The Fred Rogers Company has announced production of a second season of PEG + CAT for PBS KIDS. The new season of the multiple Emmy Award-winning animated series for preschoolers is slated to launch on PBS KIDS in spring 2016.
The Children's Theater Foundation of America (CTFA) has announced that Barry Kornhauser of Millersville University, a nationally recognized playwright, director and educator has been named the recipient of its 2014 Medallion Award. The Award is regarded as the highest honor in the field of Theater for Young Audiences. This year's ceremony - where the award will be officially announced and presented -- will take place in the Imperial Ballroom of the Denver Hyatt at the annual American Alliance for Theatre and Education national conference in Denver, Colorado on Friday, August 1. Kornhauser will be attending to accept his award.
The Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, home of the archives of the late Fred Rogers, beloved creator and host of the celebrated television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and a national and international resource continuing his commitment to early learning, will honor world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma as the inaugural recipient of the Fred Rogers Legacy Award tonight, May 23, 2014. The renowned musician will also give a recital to benefit the Center, based at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, which is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Today at its annual meeting with PBS member stations from across the country, PBS KIDS announced the premiere date for its newest series ODD SQUAD.
The Television Academy Foundation announced last night the winners at the 35 th College Television Awards, which were held on Wednesday, April 23 at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre.
The Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, home of the archives of the late Fred Rogers, beloved creator and host of the celebrated television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and a national and international resource continuing his commitment to early learning, will honor world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma as the inaugural recipient of the Fred Rogers Legacy Award on Friday, May 23, 2014. The renowned musician will also give a recital to benefit the Center, based at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, which is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ First Lady Susan Corbett today announced that the 2014 Governor's Awards for the Arts will be held Sept. 28 at Fisher Auditorium of the IUP Performing Arts Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. This will be the first time the state arts event has been held on a university campus.
PBS KIDS is celebrating the 100th day of school with the problem-solving, math-loving duo Peg and Cat from the newest PBS KIDS preschool show, PEG + CAT.
Today PBS KIDS announced the production of its newest series: ODD SQUAD, a live-action media property designed to help kids ages 5-8 learn math.
The Wrap reports that 'Little Miss Sunshine' directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris will next helm an adaptation of Tim Madigan's memoir I'm Proud of You, which is being penned by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster.
PBS Digital Studios has released a remix of the beloved children's series 'Mister Rogers,' featuring archival footage from the show. Check it out below!
The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park announces that the Fred Rogers Family Series will not be scheduled on its 2010-2011 Season. For the 2010-2011 Season, the Society has developed a partnership with the quartet Brooklyn Rider, A Gift for Music, and Orange County Public Schools to create a unique music residency, bringing high-quality classical music to nearly 700 young music students this year. Brooklyn Rider is well known for its collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma on his Silk Road Project.
Everyday Rapture is the story of a young woman's psycho-sexual-spiritual journey on the rocky path that separates her mostly Mennonite past from her mostly Manhattan future. With a cast led by Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture also features songs made famous by David Byrne, Roberta Flack, Mister Rogers, The Supremes, and Judy Garland.
The Bach Festival Society is pleased to host the Zurich-based Stradivari Quartet on its Visiting Artists and Fred Rogers Family Series.
The Bach Festival Society is pleased to host the Zurich-based Stradivari Quartet on its Visiting Artists and Fred Rogers Family Series.
Carnival of the Animals will be performed on April 25 at 11:00am at the Tiedtke Concert Hall on the Rollins College campus (1000 Holt Ave, Winter Park, FL). Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students 18 and under.
Tony winning actor Kevin Spacey is among the recipients of the 30th Annual Common Wealth Awards for Distinguished Service, which will be hosted by PNC Bank, Delaware, on Sunday, April 25th at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington.
Carnival of the Animals will be performed on April 25 at 11:00am at the Tiedtke Concert Hall on the Rollins College campus (1000 Holt Ave, Winter Park, FL). Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students 18 and under.
Tony winning actor Kevin Spacey is among the recipients of the 30th Annual Common Wealth Awards for Distinguished Service, which will be hosted by PNC Bank, Delaware, on Sunday, April 25th at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington.
The acclaimed Moscow String Quartet will perform a program of Russian music on Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. in Tiedtke Concert Hall on the Rollins College campus. The Denver Post says of this quartet, 'They are players of the highest caliber, intonation, strength, ensemble, dynamics, tonal sheen-the ladies from Moscow possess all the things a world-class string quartet should have.' Their program will consist of Borodin's String Quartet No. 2, Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7, and Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 3. On Saturday morning, March 21 at 11 a.m. the Quartet will perform a family program for audiences of all ages, consisting of excerpts from Borodin's String Quartet and Tchaikovsky's 'Album pour les enfants,' a string-quartet arrangement originally written for piano with 44 little pieces about animals, witches, and other whimsical topics, making use of folk melodies from different countries.
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