Elementary Schools Announced For OSKAR Tour
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 26, 2020
Bullying and gender stereotypes are issues youngsters deal with every day. Now, K-5 students around the Bay Area can explore these important issues in an engaging and creative way as TheatreWorks Silicon Valley brings its award-winning Oskar tour to Bay Area Elementary Schools. Developed in an effort to help today's youngest students develop the resiliency and strategies needed to cope with bullying at school, and to increase sensitivity and empathy, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Education program will present the West Coast Premiere of Oskar and the Big Bully Battle, Part 2 as well as Oskar and the Countless Costume Changes, written by award-winning playwrights Prince Gomolvilas and Matt Ackels. The Oskar tour runs March 2 - April 10, 2020, and will travel to schools in the South Bay, Peninsula, East Bay, and San Francisco (see list for specific schools). To contact TheatreWorks Education about scheduling an assembly, schools may email education@theatreworks.org or call 650-463-7146.
American Icon & Grammy Winner Mavis Staples To Perform At The Soraya This February!
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 27, 2020
The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts and 88.5 FM present American icon and GRAMMY Award-winner Mavis Staples for one-night only on Thursday, February 13 at 8:00pm. Mavis Staples also has the distinction of being in the Blues Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. GRAMMY Award-winning producer and singer-songwriter Son Little will open for Staples.
New Jersey Ballet to Perform at MPAC, 5/21-22
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 27, 2016
New Jersey Ballet returns to Mayo Performing Arts Center with a weekend of their most popular ballets on May 21 and 22, respectively. The ballets being performed are Don Quixote and Cinderella.
NJ Ballet to Bring THE NUTCRACKER to MPAC, 12/11
by Tyler Peterson
- Nov 17, 2015
New Jersey Ballet's 45th anniversary season presentation of the holiday classic Nutcracker comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center for 14 performances beginning Friday, December 11 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $29-69
Harlem Chamber Players & ChamberMusicNY Receive Grant
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 21, 2015
The Harlem Chamber Players and ChamberMusicNY are pleased to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts has awarded a grant for the commissioning of composer Jeffrey Scott's A Hug For Harlem.
MPAC, NJ Ballet and NJSO to Collaborate on THE NUTCRACKER in December
by Tyler Peterson
- May 27, 2015
New Jersey Ballet's 45th anniversary season presentation of the holiday classic Nutcracker will feature musical accompaniment by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The collaboration marks the first time that MPAC, New Jersey's leading ballet company and symphony orchestra have worked together to present the seasonal favorite in Morristown.
NJ Ballet Presents Don Quixote, 5/18
by Kelsey Denette
- Apr 19, 2013
New Jersey Ballet returns to MPAC for two performances May 18-19. On Saturday, May 18 at 8 pm, it will present Don Quixote. On Sunday, May 19 at 1:30 pm and 4 pm, it will present Beauty and the Beast/Peter and the Wolf, ballets specifically geared toward families with young children ages 4 and up. Tickets for Don Quixote are $29-59; tickets for Beauty and the Beast/Peter and the Wolf are $12-15.
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