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A Busy Bee

A Busy Bee

Opera Carolina: Opera Xpress | (704) 332-7177x109 | education@operacarolina.org

Opera Xpress brings 35 minute educational operas into schools across the Carolina region, promoting education and student learning through engaging and educational operatic performances that increase students’ exposure to exemplary music and art.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Literary, Music, STEAM, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
A Cappella Reinvents the Genres

A Cappella Reinvents the Genres

Transit Vocal Band | (919) 600-2611 | april.mctaggart@gmail.com

Witness the artistic innovation involved in transforming musical genres using only the human voice!

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
A Mike Wiley Production

A Mike Wiley Production

Mike Wiley | (919) 614-1235 | stephen@goingbarefoot.com

Morphing between characters of multiple races, young to old, man to woman, Mike Wiley’s gripping stories enlighten and inspire audiences of every age to apply history’s lessons to gripping issues of today.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African-American, North Carolina
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
A Musical Trip Around the World

A Musical Trip Around the World

Elise Witt | (404) 297-8398 | elisemwitt@gmail.com

Sing and sign with Elise as she takes you on a musical journey around the globe in song.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latinx
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
A Show of Virtues

A Show of Virtues

Grey Seal Puppets | (704) 589-1304 | drew@greysealpuppets.com

Inspired by “The Children’s Book of Virtues,” an valuable program of stories from around the world

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: African, European
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
A Wild Goose Chase: Puppets and Poetry!

A Wild Goose Chase: Puppets and Poetry!

Matt Sandbank's Shadow Factory | 505-816-8379 | sandbankshadowfactory@gmail.com

This interactive, wildly-entertaining shadow puppet show will send elementary students galumphing off to section eight-eleven–Poetry Heaven!–of the library.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Literary, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Across the Color Line: The African South

Across the Color Line: The African South

Scott Ainslie | (518) 647-5916 | susan@loydartists.com

A tour of the music of the American South where European and African musical traditions mixed

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Music
  • Grade Level: High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, European
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
African American Heroes and Sheroes

African American Heroes and Sheroes

Linda Gorham | (630) 542-7025 | lgorham3@gmail.com

Programs are perfect for Black History and Women’s History Months.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Alex Weiss & Different Drum the Afro/Latin Ensemble

Alex Weiss & Different Drum the Afro/Latin Ensemble

Alex Weiss & Different Drum | (919) 491-5089 | alex_differentdrum@yahoo.com

Bridging the cultures of Africa & The Americas through music.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Dance, Multi-Disciplinary, Music, Storytelling
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Caribbean, Latinx
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Aliens Alive – A Space STEAM Adventure

Aliens Alive – A Space STEAM Adventure

The Story Ship - Sean Driscoll | 912-663-6320 | sean@thestoryship.com

A fast-paced, immersive adventure theater show exploring our solar system using STEAM concepts. Animation, Music, Comedy…

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Music, STEAM, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
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