2011 April- NC Arts Everyday

Scotty McCreery Advances to Top Five

North Carolina’s Scotty McCreery made it through to the top five of the American Idol competition. But last night, Scotty and his fans were not sure for most of the one-hour show if his hopes of becoming the next American Idol were dashed. During previous shows, Scotty was often one of the first singers...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Behind the Scenes of an American Premiere

The Distillery, in co-production with Burning Coal Theatre Company, presents the American premiere of Pornography by Simon Stephens. Pornography takes a look inside the lives of eight Londoners on the eve of the London tube bombings. Get a sneak peek of the production photos and hear the director and actors...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Arts Events for May, 2011

May 4–9 Wordfest, Asheville Sponsored by the Mountain Area Information Network, Asheville Wordfest presents poetry as a form of “citizens” journalism—using radio, public access TV and the Web to expand poetry audiences. The event presents poets, regional and national, from an array of cultural and...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 29th, 2011 | No Comments

American Dance Festival Tickets on Sale May 9

The 2011 American Dance Festival season entitled Something New, Something Treasured will celebrate the best in modern dance, both past and present, with eight world premieres, six ADF commissions, five U.S. premieres, five reconstructions and five ADF company debuts. The ADF’s 78th season will feature...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 28th, 2011 | No Comments

North Carolina’s Scotty McCreery showed the most versatility yet in his rendition of the Carole King classic You’ve Got A Friend. Scotty was coached by Interscope record producer Jimmy Iovine and legendary singer and producer Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. Iovine told him to go “romantic.” Babyface...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 28th, 2011 | No Comments

The N.C. Arts Council is pleased to share the following opportunities for artists that have recently been submitted to us. Please contact the organization listed if you have any questions. The Arts Council does not endorse or recommend any specific opportunities, but provides this list for information only....

Posted by ncarts in Artist Opportunities on 04 27th, 2011 | 5 Comments

Mimi Herman Poetry’s importance in the lives of high school students is highlighted by Mimi Herman, the North Carolina state coordinator for Poetry Out Loud, in a post on Art Works, the official blog of the National Endowment for the Arts. In her essay, Herman describes the program’s success at getting...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 26th, 2011 | No Comments

Four North Carolinians Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded 180 fellowships earlier this month to a diverse group of scholars, artists and scientists in its 87th annual competition for the United States and Canada. Four recipients live in North Carolina. They are: James Mark Biederman, an artist and the Martha...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 25th, 2011 | No Comments

North Carolina’s Scotty McCreery makes it to the next round of the American Idol competition even though the judges thought he failed to pull out the big guns during last night’s performance. Scotty performed LeAnn Rimes’ upbeat Swingin. For the first time, the 17-year-old received strong criticism...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Question: What’s Your Favorite Venue for Live Music In N.C.?

Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park (N.C. Museum of Art) Where do N.C. musicians go when they want to hear great music in our state during the spring and early summer? Artful Living asked N.C. music makers to offer their personal picks for best places to experience Americana, blues, ...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News, Spring 2011 on 04 20th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Mike Wiley in American Theatre magazine. Photo by Alvin Swilley. North Carolina actor and writer Mike Wiley is featured in the April issue of American Theatre magazine. Wiley is known for his versatility on the stage, often playing several characters during a performance. The 38-year-old actor may be best...

Posted by ncarts in Miscellaneous on 04 20th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Registration Open for LCI International Educator Workshop

The North Carolina Arts Council and the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts will offer the acclaimed Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) International Educator Workshop this summer in Winston-Salem on the campus of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Registration is now open. The workshop is...

Posted by ncarts in Miscellaneous on 04 20th, 2011 | No Comments

NC’s Scotty McCreery Heads Straight to the Next Round

North Carolina’s Scotty McCreery easily made it to the next round of the American Idol competition. Once again, he was the first to know that he earned enough votes to stay another week. The Garner teenager opened the show last night for the second time with a duet with fellow contestant Lauren Alaina. The...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News, Miscellaneous on 04 15th, 2011 | No Comments

Cell phones ringing at inopportune times has been a part of the theater experience since they evolved to fit inside your pocket, but this weekend cell phones will take center stage in The Mercy Seat at Raleigh Ensemble Players and Dead Man’s Cell Phone at The Actors Theatre of Charlotte. “The cell...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 14th, 2011 | No Comments

NC’s Scotty Sticks to His Roots Singing Pure County

North Carolina’s Scotty McCreery performed the George Strait classic I Cross My Heart last night on American Idol. The eight remaining contestants were asked to sing movie songs. The 17-year-old Garner teenager belted out Strait’s tune from the 1992 movie Pure Country. His fan clubs were visible....

Posted by ncarts in Arts News, Miscellaneous on 04 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Posted by ncarts in Artist Opportunities on 04 12th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Free Creative Capital Webinar for Emerging Writers

The N.C. Arts Council and Creative Capital are offering a free webinar, Applying for Grants & Residency Programs, Strategies for Writers, on Wednesday, May 25 from 7–8:30 p.m. It will be hosted by Ethan Nosowsky, Editor-at-Large at Graywolf Press and Consultant for Innovative Literature at Creative...

Posted by ncarts in Artist Opportunities on 04 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Swing Into Jazz Month with North Carolina Musicians

Don’t miss the bebop this month as North Carolina musicians celebrate Jazz Month. The state has produced many jazz musicians who achieved international fame including tenor saxophonist John Coltrane (Hamlet), pianist Thelonious Monk (Rocky Mount) and pianist and composer Dr. Billy Taylor...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 12th, 2011 | No Comments

South Arts Receives Grant for Preparedness Tool for Arts Organizations

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded South Arts $300,000 for ArtsReady, a new online emergency preparedness service. Preparing for the unexpected is never easy, but it is essential. Unfortunately, most arts professionals do not have training or skills in readiness or business continuity planning to...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Fred Chappell, Richard Krawiec, Kevin Morgan Watson “If I was writing the poem, I’d give myself a gold star for that one!” Former N.C. Poet Laureate Fred Chappell was applauding a particularly well-turned phrase during a master workshop at Press 53’s First Annual Gathering of Poets on Saturday, April...

Posted by ncarts in Poetry Month on 04 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Allan Gurganus, author of Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, delivered a eulogy for his colleague Reynolds Price at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City on April 7, 2011. Price, the James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke, his alma mater passed away January 20. This is the...

Posted by ncarts in Poetry Month on 04 11th, 2011 | No Comments

It was no surprise last night that N.C.’s Scotty McCreery moved to the next round of the American Idol competition after his rendition of That’s All Right (Mama). The Garner teenager knows his Elvis. When he was younger, he would imitate the King on the back of the school bus and dressed like him for...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 8th, 2011 | No Comments

Asheville’s Warren Wilson College got a shout-out on the April 5 edition of The Colbert Report as the result of an appearance by guest James Franco, the recent Oscar host and best actor nominee (for 127 Hours) also known for roles in films and television shows including General Hospital, Spider Man, Milk...

Posted by ncarts in Poetry Month on 04 7th, 2011 | No Comments

NC Writer’s Book Hits the Big Screen Soon

Sara Gruen Asheville author Sara Gruen’s bestselling novel adapted for film, Water for Elephants, opens nationwide in theaters Friday, April 22. Water for Elephants tells the story of Jacob, a young man tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 5th, 2011 | No Comments

North Carolinian Scotty McCreery and fellow contestant Lauren Alaina opened the American Idol broadcast singing the tender country duet I Told You So, winning the audiences approval first thing. The judges stood up and applauded. Host Ryan Seacrest then asked for the lights to be dimmed. Then quickly Scotty...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News on 04 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Merlefest, the internationally renowned music festival and fundraiser established in 1988 to honor North Carolina Heritage Award–winning guitarist Doc Watson’s late son Merle, annually draws more than 70,000 people from 45 states, the District of Columbia and 10 foreign countries to Wilkes Community...

Posted by ncarts in Arts News, Spring 2011 on 04 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Scotty McCreery Advances to Top Five

Behind the Scenes of an American Premiere

Arts Events for May, 2011

American Dance Festival Tickets on Sale May 9

North Carolina’s Scotty McCreery Performs a Classic Carole King Song

Artist Opportunities 4/27/11

NC Poetry Out Loud Featured by NEA

Four North Carolinians Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

NC’s Hopes Are Still Alive for a Homegrown Idol

Question: What’s Your Favorite Venue for Live Music In N.C.?

NC Actor Highlighted in American Theatre Magazine

Registration Open for LCI International Educator Workshop

NC’s Scotty McCreery Heads Straight to the Next Round

Cell Phones Make a Theatrical Debut

NC’s Scotty Sticks to His Roots Singing Pure County

Artist Opportunities 4/13/2011

Free Creative Capital Webinar for Emerging Writers

Swing Into Jazz Month with North Carolina Musicians

South Arts Receives Grant for Preparedness Tool for Arts Organizations

Poets Gather in Winston-Salem

Gurganus’ Eulogy for Reynolds Price

Scotty Moves to the Elite Eight

Starring Role for Poetry in Asheville

NC Writer’s Book Hits the Big Screen Soon

Scotty Cruises to Next Round

Merlefest

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