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Pointe of Joy Performing Arts Studio

June 29, 2012 By admin

At the age of seven, Lora Jane Hyden knew she wanted to be a dancer. That’s when she got to take her first and only year of dance classes as a child, growing up in Eastern Kentucky. The single year of classes (singular thanks to the unpredictable coal mining industry from which her parents drew […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Community Development and Design, Dance, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Financing, Performing Arts, Small Business, Starting a Business, Tennessee, Women-owned Enterprises

North House Folk School

June 29, 2012 By admin

Preserving History for a Better Future “North House Folk School was created to promote and preserve knowledge, skills, and crafts of the past and present, and through them, to better understand the future and our role in it. The mission of the North House Folk School is to enrich the lives of individuals and build […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Children, Families and Learning, Cooking Classes, Culinary Arts, Dance, Festivals, Historic Preservation, Lifelong Learning, Minnesota, Music, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-profit Planning & Development, Performing Arts, Program - non-profit, Regional Arts

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