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Sherrié Austin - In The Meantime
May 1, 2013
Sherrié Austin will be at the NORTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS May 6 at Club Weisiger.
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Seraphic Fire with Patrick Dupré Quigley, Artistic Director
Apr 20, 2013
Founded in 2002 by Artistic Director Patrick Dupré Quigley, this exquisite chamber choir has garnered critical acclaim both locally and nationally. Lauded by the Miami Herald as... Read Full Story
Jeremy Kittel Band
Apr 20, 2013
Jeremy Kittel is one of the foremost instrumentalists among a new breed of fiddlers and violinists who easily navigate a multitude of musical styles and traditions, while... Read Full Story
Central Kentucky's Home for the Arts!
Feb 22, 2013
Join us this spring for the best in live performing arts and entertainment including world-renowned musicians, classical concerts, theatre, contemporary artists, and more! Take... Read Full Story
Mummenschanz
Feb 20, 2013
Before there was Blue Man Group, there was Mummenschanz! Now celebrating its 40th Anniversary, Mummenschanz has been enchanting audiences of all ages with its clever, comic and... Read Full Story
Mummenschanz
Feb 19, 2013
Paris, 1972: MUMMENSCHANZ came into being thanks to the strong motivation of three young people who had lived an enriching period in the sixties and undergone a three-year... Read Full Story
KICK OFF YOUR NEW YEAR WITH THE ARTS!
Jul 6, 2012
Check out what's next in Newlin Hall and what's new in Club Weisiger coming up in the second half of our season! Read Full Story
Announcing the 2012-2013 Performing Arts Season!
May 14, 2012
The Norton Center's 2012-2013 Season Brochure will be mailed within the next 7-10 days. For those who would like to complete their subscription order early, you may access the... Read Full Story
From Bach to Britney Spears, the Portland Cello Project breaks boundaries and bends-genres
May 11, 2012
On Monday, May 7 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will host its last show in the 2011-2012 Performing Arts Season: indie-rock ensemble, the Portland Cello Project..... Read Full Story
From Art to Appetite with "We Are What We Eat"
May 11, 2012
On Tuesday, April 17 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present “We Are What We Eat,” a conversation about the ethics of food in everyday eating featuring with... Read Full Story
World premier of new works by the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Dawn Upshaw
May 11, 2012
On Friday, April 13 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will welcome the Australian Chamber Orchestra and soprano Dawn Upshaw for a thrilling concert of classic chamber... Read Full Story
Next up on our playlist: Bach, Beethoven, and Busoni with Brentano!
May 11, 2012
On Thursday, April 5 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present the Brentano String Quartet in a program of Bach, Busoni, and Beethoven. Since its inception in... Read Full Story
Ooh La La! The storybook ballet, Moulin Rouge®, comes to the Norton Center
May 11, 2012
On Tuesday, March 27 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will take a storybook trip through turn-of-the-century Paris with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) in Moulin... Read Full Story
Fourth Club Weisiger concert brings together award-winning pianist Geri Allen and tap-dancing phenomenon Maurice Chestnut
May 11, 2012
On Thursday, March 15 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present Geri Allen & Timeline, an incendiary group that has gained standing ovations throughout the... Read Full Story
Universes collide, art meets science, and reality bends where imagination begins with Diavolo Dance Theater
Feb 14, 2012
On Saturday, March 10 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present Diavolo Dance Theater, an internationally renowned modern acrobatic dance company, founded and... Read Full Story
Riveting depiction of 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates comes alive in Norman Corwin’s The Rivalry, produced by LA Theatre Works and presented by the Norton Center
Feb 10, 2012
DANVILLE, KY— On Friday, February 10 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will offer a riveting depiction of the 1858 Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas Illinois Senate... Read Full Story
Don't miss Broadway’s most beloved musical, Fiddler on the Roof, this March!
Feb 7, 2012
On Sunday, March 4 at 4:00 PM Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present Fiddler on the Roof, the Tony Award® winning musical that has captured the hearts of... Read Full Story
Norton Center presents “Jazz Genius” and Guitar Legend Stanley Jordan for its third Club Weisiger show
Jan 28, 2012
DANVILLE, KY— On Saturday, January 28 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present "jazz genius" and guitar legend Stanley Jordan in the third performance of the... Read Full Story
Norton Center begins 2012 with the bold, powerful and robustly spirited St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Jan 13, 2012
DANVILLE, KY— On Friday, January 13 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will host the bold, powerful and robustly spirited St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, under the... Read Full Story
Norton Center hosts two of folk music’s most celebrated icons, JUDY COLLINS and ARLO GUTHRIE, in an evening devoted to seasonal favorites and classic hits
Dec 2, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Friday, December 2 at Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts two of folk music’s most celebrated icons will share the stage: Judy Collins and Arlo... Read Full Story
Norton Center hosts genre-bending, vocal legend Raul Malo in the second sold-out Club Weisiger performance of the 2011-2012 Season
Nov 30, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Wednesday, November 30 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will host popular, genre-bending guitarist and singer Raul Malo for the second sold-out Club... Read Full Story
Norton Center welcomes world-famous Vienna Boys Choir in a holiday concert of waltzes, medieval chant, classical masterpieces, and folk songs from around the world
Nov 20, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Sunday, November 20 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will host the world-renowned Vienna Boys Choir for a holiday concert featuring famous waltzes,... Read Full Story
Norton Center puts new spin on old step in Ballroom with a Twist, the dance and music sensation conceived and choreographed by Dancing with the Stars’ Louis van Amstel
Nov 18, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Friday, November 18 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will host Ballroom with a Twist, conceived and choreographed by Emmy® Award-nominated and... Read Full Story
Norton Center hosts three-time Bluegrass Entertainers of the Year, Dailey & Vincent in a concert of timeless front porch favorites
Nov 4, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Friday, November 4 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will host Grammy® nominees and three-time Bluegrass Entertainers of the Year, Dailey & Vincent.... Read Full Story
Norton Center Series Continues with YAMATO: THE DRUMMERS OF JAPAN in a Heart-Pounding, Rhythmic Spectacle of Music and Theatre
Nov 1, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Tuesday, November 1, Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present a fusion of high-energy drumming, music and theatre with YAMATO: The Drummers of... Read Full Story
Norton Center hosts Nine-time Emmy® Winning TV and film star CLORIS LEACHMAN for a ONE-WOMAN SHOW on
the Newlin Hall stage
Oct 22, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Saturday, October 22 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will host Academy Award® and nine-time Emmy® Award winner Cloris Leachman in Cloris! A One... Read Full Story
Norton Center for the Arts hosts world-musicians Luciana Souza, Romero Lubambo and Cyro Baptista for ¡Viva Brazil!, a seductive evening of traditional and contemporary Brazilian songs
Oct 5, 2011
DANVILLE, KY – Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will host the Luciana Souza Trio made up of Grammy® winning vocalist Luciana Souza, the creative and energetic... Read Full Story
HAHN-BIN, violin and John Blacklow, piano perform a spectacular show to a SOLD-OUT crowd at the Norton Center on Friday, September 30
Oct 3, 2011
HAHN-BIN, violin and John Blacklow, piano debuted the recital piece "Till Dawn Sunday" Friday night to a sold-out audience in the Norton Center's 367-seat Weisiger Theatre.... Read Full Story
Norton Center debuts its Club Weisiger Series with dynamic violinist HAHN-BIN, who looks like a punker but plays like a virtuoso
Sep 30, 2011
DANVILLE, KY - Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts welcomes dynamic violin virtuoso and performance artist HAHN-BIN on Friday, September 30, kicking off the Center’s... Read Full Story
Norton Center welcomes a unique pop-rock, genre-bending adaptation of “The Sound of Music” from the Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata
Sep 23, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Friday, September 23, 2011 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present the Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata (BRO) performing a genre-bending music mix... Read Full Story
Norton Center for the Arts kicks off its 2011-2012 Season with Grammy-Winning Robert Cray Band and new “queen of blues” Shemekia Copeland
Aug 17, 2011
DANVILLE, KY— On Friday, September 9, 2011 Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts kicks off its 2011-2012 series with a double concert featuring the Robert Cray Band and... Read Full Story
Norton Center announces its reinvented 2011-2012 season
May 20, 2011
Steven A. Hoffman, director of Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts was recently interviewed by Rich Copley to discuss the upcoming season and, more precisely the... Read Full Story
Norton Center in the L.A. Times! Marcia Adair of the Los Angeles Times writes about the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Gustavo Dudamel coming to Norton Center.
Sep 27, 2010
Ms. Adair writes:
"The story of how this hard-to-imagine event in Bluegrass Country came about is difficult to unravel partly because it's been a long time in the making but... Read Full Story
Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts Welcomes the World to Kentucky!
Aug 25, 2010
The eyes of the world are on Kentucky as the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games come to the Commonwealth. The largest sporting event ever held in Kentucky, the games are... Read Full Story
Norton Center for the Arts Announces Blockbuster Season for 2010-2011
Jul 18, 2010
Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts, in Danville, KY, announces a blockbuster schedule of programs for its 2010-2011 Performance Season.
Legendary artists and popular... Read Full Story
Steven A. Hoffman has just been named executive director of Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts.
Jun 24, 2010
Steven A. Hoffman, a performing arts and education management leader with more than 20 years of national and international experience, will become the executive director of... Read Full Story
Big deal: Vienna Phil and Dudamel in Danville
May 30, 2010
Norton Center for the Arts director George Foreman and director of programs and public relations Debra Hoskins were in the office of a powerful New York classical music manager... Read Full Story
The "New" Norton Center for the Arts
Jun 30, 2009
Welcome to the newly renovated Norton Center. Numerous improvements will make your visit more enjoyable than ever.
Newlin Hall
• All new seating
• New accessible areas... Read Full Story
