The museum is scheduled to reopen in early 2010. However, that doesn't mean that the arts center will cease operations for an entire year, said Ellen Wallace, SECCA's director of marketing and communications. SECCA will continue to conduct exhibition and education programs throughout the Winston-Salem community.

The solitary flakes glistened under the hot lights and appeared like tiny shooting stars as the company brought its annual stage production of Charles Dickens’ holiday tale to a close on Dec. 21. The real stars of the show — the talented actors and all those working behind the scenes — did a marvelous job remaining true to the original text of Dickens’ masterwork with a slight twist.

Erik Beerbower, artist and landlord at Lyndon Street Artworks, tries to bring a business sense to the gallery and studio esthetic. With 42 artists toiling in 27 spaces, there is something for everyone on your Christmas list. Except gas cards.

A film about Harlan Ellison draws a very different crowd than the man himself. At speeches, booksignings and conventions, the crotchety sci-fi legend is met with crowds of drooling Trekkies and idolatrous nerds. But at a Revolve Film Festival screening of Dreams With Sharp Teeth: A Film About Harlan Ellison.

"It's always a different quality of dancer from year to year. The choreography is always the same. How you get students to that performance level changes from year to year," he said. After the sixth run through of the transition sequence, Mantegna huddled in the center of the scene shop with cast and crew to assess their comfort level.

Bing Putney plays "Crumpet," a struggling actor who takes on the role of a Macy's department store elf with extraordinary zeal in Triad Stage's adaptation of David Sedaris' humorous holiday essay, The Santaland Diaries. The production runs from Nov. 20-Dec.

The Triad Pride Men's Chorus, will present two holiday concerts Dec. 6th and 13th. The Dec. 6 concert will be at 8pm at the Greensboro Day School, 5401 Lawndale Drive. The Dec. 13 concert starts at 8pm and will take place at NC School of the Arts, Watson Chamber Music Hall, 1533 South Main Street.

Like an alchemist, Blake finds the perfect proportions of art forms to the macabre story of Sarah Winchester, widow of the heir to the Winchester rifle fortune, and the house she constructed over the course of 38 years.

Julia Seton, played by Isabelle Gardo, sets the wheels in motion after she meets Johnny Case during a ski vacation at Lake Placid. Gardo puts her whole heart into her portrayal of Julia. Despite Julias character being written as a bit twodimensional, Gardo manages a well-rounded performance.

Klan killing Party, Greensboros is Long before dance soloist Chang Yong Sung was hoisted in the air by his fellow dancers during the climactic act of The External Knot one of three ballets performed by Ailey II, the training company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater the audience was already showering him with applause.