A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

Deirdre Cole creates a magical journey

Deirdre Cole of Highlands Ballet Company is exhilarated and exhausted because of her multi-faceted role in creating the new ballet, “Magic Butterfly.”

In This Issue

• Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke composes ballet What started out as a half hour of short tone poems by Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke metamorphosed into an 80-minute ballet.
• About the Composer A Tanzania-born American living in Tennessee, Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke is an active freelance published composer, lyricist and master musical storyteller.
• Paramount Chamber Players premiere ballet When Craig Combs asked for new music from regional composers, he wasn’t expecting it to transform later into a ballet.
• Youth Spotlight: Evan Dickson performs at Carnegie Hall Evan Dickson has been surrounded by music his entire life.
• Flute-marimba duo strikes serious, playful, innovative chords Flutist Zara Lawler is known for her innovative performances that meld music, dance, theater and poetry including staging a suite for 104 flutes at the Guggenheim Museum.
• Theatre review: "Morning After Grace" Inspires Courage to Begin Again The young look forward to a time in life when they will “arrive”, with goals achieved, battles won and life’s baffling mysteries all figured out.
• AAME Speaker Series continues Arts Alliance Mountain Empire’s Speaker Series continues at the Bristol Public Library, Bristol, Va.
• Arts Array Film Series continues in Abingdon Virginia Highlands Community College continues the Arts Array Film Series. Show times are Monday and Tuesday evenings at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Abingdon Cinemall.
• Sunday with Friends hosts two speakers The Friends of the Washington County Public Library presents two speakers during March.
• King Students’ artwork is on display in the library A collaborative project that showcases the artistic abilities of students and pays tribute to classic books is on permanent display in the E.W. King Library at King University.
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A! Extra

• Renovations complete: Heartwood returning to its roots with focus on connecting communities ABINGDON, Va. — We can’t tell you what the new name is — not yet.
• Marion receives $10,000 grant from the Virginia Tourism The Town of Marion's Office of Community and Economic Development announced that it has received a $10,000 grant from the Virginia Tourism Corporation.
• NEA songwriting challenge set The National Endowment for the Arts is supporting the next generation of American songwriters.
• Duane Cregger's art wins Duane Cregger’s painting, Kuebiko.Silver (oil on canvas with acrylic underpainting, 48x72x2.25 inches, 2018), was awarded an honorable mention at the Olin Hall Galleries 2019 Juried Biennial Exhibition at Roanoke College
• Ben Houser’s artistic talent shines through with massive model railroad layout BRISTOL, Tenn. — Ben Houser doesn’t play video games.
• Theater review: Barter delivers genial ‘Camelot’ “Camelot,” in the immortal words of Monty Python, is a silly place.
• Longtime friends record 1st album as duo JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. — James Taylor’s penetrating gaze cut a swath down the middle of Hat Creek Recording Company.