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6 09, 2021

Secure your tickets to see Yo-Yo Ma, Jane Lynch and more at the Norton Center!

By |2021-09-21T16:08:52-04:00September 6th, 2021|Press|

DANVILLE, Ky. — A chart-busting number of subscribers have paved the way for a robust single ticket sale at Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts.  Regular-priced single tickets are now available to the public for the 2021-22 Performing Arts Season. It’s the 48th year in the Norton Center’s illustrious history, one that will [...]

23 07, 2021

Norton Center announces 48th Performing Arts Season

By |2021-08-19T16:41:57-04:00July 23rd, 2021|Press|

DANVILLE, Ky. — The curtain rises again in 2021 as Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts announces its upcoming 2021-2022 Performing Arts season. It is a spectacularly diverse 48th year for the Norton Center, which will celebrate the return of a classical virtuoso, along with two hilarious comedians, a party for princesses, and [...]

22 01, 2021

New Year! New Thrills! Now what?

By |2022-06-19T16:20:41-04:00January 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|

We’ve made it to 2021, now what? Now, more than ever, it is important for our community to come together and celebrate what we have in common and what makes us unique and special. And the Norton Center team is thrilled to bring you new opportunities to explore the arts during this new year!  [...]

15 12, 2020

Norton Center staff shares their holiday traditions

By |2020-12-22T12:06:06-05:00December 15th, 2020|GREAT STORIES|

The Norton Center's holiday tree is typically up for our holiday performance. This was the lobby two years ago for Celtic Woman, and we can't wait to see you back at the Norton Center soon! How do you make the holidays magical for your family? Maybe it's an elf on the [...]

10 12, 2020

CULTURE + GIVING THANKS

By |2021-01-07T19:26:09-05:00December 10th, 2020|GREAT STORIES|

RECAP A week before the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday, Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts presented CULTURE + GIVING THANKS, part of its monthly CULTURE+ series.  Looking at this holiday from a Native American perspective brings with it mixed emotions of how to celebrate a time when people come together, while the holiday [...]

19 11, 2020

Norton Center – Land Acknowledgement

By |2020-12-09T10:46:38-05:00November 19th, 2020|Press|

Today, the Norton Center at Centre College sits on the ancestral lands of the Cherokee, Shawanwaki/Shawnee, Yuchi, Adena, and Hopewell nations. According to the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission’s review of the 2010 United States census, over 170 American Indian tribes are represented by members who live and work in the Commonwealth. This is [...]

27 10, 2020

CULTURE + ARTIST PERSPECTIVE

By |2021-01-07T19:27:23-05:00October 27th, 2020|GREAT STORIES|

RECAP On Thursday, October 15, 2020, the Norton Center presented its virtual program, CULTURE + ARTIST PERSPECTIVE, to more than 200 people.  During the program, each of the esteemed panelists discussed how their unique perspectives, as an artist and as a human being, are presented through their art.  Just as art is not [...]

25 09, 2020

CULTURE + ESPORTS

By |2020-09-25T09:31:11-04:00September 25th, 2020|GREAT STORIES|

RECAP On Thursday, September 17, 2020, the Norton Center presented its virtual program, CULTURE + ESPORTS, as part of an on-going seriesexploring the intersection of the arts and culture with various local and global topics and issues.  Who knew how much the digital gaming industry, including esports, is so closely aligned with the [...]

31 08, 2020

The Company We Keep | YOU

By |2020-08-31T09:58:00-04:00August 31st, 2020|GREAT STORIES|

In past blog posts, I have shared how the company we, the Norton Center, keep, connects to the artist's perspective, rising stars and blockbusters. For this post, we focus on you, the patron. We saved you, our most loyal - BEST - company we keep, for last. Before every performance, I cannot wait to [...]

20 08, 2020

CULTURE + Black Culture Matters

By |2020-08-20T11:23:30-04:00August 20th, 2020|GREAT STORIES|

What an incredible experience to attend an important program alongside friends, neighbors, community leaders and artists. With the first Norton Center CULTURE + program, we had it all.  In fact, we had people registered from not only our local community, but as far away as California, Texas, Louisiana and South Dakota. I want to [...]