WARSAW — Combining a love of the creative and artistic and mathematical and technical, Jean Beeson works in many capacities in the Warsaw Community Schools district. At Lakeview Middle School, she works as technical support to fix any issues with computers, iPads and any other technical equipment at the school. However, for the last 29 years, she has worked with the Warsaw Community High School Theater Department helping to make their plays and musicals come to life.

WINONA LAKE — Grace College will showcase the thesis portfolios of 31 art majors in multiple exhibitions on campus this spring. The first exhibition for the Senior Art Show will take place Jan. 29 – Feb. 22 at two locations on the Grace College campus, said a news release from Grace College. The first exhibit …read more.

WARSAW — In high school, Kevin Hines was performing on stage the moment an event shed light on his apparently inherited mental illness. On the day the San Francisco native decided to take his own life, a diverse cast of characters would play roles in the odds-defying odyssey that lead him to become a nationally-renowned …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools has announced a presentation from best-selling author Michael Brandwein on Monday, March 18, at the Performing Arts Center located at Warsaw Community High School, 1 Tiger Lane, Warsaw. The event will help parents learn new ways to bring out the best in their kids by teaching outstanding life skills, boosting self-esteem, …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools is excited to offer “Get Schooled Tour Assembly” during the school day on Friday, March 22. This interactive convocation will take place at the Performing Arts Center. Students in grades 6, 8, 9-12 will learn more about what experts are calling “The Selfie Generation.” This assembly is being sponsored by K-21, …read more.

WARSAW — The Fifth Annual Young Artist Competition, sponsored by the Symphony of the Lakes and the Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, will take place Saturday, March 16 from 10 a.m. until about 3 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Warsaw Community High School. All performances are free and open to the public. …read more.

WARSAW — The rebranded Intercession Group in Kosciusko County has a full slate of activities this year, including three events in the next few days. Intercession Group began in 2011 with a focus on Haiti, but changed leadership and gears in 2016 and now works on helping local business leaders by hosting various functions. In …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community High School drama department will present An Evening of One Act Plays at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14, in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the door. Plays performed during the event are very diverse and are directed by juniors and seniors in the theatre department. Over …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community Schools orchestra program has invited the community to the orchestra holiday concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Warsaw Community High School Performing Arts Center. The orchestra is under the direction of Heather Brannock. There is no admission charge for the concert, and members of the community are …read more.

WARSAW — Community leaders and experts in the treatment of substance abuse converged on Warsaw Community High School’s Performing Arts Center Monday night, Aug. 27, for the fourth community call to action gathering. Prior to the event, Matthew Graham, director of Bowen Center’s Warsaw outpatient office, discussed what he thought was the biggest barrier to …read more.

WARSAW — WCHS will hold freshmen orientation from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight, Aug. 7, in the Performing Arts Center. All incoming freshmen students and their parents are invited to attend. There are two presentation times for flexibility, ensuring that everyone has a chance to attend one of these at 5:15 p.m. or 7:15 p.m. These presentations …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools will welcome students and staff back to the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 14. In preparation for the start of school, each WCS building will host a time for parents and students to visit and tour the buildings and learn more about their child’s school. All WCS elementary schools will …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community High School will hold freshmen orientation from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7, in the Performing Arts Center. All incoming freshmen students and their parents are invited to attend. There are two presentation times for flexibility, ensuring everyone has a chance to attend one of these at 5:15 p.m. …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community High School has been honored with the SupportMusic Merit Award from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. The SupportMusic Merit Award recognizes individual schools that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. To qualify for the SupportMusic Merit Award, WCHS …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community High School Music Department is announcing an evening of Fascinating Rhythms at the Warsaw Performing Arts Center. The WCHS jazz band and percussion ensemble will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3. The event will feature a variety of jazz and percussion music, including the top-ranked Lake Effect …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community High School announces the 2018 Fine Arts Festival from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 10. This celebration of the visual and performing arts in Warsaw will be held in the Performing Arts Center at Warsaw Community High School. The 39th annual Tri Kappa Art Exhibit in the Black Box Theater …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community High School and Warsaw Area Career Center will welcome incoming freshman students and parents to freshman orientation from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. Guests may enter the building through the Performing Arts Center. Students and parents will have the opportunity to walk around the school, walk the student’s schedule and become …read more.

By MEGHANN L. WOOD Assistant Director, Lee Anne Stewart Dance School SYRACUSE —The Lee Anne Stewart Dance School is excited to present their 43rd dance production this month at the Warsaw Community High School Performing Arts Center. The dancers and teachers have been working hard all year to present the production, “And the Award Goes To…,” …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community High School announces the 2016 Fine Arts Festival from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, May 12. This amazing celebration of the visual and performing arts in Warsaw will be held in The Performing Arts Center at Warsaw Community High School. The annual Tri Kappa Art Exhibit in the Black Box Theater will be open …read more.

By ALYSSA RICHARDSON Communications Associate WARSAW — The National Players return to the Warsaw Performing Arts Center to present one of the most often-read and beloved works in the literary canon, “A Tale of Two Cities.” This professional group will bring this Charles Dickens beloved story to life on stage 7 p.m. March 24, at …read more.

By ALYSSA RICHARDSON Communications Associate WARSAW — The National Players return to the Warsaw Performing Arts Center to present one of the most often-read and beloved works in the literary canon, “A Tale of Two Cities.” This professional group will bring this Charles Dickens beloved story to life on stage 7 p.m. March 24, at …read more.

NOTRE DAME — Griffin Theatre Company turns classic fairy tales inside out for the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Presenting Series season’s final family show: “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.” William Massolia adapted the play from the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. With a host of characters and songs, the …read more.

NOTRE DAME — From 4-7 p.m., Wednesday, March 2, the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center will host an educator’s workshop, “Acting Right: Drama as a Classroom Management Strategy,” as part of their Partners in Education partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts based in Washington, D.C.

The Elkhart County 4-H Performing Arts, Public Speaking & Demonstrations Contest will be held on Tuesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at the NorthWood High School Auditorium in Nappanee.

WARSAW — The National Players return to the Warsaw Performing Arts Center to present one of the most often-read and beloved works in the literary canon, A Tale of Two Cities. This professional group will bring this Charles Dickens beloved story to life on stage 7 p.m. March 24, at the Warsaw Performing Arts Center. …read more.

SOUTH BEND — Internationally recognized for their inspiring energy and subtle nuance, Third Coast Percussion is once again delivering an exciting new repertoire to the stages of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. Third Coast will perform two extraordinary compositions, beginning with the world premiere of Donnacha Dennehy’s Surface Tension and …read more.

SOUTH BEND — The University of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre announces the 27th Annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival, in the Browning Cinema at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Jan.29-31. As in recent years, audience members are invited to vote for their favorite film via text message. The Audience Choice Award …read more.

SOUTH BEND — Join us for the “Prelude,” a pre-concert conversation, with Maestro Tsung Yeh and dynamic soloist and South Bend Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Trevor O’Riordan prior to the June H. Edwards Chamber Series concert 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame. The Maestro …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community High School Band will present “The Sounds of the Season” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, in the WCHS Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature the WCHS Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir, Saxophone Ensemble, Brass Quintet, Low Brass Ensemble, Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble and combined Concert Bands performing a variety …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools will be presenting their annual holiday gala at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 at the WCHS Performing Arts Center, 1 Tiger Lane, Warsaw.

NOTRE DAME — Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre announces Little Shop of Horrors, Nov. 18-22 in the Decio Mainstage Theatre at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Directed and choreographed by guest artist Nathan Halvorson, who previously helmed FTT’s production of Cabaret (2013), Little Shop will also feature puppets by special effects makeup artist and puppeteer RJ Haddy, who was a finalist on season two of the Syfy channel’s reality competition series Face Off.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community School Corporation has big plans for the future. During the monthly board work session, held Tuesday, Oct. 13, the board was met by Robert Bucher, the newly appointed Performing Arts Center director, to discuss the transformational process of turning the building into a public venue for entertainment and enjoyment. Bucher, a …read more.

NOTRE DAME — From Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 1–3, Seán Curran Company will lead audiences on a journey to Walt Whitman’s “city of Friends” in a lyrical quest for common ground over three nights of cutting-edge contemporary dance. Curran unites for the third time with the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center for the world premiere of a commissioned work in dance.

The Elkhart County 4-H Performing Arts (formerly known as Share-The-Fun) Contest will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Northridge High School Auditorium in Middlebury. The 4-H event is an opportunity for local youth to share their talents on stage. Contestants may perform in a non-musical curtain act, a musical curtain act …read more.

The University of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre (FTT) announces the 26th Annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival, in the Browning Cinema at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Jan. 29 through 31. As in recent years, audience members are invited to vote for their favorite film via text message. The Audience Choice …read more.

By KATELYN SIMON Marketing and Sales Manager, South Bend Symphony The South Bend Symphony Orchestra highlights percussion in the second performance of its June H. Edwards Chamber Series, conducted by Maestro Tsung Yeh, at the Notre Dame DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11. The concert will open with a delightful orchestral …read more.