Tagged: EKU Center for the Arts

12:17pm

Thu March 28, 2013
Arts Weekly

Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble Perform Twice in Central Kentucky

Credit Max Whittaker - silkroadproject.org
Yo-Yo Ma and Colin Jacobsen during the 2011 North American tour

Yo-Yo Ma performed for two American presidents before the age of ten and is perhaps one of the best-known living classical musicians. 

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12:55pm

Fri March 15, 2013
Arts Weekly

EKU Center for the Arts Hosts Popular Blue Man Group

Credit ekucenter.org
EKU center for the arts hosts the sensational Blue Man Group Novemer 9-10, 2012

November 9th and 10th, the EKU Center for the Arts hosts Blue Man Group. The act started in the late 80s and has been going strong worldwide ever since. While the 3-man acrobatic drumming troupe doesn't utter a word on stage, one of the performers, Chris Smith, talks here with Roger Duvall.

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2:07pm

Fri February 8, 2013
Arts Weekly

EKU Hosts Scotland's Black Watch Pipes and Drums

Credit http://www.theblackwatch.co.uk

It's not every day you go to a concert featuring musicians who have been recently risking their lives on the battlefield. Such is the life of members of the pipes and drums of the Black Watch of the community of Fife in Scotland. 

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2:17pm

Fri January 25, 2013
Arts Weekly

Lexington Ballet Brings "Cinderella" to EKU Center for the Arts

Credit Joe Lyman, lexingtonballet.org
The Lexington Ballet presents

While the Lexington Ballet's home is based downtown, more and more they are traveling the area to bring ballet to a wider audience. This week, the EKU Center for the Arts will host the ballet's performance of Cinderella. Arts Weekly's Roger Duvall caught up with the Artistic Director of the ballet, Luis Dominguez.

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3:13pm

Tue January 22, 2013
Arts Weekly

Rose Barn Theatre Presents "Steel Magnolias"

What started out a couple of decades ago as Richmond Community Theatre has grown into Rose Barn Theatre. While the group no longer performs in the tobacco barn that gave them their current name, community is still a very big part of the mission. Art's Weekly's Roger Duvall talked with Alice Jones, one of the actors in the current production of Steel Magnolias.

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