The Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries at NWF State College Announce New Exhibitions
January 16, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – Northwest Florida State College and the Mattie Kelly Arts Center are pleased to announce two new exhibitions in the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries: Len Davis: A Thousand Words and Salvador Dalí: Surreal Visions of Eternity. The exhibitions will run from January 22 to March 1, 2019. Straight from the Galleries’ Permanent Collection and into the… View Article
Super Soaker Inventor Lonnie Johnson to Speak at Northwest Florida State College on Friday, January 18
January 11, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – The public is invited to the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on Friday, January 18 for a free program titled The Power of Perseverance, featuring Lonnie Johnson, U.S. Air Force veteran, NASA engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7:30 p.m. Limited… View Article
Mattie Kelly Arts Center Hosts Nationally Touring Show with Rescued Canines as the Stars
January 10, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – The nationally touring production of Mutts Gone Nuts will be at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on Thursday, January 17 at 7 p.m. Audiences can expect the unexpected, as canines and comedy collide in a smash hit performance that will leave crowds everywhere howling for more. From shelters to showbiz, these amazing mutts… View Article
Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Presents Annual Holiday Pops Concert to Sold Out Audience
December 10, 2018
NICEVILLE, FL – The sounds of the holiday season filled the air of the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on Friday, December 7, as the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra (NFSO) performed at their Annual Holiday Pops concert. The event kicked off with a special piano performance by NWF State College President Dr. Devin Stephenson. “This is always… View Article
Cast Announced for Kinky Boots at Mattie Kelly Arts Center
November 27, 2018
NICEVILLE, FL – The national tour of Kinky Boots is proud to share the cast that will be performing at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on January 8, 2019. Kinky Boots will be touring North America beginning December 29, 2018 after returning from an overseas tour in China and Singapore. Leading the tour will be Connor… View Article
Northwest Florida State College Announces 2019 Summer Musical, Footloose
November 14, 2018
The Humanities, Fine & Performing Arts Division of Northwest Florida State College will present Footloose: The Musical as the 2019 summer musical production at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center nightly July 10-13 at 7:30 p.m. along with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on July 13. Based on the hit 1980s movie (which launched the… View Article
Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Conductor Competing in International Conducting Competition
October 25, 2018
Devin Patrick Hughes, Music Director and Conductor of the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra at Northwest Florida State College, was invited to participate in the Antal Doráti International Conducting Competition in Budapest, Hungary. The world wide competition takes place from November 5 – 12, 2018 and features prominent young conductors from around the world. THE SECOND… View Article
The World of “Something Rotten!”
October 25, 2018
The Renaissance Something Rotten! transports today’s audiences from the seats of a Broadway house across the Atlantic and back through the history book pages to Renaissance England. But what is the Renaissance, and how did it change England in the 16th century? The word “renaissance” is French for “rebirth” and was a term used to… View Article
Getting the Joke: The humor found in “Something Rotten!”
October 25, 2018
The laugh lines in the Broadway hit Something Rotten! flow from different sources. Some come at the expense of William Shakespeare, the rock star of his day, here played as a world-weary writer who finds being famous so much more enjoyable than actually coming up with new ideas. Some are pointed at musical theater itself,… View Article
The Division of Humanities, Fine, and Performing Arts at Northwest Florida State College Announces a New Production: It’s A Wonderful Life
September 30, 2018
NWF State College is proud to present Joe Landry’s It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play. Set in a glamourous radio production studio, performers are warming up and preparing to present the live radio show of the beloved Christmas story. This live dramatic and musical performance will take audiences back in time to the 1940’s,… View Article