Home is Where the Muse Is
Based since 1996 in Western North Carolina, singer/songwriter/guitarist Nikki Talley took to the road about six years ago. With husband and multi-instrumentalist Jason…
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The Fundamental Concepts
Jason DeCristofaro has a full schedule. Looking only at his list of performances booked for the second half of 2018, one finds more…
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If the Glass Slipper Fits
Growing up in San Francisco’s arts scene, Caroline Hewitt took piano lessons, but not because she wanted to. “Music started as a chore,” admits…
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“I Wanted to See if I Could Do It”
It’s Chris Tinkler’s eighth summer with Tryon Little Theater’s Summer Youth Show, and he’s currently directing the musical James and the Giant Peach, based…
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One Hundred Moods of Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein waged war between New York City street gangs in his most successful work, the 1957 musical West Side Story — but asked…
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It Could Still Happen
Judy Tenuta, the self-described “Petite Flower” and “Love Goddess” with the salty roar and signature line — “It could happen!” — saw her star…
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Play involves the entire community in its message
“When people sit down over a meal, conversation follows,” says Josh Bledsoe. A Communications instructor at Blue Ridge Community College, he recently volunteered at…
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Jackson County sisters continue their mission to illustrate the old times
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when the picture and the words both unfold in real time, the story is complete….
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Why a four-decade-old play and movie has even more resonance today
In the nearly four decades since Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond opened on Broadway in 1979, an aging population makes the play’s two elderly…
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For the Rest of Us
Don’t expect comedian Steve Hytner to participate in a Feat of Strength with an audience member at one of three local “Seinfeld Festivus Holiday…
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