Pollstar named the Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham #4 in the U.S. in its recent 2013 report Worldwide Ticket Sales – Top 100 Theater Venues, based on attendance at DPAC. The magazine named DPAC # 4 in the U.S. in its recent 2013 report of worldwide ticket sales of the top 100 theater venues, based on attendance. The top five theaters in the Pollstar survey, with their seating capacity, were Radio City Music Hall in New York City, N.Y., …
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Louisburg College to Hold Open Auditions for Godspell Jan. 25-26
LOUISBURG, N.C.—Louisburg College announces open auditions for the musical sensation Godspell, to be held in The Norris Theatre on Saturday, January 25, and Sunday, January 26. Auditions will begin at 2:00 p.m. on both days. Conceived and originally directed by John Michael Tebelak, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Godspell is one of the biggest off-Broadway successes of all time. Based on the Gospel of Matthew, and featuring a sparkling score by Stephen Schwartz (composer of Broadway hits Wicked and Pippin), …
VGCC Art students exhibit their work
Vance-Granville Community College is holding an art show consisting of works by students in Portrait Painting continuing education classes taught by Leslie Johnson of Oxford. The portraits are displayed in the lobby on the first floor of Building 7 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County, Friday, Jan. 10 through Wednesday, Jan. 15. The 12 artists whose paintings are featured in the exhibition hail from Vance, Granville, Franklin, Warren and Halifax counties and include participants in classes held over …
White House: Lights. Camera. Education!
Lights. Camera. Education! Are you a student filmmaker? Know someone who is? We want your help. If you’re a student, we want you to make a short film — and have the chance to show it right here at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for the first-ever White House Student Film Festival. If you’re a parent or a friend, pass this on to a student you know. The topic? Technology in classrooms. There’s huge power in what technology can do for education …
Films, TV productions in N.C. generated $254M in 2013, created 25K job opportunities
Popular television productions fueled one of the strongest years experienced by the film industry in North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory announced Tuesday (yesterday). More than 60 productions registered with the N.C. Film Office and filmed in North Carolina in 2013. Those productions amassed a record-high of more than 5,700 production days with filming taking place in more than 30 of the state’s 100 counties. “In addition to our state’s beauty, we’ve developed the workforce and artists that make North Carolina …
Television Series Fuel Strong Year for Film Industry in North Carolina
Popular television productions fueled one of the strongest years experienced by the film industry in North Carolina. More than 60 productions registered with the N.C. Film Office and filmed in North Carolina in 2013. Those productions amassed a record-high of more than 5,700 production days with filming taking place in more than 30 of the state’s 100 counties. “In addition to our state’s beauty, we’ve developed the workforce and artists that make North Carolina an ideal place to produce quality …
Vance-Granville Community Band kicks off holiday season with free concert
The Vance-Granville Community Band presented its sixth annual free Holiday Concert on Tuesday, Dec. 10 in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. The program was entitled “Christmas Around the World,” and it featured a variety of music representing holiday traditions from several different countries, along with American favorites. VGCC music instructor Ivory Brock (pictured above, right) is the band’s primary conductor. Associate conductor Brian Miller, the band director at Louisburg High School, also directed the …
Movie Night at the White House
Ever dreamed of having your own short film screened in a movie theater? How about right here at the White House? Great news: We’re inviting K-12 students from around the country to create and submit one- to three-minute short web videos. The topic: Highlighting the importance of technology in the classroom — and imagining how technology will change the educational experience for kids in the future. And finalists could have their videos screened at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, and posted on the …
Video: Henderson Christmas Parade for 2013
Below is a recording of the 2013 Henderson, NC Christmas Parade on December 1st, 2013
Vance County Recreation Master Plan Survey
The Henderson-Vance Parks & Recreation Department has asked our school system to assist them in seeking input from our school system employees and our students’ parents on available recreation facilities, programs and activities here in Henderson and Vance County. If you are interested in participating in the survey, click here to access and fill it out online. Written copies of the survey also are available at the Aycock Recreation Center on Carey Chapel Road, at H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library …
Vance-Granville Community Band presents free Holiday Concert December 10th
The Vance-Granville Community Band will perform its sixth annual Holiday Concert on Tuesday, Dec. 10. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. Admission is free and the public is invited. The band has prepared a program with an international theme, entitled “Christmas Around the World.” The audience will visit several different countries through selections such as “Sleepers, Wake” by German composer J.S. Bach, “Russian Christmas Music” by Alfred Reed, …
Louisburg College’s JPAC to double the Christmas fun in 2013
LOUISBURG, N.C.—The JPAC at Louisburg College will host not one, but two special Christmas programs this holiday season: a Christmas concert in Dickson Auditorium with The Embers on December 7, and a community theatre production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in the Norris Theatre the following weekend. Christmas With The Embers, December 7 (Dickson Auditorium) On Saturday, December 7th at 7:30pm, beach music masters The Embers will be performing their one-of a-kind Christmas show at Louisburg College. Few bands today …
Louisburg College – Best Christmas Pageant Ever
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids, who are probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem-and the fun-when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head-on! December 12*, 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM December 13, 7:30 PM December 14, 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM December 15, 2:00 PM * December 12 performances are student matinees; times are subject to …
Perry Memorial Library hosts author(s) of the book Star of the South: the Corbitt Truck Company Story November 17th, 2013
The Friends of the Perry Memorial Library will be holding an Afternoon with the Author program at the library on Sunday, November 17, at 2 p.m. The author(s) of the book Star of the South: the Corbitt Truck Company Story will be on hand to discuss both the book and the history of the Corbitt Truck Company. This program is free and open to the public.
Perry Memorial Library Events for November 2013
Mother GooseNovember 7 @ 11 a.m. MakerSpace open houseNovember 7 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Book signing with Dr. Alan OuthouseNovember 7 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Closed November 10-11 in observance of Veterans Day. Reading with Cleo November 12 @ 4 p.m. Mother GooseNovember 14 @ 11 a.m. MakerSpace open houseNovember 14 3 p.m.-5 p.m. International Gaming Day with board gamesNovember 16 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Afternoon with an AuthorNovember 17 @ 2 p.m. Library Board of Trustees meetingNovember 18 @ 5 p.m. Afternoon …
Louisburg College Presents Play ‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ November 9th and 10th
LOUISBURG, N.C.—Louisburg College announces a limited engagement presentation of Mitch Albom’s and Jeffery Hatcher’s play, Tuesdays With Morrie, November 9 and 10 in the Norris Theatre. Performances both days will begin at 2:00 PM. Tuesdays With Morrie is the autobiographical memoir of Mitch Albom, an accomplished sports writer driven by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Years after graduation, Mitch learns the professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and the two reunite. What starts as a simple visit …
N.C.-filmed Bad Grandpa takes weekend box office
Paramount’s Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, which filmed in North Carolina, topped the weekend box office with $32 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The hidden camera feature shot in North Carolina in 2012 and created 150 job opportunities while having an estimated direct in-state spend in excess of $5 million during its production. The movie filmed in and around Belmont, Charlotte, Gastonia, Raleigh, and Selma. Bad Grandpa is the third Tar Heel State-shot production this year to win its opening …
Comedy “I Hate Hamlet” to be staged by VGCC Drama students
Vance-Granville Community College Drama students will present a production of Paul Rudnick’s comedy, “I Hate Hamlet,” on campus, November 21-24. Performances begin on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m.; and on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. All performances are in the small auditorium in Building 2 on the college’s Main Campus in Henderson. The play, which was first produced on Broadway in 1991, …
VGCC offers Hand-Stamped Jewelry class
Just in time for the holiday season, Vance-Granville Community College will offer a two-hour class that provides opportunities for crafting unique, personalized gifts. The “Hand-Stamped Jewelry” class is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. until noon on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. During the class, instructor Alison Beal of Wake Forest will lead participants through the process of creating what are often known as “mother’s birthstone necklaces.” As this is a so-called “make it, take it” …
Homeland renewed for fourth season
Showtime announced on Tuesday (yesterday) that it has renewed its award-winning, N.C.-filmed series Homeland for a fourth season. Production on the third season, which is currently airing on Showtime Sundays at 10 p.m., has just recently completed; production on the fourth season is expected to begin in spring 2014. Primarily filmed in the Charlotte Region, the production has had an estimated direct in-state spend in excess of $90 million while providing more than 6,000 job opportunities in the state, including …