bank of the Arts or by phone.
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Civic Theater Stage
New Bern
Paris
Holton
Civic Theater
Darstein
Mary Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelly
Lord Byron
Byron
Bram Stoker
Bank of the Arts
Middle St
Caesand
Detvoreh Anderson
Buddy Davis
Chip Caldwell
Victor Frankenstein
Scott Kisch
Nadine Inglis
Elizabeth
Frankenstein
Katherine Schulster
David Wils
Bob Husson
Bruce Brown
Ron
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Pamlicookra
Sri Lanka
Charlie Peek
Sun Journal
N.C
Ottis
Central Park
Saunas Ssodion Titan
Pon
North Tower
Morehead City
Weyerhaeuser Co
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Margaret Fowler
Bernie Smith
Bill Benners
James White
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