Movies
A North Carolina school boasts a distinctive voice along with notable alumni.
Aug. 15, 2008
Entertainment & Arts
Dance on: Ethan Stiefel, former artistic director of the Irvine-based Pacific Ballet, which folded last spring, has been named dean of the school of dance at North Carolina School of the Arts, part of the University of North Carolina.
Sept. 14, 2007
Culture Monster Blog
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June 30, 2011
World & Nation
April 22, 2019
California
California State University officials on Friday named the five finalists in the running to become the founding president of their new university in San Marcos.
May 27, 1989
College founding -- A Quick Takes item in Calendar on Nov. 22 about “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken’s graduation from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte referred erroneously to the school’s seven-year history.
Dec. 3, 2003
UC Irvine’s yearlong search for a new dean of fine arts ended Friday with the appointment of University of Wisconsin administrator Robert Hickok to the position.
July 2, 1988
Music
Long identified with tobacco and--since the movie “Bull Durham”--with minor league baseball, this city is moving to become a major jazz mecca with the drive to build the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, affiliated with Duke University.
Nov. 19, 1989
Robert Paschal Burns, 71, an architect who worked on New York’s Juilliard School of Music and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, died Friday in an automobile accident near his farm in Bennett, N.C.
Oct. 31, 2005
The Academy Foundation, the educational and cultural arm of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, awarded $85,000 in grants, the largest sum ever given by the foundation, according to Academy Grants Committee Chair Janet MacLachlan.
Dec. 25, 1993