CEO of Broward Performing Arts leaves for Dallas
The president and chief executive officer of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts announced Thursday he will leave the organization.

Attempt to stop arts cuts has to wait, council decides
An attempt to stop $4.1 million in cuts to cultural and arts programs proposed in the city?s 2009 budget has been stopped, for now.

Martial Arts Experts Teach Self-Control for Building Better Minds
Martial arts experts will tell you much of what they learn depends on self-control and focus. As FOX 26's Melinda Spaulding reports, one martial arts institute is hoping to make its services available to more than just students in an effort for Building Better Minds.

ODDS AND ENDS: Rodin show opens at the Midland Center for the Arts
Sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is the focus of an art exhibition, lecture and family day adventure starting next weekend at the Midland Center for the Arts. "Rodin: In His Own Words -- Selections From the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor...

Arts Calendar:
Nursha Project of the Oakland Public Theater ?Children of the Last Days? Written and performed by Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m. at The Noodle Factory Performing Arts Center, 1255 26th St., #207 at Union, Oakland. Tickets are $9-$20.

Long Beach Arts? Exhibit Hits Highlights
Long Beach Arts? latest group show, ?2008 National Open Exhibition,? is both delightful and disappointing at the same time. First of all, this year?s show ? open to artists from across the country ? features the usual media such as paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and mixed media.

Arts Organizations Need Community Support, Patronage
Be afraid. Be very afraid. With all of the economic turmoil in the world today, I?m pretty concerned about the year ahead when it comes to our arts organizations.

Arts And Entertainment
The New Music Seance, Other Minds? wryly titled, more intimate (and historically minded) counterpoint to its bigger annual festival in the spring, will return this Saturday afternoon and evening to the candlelit wood interior of the 1895 Arts and Crafts-style gem designed by Bernard Maybeck, San Francisco?s Swedenborgian Church, 2107 Lyon St. in Presidio Heights, with three programs (1, 4 and 8 ...

Actor Simon Pegg receives honorary university fellowship for contribution to arts
Actor and comedian Simon Pegg received an honorary fellowship from the University of Gloucestershire for his "outstanding contribution to the arts".

Arts/Entertainment calendar for week of Dec. 5
A roundup of local arts and entertainment events along the Treasure Coast for the week of Dec. 5.

Arts in brief
Arts in brief for Friday, December 5.

Dance for the Arts returns to Night of Chocolate
The energy and glamour of television's Dancing with the Stars will return to the Rector stage when the Clay County Arts Council brings back its popular Dance for the Arts contest as a part of its annual Night of Chocolate, set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Rector Community Center.

Pupils do poorly on language arts test
SILVER CREEK -- Elementary pupils in the Silver Creek School District scored poorly on the English language arts test, with 30 to 35 percent not scoring at proficiency level.

School of the Arts to Move to Civic Center?
School of the Arts (SOTA) might make the move from carefree-but-boring Twin Peaks to the gritty-yet-colorful Civic Center hood. The public performing-arts school, which bases student admission via auditions, needs $60 million to make it happen . According to the Examiner, local artsy types want the school to move closer to San Francisco's apparent arts center, "saying it would allow ...

Arts Commission invites public, business community, organizations to participate
The Benson Arts Commission invites residents, business community and community organizations to participate in an inventory of Benson's cultural resources to help develop a vision for the arts and cultural environment. The Community Cultural Inventory dates are Jan. 12-13, 2009.

Arts around the Mid-coast; Dec. 4, 2008
"Drood" auditions AUBURN ? Auditions for the stage version of "Drood," Charles Dickens' unfinished mystery, are set for Sunday, Dec. 7 and Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. each evening at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy St.

PISD presents fine arts preview
Patrons of Paris Independent School District are to receive a preview of what?s in store for the holiday season by the district?s secondary fine arts programs at a Fine Arts Holiday Show Preview tonight at Paris High School.

Local arts groups get NEA grants
Three local arts organizations have been chosen for a total of $70,000 in grants from the National Endowment of the Arts. Goodspeed Opera House Foundation in

Latino Arts flourish this weekend with Rodriguez and Conde
This weekend, collaboration between The United Community Center's Latino Arts program and Alverno College's "Alverno Presents" infuses this city with Latin culture. Bringing the work of Mexican American artist, Ramiro Rodriguez and sound of Cuban musician, Jose Conde, the UCC and Alverno are quickly ushering Milwaukee to the level of Latino cultural centers throughout the country.

Fine Arts Center nears completion
Construction is nearing completion on the Van Buren School District's $8 million Fine Arts Center.