#performing-arts

#performing-arts

Theaters serve as cultural and social institutions, shaping society by providing spaces where stories of identity, race, and justice are brought to life. These venues foster community through shared, live experiences, sparking conversations that resonate beyond the stage. Architecturally, theaters are more than performance spaces-they are landmarks that embody both the history and future of the arts. Their design often reflects the cultural importance of storytelling, while their refurbishments ensure they remain relevant in a modern context.

My 34-year-old daughter, Samantha, has already chosen the song she'll perform at her twin brother, Matt's, wedding in May next year. She's refining her version of Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings." Not that it needs refining: it was the highlight of her solo concert, "Daring to Dream," last month. The event was a sell-out, and there was rapturous applause. The crowd's appreciation of Samantha made me prouder than ever.

Tickets go on sale at 10 am unless otherwise noted. MUSIC Dirty Dancing in Concert Keller Auditorium (Jan 20, 2026) Dogs in a Pile Wonder Ballroom (Jan 24, 2026) GoldFord: Space of the Heart Tour Revolution Hall (Apr 5, 2026) Health x Carpenter Brut Roseland Theater (Apr 3, 2026) JADE - That's Showbiz Baby! The Tour Crystal Ballroom (Feb 5, 2026) New Year's Eve with Eagles of Death Metal Crystal Ballroom (Wed Dec 31)

Located on St. Louis' Grand Boulevard, the project expands and reimagines the 1925-built theater building while preserving its architectural character and acoustic qualites. The global architecture firm worked alongside Christner Architects, Schuler Shook, BSI Constructors, and Kirkegaard to create a 64,000-square-foot addition in time to celebrate the hall's centennial in 2025. The expansion improves accessibility and introduces new public spaces, educational spaces, and backstage areas to support the full scope of the Symphony's programs and community events.

Exploring transness through soft, quilted terrain, Waters of Body pairs works by Portland artists Yana Sternberger-Moyé, Molly Alloy, and Michael Espinoza with Transmissions Quilts Project, artist Cordy Joan's quilt-making initiative for trans and gender-queer people countrywide. The exhibition joins other interesting shows installed at PNCA: Portland Textile Month's Warp Speed: Contemporary Conversations in Fiber showcases vibrant, fuzzy fiber works from the former Museum of Contemporary Craft's collection, and Angelo Scott's Time-Based Art Festival installation.

Talk about traditions: San Francisco Opera's free Opera in the Park celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. On Sunday, opera lovers will flock to Robin Williams Meadow to hear some of the top artists from this season's productions, as Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts a program of arias, duets, and more, all sung by some of the stars of the fall season's masterworks. Details: 1:30 p.m. Sept. 7; Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park; free; www.sfopera.com.

The TWEED Theaterworks production company is offering East Village residents a series of free shows called Garden Variety, featuring diverse performances from drag to burlesque.

"After forty years as Artistic Director of his eponymous company, the Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Petronio has decided to close shop—a financial decision brought on by shifting interests in both private and public sources of funding."

"We're looking for people with purpose, passion, and potential. This is about more than business ownership - it's about creating a legacy that empowers young people and brings lasting value to local communities."

Circus Bella, co-founded in 2008 by Abigail Munn and David Hunt, is a contemporary one-ring circus that has performed over 182 shows in the Bay Area and beyond.

I start cleaning a waterpark, which is Wings and Waves in McMinnville, where I was hired as custodial. And I didn't know I was hired as a custodial because I didn't speak English...

The music, the intensity, the ending where the paper rolls go off from the back of the theater and wash over you like a wave.

First off, a bilingual English and Welsh take on Romeo and Juliet entitled Romeo a Juliet (Nov 5-8)... it will apparently function as a study of the struggle for Welsh identity.

Max Bill’s theatre design, created for the National Exhibition in 1964, was meant for temporary use but instead became a central cultural venue in Lausanne.

The Cornell Concert Series, now renamed the Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series, is set to showcase both timeless classics and innovative new music in its upcoming season.

"The mood was celebratory - appropriately so, since this was Pimble's last season as artistic director of the company that she and Riley Grannan founded in 1978."

This is not going to ultimately fill out a $12 billion deficit for the state of California, but it is going to potentially decimate small nonprofit performing arts organizations in the state.

The traditional form of Japanese drumming, known as taiko, has existed for thousands of years and is used in religious ceremonies, wars and entertainment.

This summer marks a beautiful new beginning and we're thrilled to welcome campers to our spacious new home in the heart of Bed-Stuy!

The DUMBO Dance Festival provides a platform for over 400 performing artists to showcase their work while offering New York audiences access to an extraordinary range of excellent and visionary choreography at an affordable price.

Amy Seiwert, the artistic director of Smuin Contemporary Ballet, presents a new work that adds to her impressive repertoire of 13 ballets for the company.

Tamerlan Guliyev, a ninth-grader from New World School of the Arts, won the Overall Grand Prize at the Young Talent Big Dreams competition for his dance to 'Dancin' Fool'.