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Musician Ben Folds launched a charitable initiative this year which aims to provide young people in North Carolina with access to affordable music lessons.  Folds established the program, Keys for Kids, in partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council and the North Carolina Arts Foundation. The initiative will support a network of organizations across the state with funding and keyboard donations to make affordable lessons for economically disadvantaged youth possible.

Winston-Salem organization Authoring Action is accepting referrals for their fall session of the Just Us filmmaking program.  Over the course of 16 weeks, those involved in the program will write and produce short films to be shown at A/perture Cinema. 

North Carolina native Ben Folds will hold a livestream event benefitting his new charitable initiative, Keys For Kids, live from Raleigh’s Osceola Studios on Monday, July 11, from 6 to

Yadkin Arts Council will present “Calendar Girls” at Willingham Theatre, 226 E. Main St. Studio C, Yadkinville.

The touring company of “Hamilton” will perform from April 6 to April 24 at Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, 300 N. Elm St., Greensboro.

When Nathan Ross Freeman’s “The Other Way Around” premieres in the Mountcastle Black Box Theatre on Friday night, it will mark the second debut of a local playwright’s script in

Chase Law looks back at her first year as president and CEO of Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Organization is working on new strategic plan.

Tragic. Horrific. Heartbreaking. Words repeated over and over in the community following the Sept. 1 shooting at Mount Tabor High School. The words could not be more accurate, but the

The Dispatch Midway native Katie Hall marvels at her professional surroundings. The 29-year-old is the picture of elegance sitting in a side office at the Hanesbrand Theatre and the headquarters of the Arts Council for Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, where she was just named the Chief Advancement Officer for the arts nonprofit. Halls office is less than 12 miles from where she grew up in the politically and religiously conservative northern Davidson County community, but it feels worlds aw...

“Cool” is the word Graham Pritz-Bennett uses when he talks about “The Desiring” being screened in his hometown of Winston-Salem at the RiverRun International Film Festival. He is the writer, producer and cinematographer for the film. Although the world premiere, in-person screening was on the SECCA lawn May 11, people can still view the film virtually May 13 and 14. “I hate that I can’t see the world premiere of my film in person, be present at RiverRun, and of cou...