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  • December 3, 2021
    Prolific, Black female choreographer Camille A. Brown tackles these profound but straightforward questions through vibrant, intensely athletic, story-infused social dance that has brought the pint-sized phenom tremendous acclaim and catapulted her to fame.
  • November 30, 2021
    Tis the season to be jolly! And it’s time to celebrate the holidays with the winter season’s favorite music once again! After a two-year hiatus in response to COVID-19, the American Festival Pops Orchestra (AFPO) returns to the Hylton Performing Arts Center and Center for the Arts at George Mason University this December with Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season.
  • November 30, 2021
    Become immersed in the sounds of the holidays this weekend with legendary songbird Dianne Reeves, who makes her Center for the Arts debut in Christmas Time is Here on Saturday, December 4 at 8 p.m.
  • November 4, 2021
    On Saturday, November 20 at 8 p.m., George Mason University’s Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music is proud to present the Jazz4Justice™ 20th Anniversary Concert, a one-of-a-kind event celebrating Northern Virginia’s love of music while raising funds to support legal services for low-income Northern Virginians and the George Mason University Jazz Studies program.
  • November 4, 2021
    The Center for the Arts’ 2021-2022 Season continues on November 13 and 14 with Virginia Opera’s production of La Bohème: Rodolfo Remembers, an intriguing adaptation of Giacomo Puccini’s classic opera.
  • November 4, 2021
    The Center for the Arts at George Mason University emphasizes the importance of accessibility for all of its audience members in a handful of ways.
  • November 4, 2021
    Making its premiere at The Joyce Theater in New York in October, SW!NG OUT had critics and audiences tapping their toes and snapping their fingers.
  • November 4, 2021
    The 2021-2022 season began with an exciting ‘welcome back’ to in-person events, but the Center isn’t done celebrating live performances just yet.
  • October 6, 2021
    After Mason’s successful kick-off to the return of the arts, there has never been a better time to show your excitement for the return of live performances and become a Friend of the Center for the Arts.
  • October 5, 2021
    Bill Blagg is changing reality one city at a time and Fairfax is next!
  • October 5, 2021
    Beginning October 18, and until further notice, all attendees of indoor events or performances at the Center for the Arts, regardless of age, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the date of their visit or show a negative COVID-19 test result upon entry. Face coverings will be required for patrons ages two and up.
  • October 5, 2021
    In what ways can a classical music ensemble build resonance and relevancy in modern society? Mason’s second Artist-in-Residence of the 2021/2022 season, Sphinx Virtuosi, one of the nation’s most innovative and pioneering chamber music ensembles, tackles that issue with a two-pronged approach