Laura Ingalls Wilder News

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center announced the 2018-19 Bemis Company Education Series tonight to a group of educators at the annual Educator Appreciation Event. Educators were able to preview the 2018-19 education programs, schedule experiences and network with one another as they discussed how the arts integrate into their classroom.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center announced the 2018-19 Bemis Company Education Series  tonight to a group of educators at the annual Educator Appreciation Event. Educators were able to preview the 2018-19 education programs, schedule experiences and network with one another as they discussed how the arts integrate into their classroom. 

After ten sold out shows and a West Coast tour, Broadway's Cinderella, Tony nominee Laura Osnes and music director Benjamin Rauhala returned to host Broadway's most beloved leading ladies at Feinstein's/54 Below. An all-star cast sang the most beloved 'Princess' songs of stage and screen in a magical evening.

DENVER- The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults-including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards-at its Midwinter Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

The Black Mountain Center for the Arts is thrilled to welcome two of Broadway's biggest stars to its stage for a one-night-only concert. Kara Lindsay, star of Broadway's Newsies, Wicked, and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical will join her husband, Black Mountain native and Broadway veteran, Kevin Massey, in their original musical cabaret A Broadway Romance on Saturday March 17, 2018 at 7:30pm in the Charles D. Owen High School auditorium in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

The secret to success at Verge Theater for the last two decades? Know the audience! And the beauty of their audiences is that they are interested in swinging many ways: Contemporary theatre, modern theatre, locally-written theatre, puppet theater, improv, comedies, dramas, fringe shows, musicals! So we respond with the battle cry: Diversity Is Our Mainstay! Sometimes they die on our sword, but most times the audience rewards them with what matters most, their time, attention, and respect Not to mention laughs! They never turn down laughs!! So in December, they're aiming for variety.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse has added a performance of 'A Little House Christmas' on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 4:00 PM. Tickets for this and the originally scheduled performances now through Nov. 26 can be purchased online at dmplayhouse.com, by phone at 515-277-6261, and at the Playhouse ticket office.

Symphony Space's highly interactive Thalia Kids Book Club series, produced in cooperation with Bank Street Bookstore, unites avid readers with the authors, illustrators, and books that inspire their imaginations. Each event includes a creative writing project, a discussion with the audience.

TADA! Youth Theater will present The History Mystery, an original musical back by popular demand.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents A Little House Christmas, Nov. 3-26, 2017. Check out a first look at the show below!

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'A Little House Christmas,' Nov. 3-26, 2017. Tickets may be purchased online at dmplayhouse.com, by phone at 515-277-6261, or at the Playhouse ticket office, 831 42nd St. 'A Little House Christmas' is sponsored by Nationwide.

On December, 2 the series continues with a visit from Newbery Award-winning author Katherine Paterson, and on Monday, December 4, Neil Patrick Harris will celebrate his middle-grade novel The Magic Misfits.

TADA! Youth Theater will present The History Mystery, an original musical back by popular demand.

Last summer, a group form the Ohio Humanities Council visited Piqua to consider it as one of their Ohio Chautauqua sites for 2017.  Unfortunately, they were not selected, but they did encourage the group to develop their own Chautauqua event.  Well, give folks from Piqua a challenge and they deliver.  So a dedicated committee officially began working on Piqua Chautauqua! The dates for this event will be September 19, 20 & 21, 2017 from 6 to 8 p.m. and will take place at Hance Pavilion, located in Fountain Park in Piqua.

Last summer, a group form the Ohio Humanities Council visited Piqua to consider it as one of their Ohio Chautauqua sites for 2017.  Unfortunately, they were not selected, but they did encourage the group to develop their own Chautauqua event.  Well, give folks from Piqua a challenge and they deliver.  So a dedicated committee officially began working on Piqua Chautauqua! The dates for this event will be September 19, 20 & 21, 2017 from 6 to 8 p.m. and will take place at Hance Pavilion, located in Fountain Park in Piqua.

On June 24th and 25th at 2:30 pm at The Gary The Olivia Theater 249 Flanders Rd in Bethlehem, CT Clay & Wattles Theater Company will present 'The Magical World of Tomie dePaola,' an afternoon with the celebrated children's book author and illustrator and recipient of the prestigious Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, Caldecott Honor, and the Newbery Honor.

On June 24th and 25th at 2:30 pm at The Gary The Olivia Theater 249 Flanders Rd in Bethlehem, CT Clay & Wattles Theater Company will present 'The Magical World of Tomie dePaola,' an afternoon with the celebrated children's book author and illustrator and recipient of the prestigious Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, Caldecott Honor, and the Newbery Honor.

The Houston Symphony celebrates the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss with a semi-staged, orchestral version of “Green Eggs and Ham” at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2017.Led by Associate Conductor Robert Franz, the animated, fun-filled celebration of Dr. Seuss at the Symphony will also feature familiar music from animated television classics and lively musical works that capture the imagination.