Arts News

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (234+ words) This year marks the 77th Salem Art Fair & Festival happening at Bush's Pasture Park. On Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, hours for the kids' court and artist booths are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and entertainment runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Sept. 13, the kids' court, booths and entertainment…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (409+ words) Downtown Salem business owners are being told to strip hand-painted art from their storefront windows or start paying fines of $20 a day after Halloween. Several establishments, including Gulu-Gulu Café and Curly Girl Candy Shop, have received notices ordering the artwork…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (252+ words) That single bloom is the plant's last act. Bromeliads of this type are monocarpic, meaning they spend years, even decades, storing energy for one flowering event before dying — a biological fact that makes Dolly's current display at UNC Charlotte both…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (359+ words) Alicia Keys' Tony- and Grammy-winning musical Hell's Kitchen runs Sept. 8-13 at Charlotte's Belk Theater, with tickets starting at $47.02. A single mother raising a daughter alone in a cramped one-bedroom apartment in 1990s New York City A neighborhood full of artists who…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1763+ words) Listen to this story (16 minutes) Around 1959, a struggling Broadway actor with a few film credits to his name pitched an idea to the influential Desilu studio that would transform both the television industry and the state of North Carolina for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (283+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 4 minutes ago 8 views Fayetteville artist Jason Jones Three works of art on mountain bike trails at Gregory Park in Fayetteville were recently completed over eight years and cost $11,600. Fayetteville artist Jason Jones completed…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (142+ words) Dolly Parton is being honored on billboards in Winston-Salem. A billboard featuring Parton can be found along U.S. 421/Salem Parkway westbound, just past the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive exit near Winston-Salem State University. The displays are part of a tribute…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (412+ words) Puppy love, puppy love, they all call it puppy love. I’m old enough now to kiss and hug, and I like it, it’s puppy love. Those are lyrics to Dolly Parton’s very first single, released when she was just 12 years…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (288+ words) The Downtown Raleigh Alliance has recently released its newest series of “ARTivation” in the Warehouse District at Union Station Plaza. Public art display, Raleigh Rhythm, is on display through winter 2027 at 230 South West St. The colorful interactive experience invites the…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (189+ words) Proof that a brilliant creative scene doesn't need a big city: local host Clare Lavelle on where Durham's creatives meet, the places worth knowing, and the work being made on your doorstep. Creative Boom IRL is our free, regular social…...