Arts

When local choreographer Linda Larson dreamed up her latest creation, she started with a question: What if dolls came alive at night?

The StarNews has named ‘Amplify – Kowalski Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Kinetics and More' at WHQR's MC Erny Gallery one of its top 10 art exhibitions of 2011. Justin Lacy's retrospective had this to say:

With receptions that featured electronic music and stilt-dancing flash mobs, Wendy Kowalski used all her resources to transport gallery-goers to Nebulon, the zero-gravity world within her multi-paneled s'fumato paintings where strawberries, jellyfish and skymaids all float with underwater grace through surreal skyscapes.

One of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," John Bul Dau spoke with Jemila Ericson by phone, telling the story of his harrowing journey barefoot through war-torn east Africa with thousands of other orphaned children, and how we was eventually sponsored to come to the United States to make a new life.

AMADEUS-THE BALLET

WHQR and Thalian Hall present the Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada in AMADEUS-THE BALLET, at 8:00pm Friday 4/27 and Saturday 4/28 on the Thalian Hall main stage.

Wilmington, NC – To help you set your theatrical calendar, WHQR presents a series of look-aheads with regional theater companies. This week: Opera House Theatre Company and Big Dawg Productions.

To help you set your theatrical calendar, WHQR presents a series of look-aheads with regional theater companies. This week: The Thalian Association and the Brunswick Little Theatre.