Theater opens performing arts school on Jan. 5
MORRISTOWN ? Registration for musical theater and acting classes for The Community Theatre?s winter-spring Performing Arts School session will begin Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.

Festival of the Arts ready to go (Thursday, January 08, 2009)
The 82nd Brandon Festival of the Arts will take place next month. According to it?s website, the event is run by over 175 volunteers, with all funds received going to adjudicators fees and expenses.

Comedy Cavalcade From Chaplin to Kovacs Provokes Delighted Laughter at Arts Council
Describing the short films he presented at the Arts Council?s ninth annual Comedy Cavalcade as ?beautiful little gems,? film historian Bruce Lawton screened six comic shorts from the early part of last century, showcasing the antics of film icons like Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, and others.

Fung Shui, Mighty Space Monkeys to play at Watchung Arts Center
WATCHUNG ? Two local bands, Mighty Space Monkeys and Feng Shui, will perform at 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 9, at the Watchung Arts Center, on the Watchung Circle.

Works by a dozen artists will show an eclectic array at Watchung Arts Center
WATCHUNG ? The art show, ?New Year = New Yearnings,? featuring original artworks by 12 New Jersey fiber artists from Essex, Middlesex, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties, will be held throughout Januaryat the Watchung Arts Center, on the Watchung Circle.

Art workshops and classes startin January for kids and teens at Watchung Arts Center
WATCHUNG ? Registration has begun at the Watchung Arts Center on the Watchung Circle for art workshops classes that start in January for children and teens.

Arts figures oppose merger plans
Artists back a petition urging MSPs to reject combining Scotland's two main arts organisations.

Festival supports youth and the arts
Happy New Year from the Huntsville Festival of the Arts.

WYANDOTTE: Progress moves slowly on arts center
WYANDOTTE ? The old Masonic Temple building will continue to undergo a transformation into an arts center in 2009.

Arts promoter buys plant site
EASTHAMPTON - With a vision of turning it into a regional performing arts center, David F. Oppenheim purchased the former Easthampton Dye Works building at auction on Tuesday.

Governor's Arts Awards recipients named
Four individuals and three organizations have been named recipients of this year's Governor's Arts Awards.

Arts Ahead 7-13 January
The 6th London Short Film Festival opens on Friday Ah, early January. It ain't a time to be launching or opening. (Ask Woolworths .) So there isn't a lot of fresh blood on the London arts scene this week. But you can fight the cold currently freezing your cultural brain with the following: Two festivals brighten the January gloom: The 6th London Short Film Festival opens on ...

Clive James talks at Warwick Arts Centre
AUSTRALIA'S finest export, Clive James, visits Warwick Arts Centre this month. The writer, critic and broadcaster famous for writing the way he talks takes to the stage on Wednesday, January 21 to talk about his latest book - only he talks about anything else but the book.

Arts center hosts exhibition
The Scotch Plains and Fanwood Arts Association meeting will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 at its new location in the Patricia M. Kuran Cultural Arts Center, Watson Road, Fanwood.

Martial Arts Instructor
We are looking for people with Martial arts teaching experience to work on US children?s summer camps. Positions are varied to suit candidates? level of skill and certification.

Schools arts teachers could be history
Drastically reducing the number of arts teachers, freezing salaries and restructuring health care benefits are part of a $133 million list of cuts that Duval County Public Schools could make in the next fiscal year. The district said last month it expects a budget shortfall of more than $98 million because of increased costs, less money from the state and having to make up for the $57 ...

Plastic arts exhibit celebrates young artists
The bold and innovative designs of young artists were celebrated at a national exhibition in Beijing. The "2008 Exhibition of Plastic Arts - Works of Rising Artists", which opened at the National Museum of Fine Arts on Monday, gave prominence to the plastic creations of up and coming artists.

Children try their hands in Arts & Design
Arts and Design is one of the obligatory subjects (mata pelajaran wajib) introduced in SPN21. All children can express themselves in artwork and other media.

Performing arts venues charging more for premium seats
PORTLAND, Maine - Just like airlines, many performing arts venues are beginning to charge more for ticket-holders to stretch out their legs.

Katy Heritage Park displays local art in new Fine Arts Center
The Katy Heritage Society and ARTreach celebrated the grand opening of the Katy Heritage Fine Arts Center at the Katy Heritage Park on Saturday.