The auditorium at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts was transformed into a television studio Friday as preschool owners and professors joined politicians and policy-makers for a conversation about all things education with Hoda Kotb, co-host of NBC’s “Today” show.
Throughout the day of speeches, …
During the week, NBC News and WDSU will air education-focused programming and host a series of special events that bring New Orleans-area business and civic leaders, elected officials, educators, parents and students together to share information, exchange ideas and inspire change.
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Three Ascension Parish high school students have dedicated their afternoons and evenings this year to the theater.
Dutchtown High School students Nick Costello and Madison Levy, along with East Ascension High School student Elizabeth Olah, are commuting each weekday to New Orleans, where they are studying …
Imagine you’re an aspiring chef, and an original dish you created was selected to appear on the menu in every one of Emeril Lagasse’s New Orleans restaurants. It would be any up-and-coming professional chef’s dream come true. Now imagine the chef is a 15-year-old.
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NOCCA Visual Arts students received recognition from The Rau for Art Foundation in their annual Rau For Art (RFA) Scholarship Competition.
Students honored include:
Ashley Stelly, Third Place, $1,500 Winner, (Paradis-70080, Hahnville High)
Ian Growden, Honorable Mention, (Kenner-70065, Lutheran High)
Brianna Despenza, Honorable Mention (New Orleans-70114, Karr)
Artwork was selected …
National YoungArts Foundation Announces 2013 Winners
The National YoungArts Foundation recently announced its 2013 YoungArts Winners. Students are selected and placed into three categories, Finalist, Honorable Mention and Merit through a blind adjudication process. NOCCA students selected include:
Honorable Mention
(receiving monetary award)
Brooke Bourgeois
Lila Dunlap
Tori Lambert
Merit
Sophia Derbes
Annie Jefferson
YoungArts …
2004 Musical Theatre Alum Hardy Weaver is currently performing in the Chicago production of The Book of Mormon. While at the NOCCA field trip to unifieds, Assistant Chair Theatre Arts: Musical Theatre & Dance Department Chair Blake Coheley was able to share well wishes following …
The Faubourg Quartet presents
Evening of Schumann and Dankner’s String Quartets
February 19, 2013
7:00pm
in the Nims Black Box Theatre at NOCCA
Free Admission
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NOCCA’s Creative Writing Dept. received a glowing endorsement in Ploughshares Literary Magazine’s “Literary Boroughs” column. NOCCA is listed at the top of places to study Creative Writing in New Orleans. Read more in the “where to learn” section: http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/literary-boroughs-49-new-orleans-la/
NOCCA Musical Theatre Production
Carnival!
Nightly Performance, March 20-23, 7 PM
Matinee Performance, March 23, 2 PM
Lupin Hall · NOCCA · 2800 Chartres Street, New Orleans
$15 General Seating Tickets Available At NOCCA.com
The NOCCA Musical Theatre Division presents the Broadway classic Carnival!, featuring an outstanding student cast from across …
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