JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — An old saying in show business has it that “the show must go on,” and that has certainly been the mentality of Chambers Performing Arts.
It’s been three years since Chris Harbour began working for the Walt Disney Company, but the former Northwestern Middle School drama teacher says he still sees his time at Milton as one of the highlights of his life.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Though shelter-in-place orders have been lifted, the Spruill Center for the Arts has announced that it will not offer in-person classes until later this summer.
NORTH METRO ATLANTA — Several local high school theatre groups have been nominated for Shuler Awards which honor the best musical productions and performances in the state through the academic year. The troupes at Chattahoochee, Denmark, Milton and Johns Creek high schools have been nominate…
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Following in the footsteps of other cities around the area, Johns Creek is canceling what has become its signature event.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The city of Johns Creek invites students to apply to the “Share Joy!” art contest for a chance to be featured on social media and at City Hall.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek Arts Center Executive Director Stephanie Donaldson isn’t letting the coronavirus get in the way of great art.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Arts Center Board recently announced the promotion of Stephanie Donaldson to executive director.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The Johns Creek Historical Society explored the roots of folk music at its monthly meeting March 4 at the Summerour House at the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The works of local artist Charlie Dudley are now on display through May 22 at Emory Johns Creek Hospital.
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Halcyon is calling all aspiring artists in Forsyth County to make the mixed-use community their canvas with its first Student Art Wall Challenge.
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CUMMING, Ga. - The School Street Playhouse proudly presents the 2013 Tony Award-winning revival of time-honored musical “Pippin,” March 5-29 in Cumming at the School Street Playhouse.
FORSTYH COUNTY, Ga. — Lambert High School will bring the story of Irving Berlin’s “Holiday Inn” to the stage March 12 through 20.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Chorale will team up with the Georgia Tech Choruses and Atlanta Wind Symphony to present “Carmina Burana” on Sunday, March 8.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Reads is promoting literacy and learning this year with its 2020 book selection “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek,” by Kim Michele Richardson.
ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell-based Northbrook United Methodist Church Chancel Choir is expected to perform for the first time at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m. The performance will feature 150 voices in a program of Schubert’s Mass in G as well as modern-day spirituals …
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Perhaps the biggest orchestra ever assembled in Johns Creek is set to perform a concert of equally grand music on Saturday, March 28.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Really? Yet another comedy about two guys in drag who must fool everyone around them to accomplish some totally preposterous ends?
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Ashna Cheemakurthy, a 16 year-old junior at Northview High School, has been tackling the art of dance for most of her life. At age 5, she stepped into her first dance class and began training in the Indian classical dance form known as Kuchipudi that reflects her family he…
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“Everyone Has a Seat in Johns Creek” is a proposed interactive mural for Newtown Park designed by globally renowned street artist Kelsey Montague. Leadership Johns Creek is fundraising to make the mural a reality.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Georgia Ensemble Theatre recently announced a new commission with Atlanta theatre artists Chase Peacock and Jessica De Maria to produce an original musical, “The Pretty Pants Bandit,” for the late fall of GET’s 2020-21 Season.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell has officially established policies for installing public art in the city, including temporary and donated artworks. The new rules do not impact any art on private property.
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The cast of Johns Creek High School’s “Big Fish” rehearses the opening number “Be the Hero.” Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and film directed by Tim Burton, “Big Fish” will run at the high school Feb 20 to 23.
ATLANTA — Students from Mill Springs Academy and Off Broadway Children's Theatre in Alpharetta, Northwestern Middle School in Atlanta, CYT Atlanta in Johns Creek, and Forefront Arts in Lilburn won national awards and recognition at the 2020 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta.
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MILTON, Ga. — McKenzie Kurtz has seen her Broadway aspirations come to fruition with the Milton High School graduate cast as Anna in the Tony-nominated adaptation of wildly popular 2013 Disney film “Frozen.”
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Sachi Rome’s “I Am She We Are She” is one of several works by African American artists featured in the Johns Creek Arts Center’s “Blackstory” show. There will be a free opening reception Feb. 1 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell’s new initiative to attract the film industry has borne fruit, most recently with the filming of a Lifetime original movie at City Hall. And the city is prepared to extend efforts further.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Nature can be easy to forget while surrounded by the hubbub of everyday life in the suburbs, but a new gallery show and film screening hosted by the Alpharetta Arts Center showcases the importance and beauty of it.
MILTON, Ga. — A Milton home listed as once being owned by famed R&B artist Keith Sweat will be auctioned off by the city through a Fieri fascia, or lien, on the property. The home, located at 2380 Hopewell Plantation Drive, will be auctioned at City Hall on Feb. 4 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
ROSWELL, Ga. — One of the largest celebrations of black culture and history in the state, the Roswell Roots Festival, is about to begin.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Georgia Ensemble Theatre, the professional North Fulton theater company, will kick off the new year with “She Rocks: Tara Vaughan’s The Women of Rock.”
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MILTON, Ga. — Milton’s second public art piece should be on display early next year, and it will celebrate the memory of a man who had a significant impact on the city. In honor of former City Arborist Mark Law, who passed away Feb. 27 after a battle with cancer, a horse statue will be place…
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Youth Theatre is set to present the youth version of the hit Broadway musical, Disney’s “Frozen Jr.,” on Dec. 20 and 21 at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center.
ROSWELL, Ga. — A new face is taking the reins of the Roswell Arts Fund, the independent nonprofit that serves as the city’s designated arts agency.
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Schools broke ground Nov. 19 on an 81,000 square foot Performing Arts Center located behind the Board of Education Building on Dahlonega Highway.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The winter holidays are a busy time for arts groups in Johns Creek.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Local art instructor Susan Calderon considers colored pencils the underdog of the art world. That’s why she likes them.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The ’60s girl group The Crystals are coming to Johns Creek on Saturday, Nov. 16 presented by the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Georgia Ensemble Theatre has offered up a delicious concoction just in time for Halloween with the psychological thriller “Night Must Fall” by Emlyn Williams.
ROSWELL, Ga. — The South is steeped in Civil War history, and one visiting author is providing a new angle for studying the subject.
When Caroline Reilly hit the stage on NBC’s “The Voice,” she became the third Forsyth County resident to compete in the reality television show.
CUMMING, Ga. — Just off the heels of playing the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, Colt Ford was singing to the crowd at the Cumming Country Fair Oct. 10.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek High School will present two shows in October: “Life is Short” and “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.”
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It was a lively weekend in Downtown Alpharetta for the seventh annual Wire & Wood Festival that ran Friday and Saturday. The Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau estimated some 20,000 people attended the festival, an increase of about 5,000 from last year’s event.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Georgia Ensemble Theatre, the professional North Fulton theatre company, will continue its 27th season this October and November with “Night Must Fall,” a psychological thriller experience just in time for the spooky season. The production will be directed by Shannon Eubanks a…
DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Johns Creek Chorale will kick off its 2019-2020 season Oct. 19 and 20 with “The Road Not Taken.”
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Downtown is gearing up for the 7th annual Wire & Wood Alpharetta Music Festival that will feature more than 25 artists performing on seven stages over two days.
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MILTON, Ga. — Todd Zhang thinks Milton ought to be known for something more than horses and large tracts of land. He wants the city to be known for music.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Arts Center’s largest annual juried art show, Summer Serendipity, opened Aug. 10 with nearly 200 visitors and artists attending the opening reception.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Wire & Wood Alpharetta Music Festival returns to downtown Alpharetta for its seventh year, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. 11 to 12.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — From the solemnity of Memorial Day to the festivities of the Christmas season, the Alpharetta City Band has been for the community, and of the community, for 30 years.
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