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Arts & Theatre

North Carolina children's history book selected for National Book Festival

North Carolina children's history book selected for National Book Festival

  • From staff reports

A children's book published by the North Carolina Office of Archives and History has been selected to represent the state at the 2026 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Cabarrus students dominate Blumey finalist lists; Cox Mill's Woerner earns regional theater award

Cabarrus students dominate Blumey finalist lists; Cox Mill's Woerner earns regional theater award

  • Mark Plemmons

CHARLOTTE — Cabarrus County students were among the Charlotte region's top high school theater performers this year, earning dozens of finalist nominations across nearly every major acting category at the 2026 Blumey Awards and bringing home a prestigious individual honor.Leading the way was…

Ten-Minute Play Festival takes to the OCT stage

Ten-Minute Play Festival takes to the OCT stage

  • Andy Rassler Old Courthouse Theatre

You can’t go very far in just 10 minutes. We’ll take that challenge! Old Courthouse Theatre will offer its Ten-Minute Play Festival on Thursday-Saturday, June 4-6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 7, at 2:30 p.m. and endeavor to take you from a church basement, to a waiting room, to an airport ……

Overnight installation brings towering dandelions to Salem Parkway

Overnight installation brings towering dandelions to Salem Parkway

  • JOHN DEEM Winston-Salem Journal

The roadside portions of the project include a single dandelion standing more than 40 feet tall, with an orb of 86 seeds, each 5 inches tall and weighing 5.6 pounds.

See photos of workers installing Winston-Salem's dandelion art project along Salem Parkway

See photos of workers installing Winston-Salem's dandelion art project along Salem Parkway

    Artists and workers installed the million-dollar "Invasive Hope" public art project along Peters Creek Parkway in downtown Winston-Salem late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. That section of the highway was closed for several hours while the work was being done. The display is bei…

    'If All the Sky Were Paper': More than a performance

    'If All the Sky Were Paper': More than a performance

    • Andy Rassler Old Courthouse Theatre

    "If All the Sky Were Paper" will be performed in the Old Courthouse Theatre's Black Box Series this week.

    A $1 million dandelion project takes root in Winston-Salem. Will debate about art follow?

    A $1 million dandelion project takes root in Winston-Salem. Will debate about art follow?

    • JOHN DEEM Staff Writer

    There is a “source of hope in a plant that can stay healthy in a crack of the pavement."

    A ‘Sweet’ way to close Old Courthouse Theatre’s Fiftieth Golden Season: Sweet Charity

    A ‘Sweet’ way to close Old Courthouse Theatre’s Fiftieth Golden Season: Sweet Charity

      Old Courthouse Theatre closes its 50th Season with performances of "Sweet Charity" April 30 through May 10. Andy Rassler shares some details with us about the play and the performances.

      Titanic exhibition to make Charlotte debut this spring

      Titanic exhibition to make Charlotte debut this spring

        One of the world’s most famous maritime stories is set to come to life in Charlotte this spring as “Titanic: The Exhibition” makes its Queen City debut.

        'Wizard of Oz' returns to Catawba College Theatre

        'Wizard of Oz' returns to Catawba College Theatre

          Catawba College Theatre will return to Keppel Auditorium this April with a production of “The Wizard of Oz,” marking the department’s first mainstage performance in the historic venue in eight years. 

          'Shrek the Musical Jr.' comes to OCT Next Gen program

          'Shrek the Musical Jr.' comes to OCT Next Gen program

            Old Courthouse Theatre’s Next Gen program will take over the theater’s main stage this month with a production of “Shrek the Musical Jr.,” a family-friendly musical comedy based on the popular DreamWorks animated film. Performances begin Thursday.

            OCT’s 2026 Black Box Series opens with Driving Miss Daisy

            OCT’s 2026 Black Box Series opens with Driving Miss Daisy

              CONCORD - Old Courthouse Theatre launched the 2026 Black Box Series with a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy.

              Performances will be held in the Wilson Family Black Box on Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 each (General Seating) and are available by calling 704-788-2405 or at www.octconcord.com. The price listed includes NC sales tax & order fees. Please be advised that The Wilson Family Black Box is only accessible via stairs.

              Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar makes its next stop at Old Courthouse Theatre

              Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar makes its next stop at Old Courthouse Theatre

                Old Courthouse Theatre’s 50th Golden Season is in the last stretch of mainstage season productions with the penultimate mainstage show opening on Feb. 12, “A Streetcar Named Desire” by one of the most revered and respected American playwrights, Tennessee Williams.  

                Tickets available for the Kannapolis mystery dinner theatre

                Tickets available for the Kannapolis mystery dinner theatre

                  Gobble, Gobble, Death & Trouble - Mystery Dinner Theatre is back. Enjoy dinner while participating in a live action mystery. It will be Nov. 7 at Laureate Center, Kannapolis City Hall. Doors open: 5:30 p.m. and the show begins: 7 p.m.Tickets are availble at https://bit.ly/mystery-theatre The show is rated PG-13 and is recommended for adults and teens. This is an interactive show and requires audience participation.

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