Inside, in Arts Week, you'll now find local news and audition announcements alongside previews of upcoming events. Intermittently, in Arts Agenda, our critics sound off, and in Arts Forum, our readers speak up. He's like a car careening around a circus ring, spilling clowns in all directions. As this year's Spoleto Festival USA winds down today in Charleston, the region's performing arts season comes to its traditional close. Charlotte theaters and concert halls remain mostly dark through September.
Arts groups gear down into planning mode.
Box office phones fall silent. When New York detective Sara Pezzini slips into this glowy bracelet, it makes her one mean fighting machine. One fan came at Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry with a pair of scissors - in hopes of getting chest hair. For years the U.S. lagged behind in developing young players, and U.S. Junior teams had limited success in major events. Initiatives by the American Contract Bridge League have sought to turn the tide, and the omens are good.