Rock School presents a hands on approach
Rock School Arts will present an exposition entitled "The Art of Science," A Hands on approach, to the created world from Sunday until Nov. 21.
View ArticleWays to have a ghostly good time in Burke County
Looking for a good scare or a fun place to take the big and little ghost and goblins?
View ArticleUNCSA film dean: Let's attract films
The dean of the School of Filmmaking at UNC School of the Arts wants to draw more filmmakers to make their movies in North Carolina.
View ArticleBlue Ridge Mountain regional arts festival, ColorFest, call for artists
Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Inc.invites regional Blue Ridge Mountain artists to display and demonstrate their art form in the 1st annual event, ColorFest, Art of the Blue Ridge.
View ArticleArtist gives back by painting guitar for charity
Amanda Dunbar's life changed when she was 13 because of an after-school art class.
View ArticleRecession forcing museums to do more with less
The recession is hitting museums hard from coast to coast, forcing directors to boost admission fees, cut budgets and staff, and put ambitious projects on hold. But in a twist on the bleak economic...
View ArticleValdese jewelry designer recognized
Lynn Whisenant recently earned her March Artist of the Month by Valdese Heritage Arts Center members.
View ArticleNCSD Irish dancers open art reception
A group of middle school students, from North Carolina School for the Deaf, performed Irish dancing during the NCSD annual art show reception on Thursday at CoMMA in Morganton.
View ArticleNew art exhibit at Jailhouse Gallery
Kenneth Eugene Peters prepares his Morganton debut at the Jailhouse Gallery on Friday, May 8, during TGIF.
View ArticleSmithsonian gears up for movie-inspired visitors
What happens after dark in the halls of a museum? A few lucky kids will get to find out in the months ahead, thanks to some big promotions and travel deals drawing on the buzz of Hollywood's new museum...
View ArticleRock School Arts holds reception for artists
Rock School Arts presents an exhibition of paintings by Western Piedmont Community College Visual Arts Department Head Mark Poteat, and an exhibition of work by Boone artist Pat Pilkington in Galleries...
View ArticleJailhouse Gallery show opening
Burke Arts Council presents an exhibit featuring Barbara Wade and Cathy Futral opening at Jailhouse Gallery, 115 E. Meeting St., in Morganton on Friday.
View Article42nd season of 'From This Day Forward' opens
Continuing a long history of family tradition, Gennifer Hogan will direct the original play written by the late Fred Cranford in its 42nd season. "From This Day Forward," an original Old Colony Players...
View ArticleWilson pays 'last' homage to ill Japanese dancer
During the 1960s, Suzushi Hanayagi ventured alone to New York, in an unusual act of courage for a Japanese woman of her generation, armed with training in traditional dance to forge a new form of...
View ArticleDancers tell how Jackson's great moves moved them
Growing up in Crown Heights, Anthony Rue II wanted to be like Mike.
View ArticleFive-time Grammy award winner opens Elvis -- All Shook Up show
Former Blackwood Brothers Quartet bass singer Ken Turner has left his mark on both the music he loves and the people he has sung to in his 57 years of music ministry.
View ArticleBlowing Rock arts center temporarily closes
A performing arts center in the North Carolina mountains that's been open about three years is temporarily closing because of the economy.
View ArticleAugust art auction in Morganton
2009 Art For Kids Sake Silent Auction benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Burke County.
View ArticleOld Rock School comes alive with auditions for 'The Sound of Music'
With a large cast and stage support needed, the upcoming production of "The Sound of Music" at the Old Rock School has many opportunities for folks interested in theater.
View ArticleRock School announces art contest winners
The Rock School Arts Foundation opened its 22nd Annual Open Art Competition on Saturday during the Waldensian Festival in Valdese.
View ArticleValdese Weavers spins work into art exhibit
The Hickory Museum of Art's latest exhibition, Valdese Weavers Textile Design: Inspiration to Interpretation opens Saturday in the Coe Gallery. Valdese Weavers is primarily an upholstery weaving mill...
View ArticleHarrell debuts new performance
Michael Reno Harrell has put together a one-man play which basically spans his 60-plus year journey from being raised in a small East Tennessee hill town to his travels as a musician and storyteller...
View ArticleNew artist exhibits winter scenes, Christmas ornaments
Anyone entering Valdese Heritage Arts Center at 146 Main St. W., will perhaps get relief from hot temperatures not only from the air conditioner but by a burst of snowy winter scenes on the right wall...
View ArticleJailhouse holds local artists
A new exhibit is now showing at The Burke Arts Council Jailhouse Gallery, 115 Meeting St., Morganton.
View ArticleDowntown Morganton gets ready to buzz
The 28th Annual Historic Morganton Festival kicks off on Friday.
View ArticleMovie theater hosts opera event with 2 viewings
Marquee Cinemas and Emerging Pictures present at 7 p.m. today and at 1 p.m Sunday the feature film version of "La Bohème" starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón.
View Article'Art of Sisterhood' comes to Morganton
A new exhibit featuring three artisits exhibits at the Burke Arts Council Jailhouse Gallery this month.
View ArticleRock School welcomes oil painting exhibit
Oil painters Jean Cauthen and Hannah Seng are exhibiting paintings at the Rock School during June and July.
View ArticleLocal gallery receives national recognition
Kala Gallery in Morganton recently received national recognition for its role in supporting American-made art.
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