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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Columbia Festival of the Arts announces the officers and members of its Board of Trustees for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. More

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Columbia Festival of the Arts announces that tickets are sold out for two of its ticketed performances: One-Man Star Wars Trilogy and Paula Poundstone.

Tickets are still available for Ed Asner as "FDR" on Saturday, June 18, Bettye LaVette on Tuesday, June 21, and Celtic Crossroads on Friday, June 24.

Tickets can be purchased by calling tickets.com at 1-800-955-5566 or visiting www.tickets.com, or by faxing an order form to 410-715-3056.

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Friday, May 20, 2011

The Columbia Festival of the Arts announced today that it has just been notified of the cancellation of the reading and book signing by author Francine Prose, which had been scheduled for Wednesday, June 22. HoCoPoLitSo, presenting partner for this event, notified the Festival that Ms. Prose had canceled the appearance due to an unforeseen personal conflict. More

Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Columbia Festival of the Arts is calling on all area artists to put their creativity to work for its annual community art project, Ready Set Grow! This year the Festival will provide custom-made wood planter boxes for artists to transform into one-of-a-kind works of art that will be displayed and sold during the 2011 Festival. More

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Wise Fool New Mexico will perform "Flexion," a breathtaking aerial show featuring five acrobats on stilts at the free outdoor LakeFest Weekend event Friday, June 10 through Sunday, June 12, 2011 at Columbia Town Center. More

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Centennial High School Student Receives Top Honors. For the eighth year, the Columbia Festival of the Arts has chosen an original piece of artwork created by a Howard County K-12 student as the representative design image for the 2011 season. More

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Orange Hornet team was awarded both the Best of Festival and the Viewer's Choice award for their short film "The Dynamite Quintet" at this year's Cinema Columbia competition. Congratulations to our winner and to all the filmmakers who participated.

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

The 2010 season closed with a sold-out performance by folk legend Arlo Guthrie.  Performing classics such as Coming Into Los Angeles and City of New Orleans, Guthrie delighted the audience with stories of his historic performance at Woodstock, sharing an apartment with Ramblin Jack Elliot as a teenager, and the songs he learned from his father.  More

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Although the Festival has ended, we’re still celebrating summer with our 2010 Community Art Project: Summer Times.  Nearly 50 one of a kind “clock”works of art were created by local artists and a number of these unique timepieces are still available for purchase. More

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Get ready to reminisce to the unforgettable music of the Fab Four when the talented trio beatlegras infuse bluegrass and jazz into their all acoustic renditions of your favorite Beatles’ tunes. (Thursday, June 24, Belmont Conference Center) For more, see the article in the Howard County Times on June 17. http://www.explorehoward.com/arts/72487/beatlegras-forever More

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Don’t miss the exuberant personality and joyous movement of Parsons Dance, including the full-throttle piece “In The End” set to the music of Dave Matthews Band. (Friday, June 25, Rouse Theatre) Don’t take our word for it! See Carolyn Kelemen’s article in the Howard County Times on June 10.
http://www.explorehoward.com/entertainment/72269/missing-parsons-now-that-would-be-crime/ More

Monday, May 24, 2010

Tickets are still available for the 2010 Columbia Festival of the Arts season, featuring performers such as Alex de Grassi; Preservation Hall Band; Winner's Circle Comedy Tour; a Reading with Sheila Kohler; Man 1, Bank Zero; beatlegras; Parsons Dance Company and Alex de Grassi. More