The Department of Theatre Arts at Alabama State University will present its performance of Regina Taylor’s gospel musical “Crowns” at 7 p.m. nightly from Sept. 27-29 at ASU’s Leila Barlow Theatre.
 
“This powerful gospel musical is back by popular demand after playing to overflowing audiences in the spring,” said Wendy Coleman, chair of the Department of Theatre and director of the show.
 
The performance will be adjudicated by representatives of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for a possible presentation at the Regional Kennedy Center American College Festival in February 2013 in Daytona, Fla.
 
“We’re more than pleased to have the adjudicators come.

For immediate release–Ballet Magnificat! brings world-class dancing into the church as a beautiful intermingling of worship and art, 6 p.m. September 23 in Frazer United Methodist Church’s Wesley Hall. The performance at Frazer will feature "The Arrival," a contemporary piece celebrating how we anticipate and experience the coming of the presence of God in our midst; and "Deliver Us," the telling of the story of Moses and the Exodus of God's people from slavery into freedom through dance and music.

 A selection of work from one of the world’s oldest and largest collections of African-American art, the Paul R. Jones Collection, will be on display at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum starting in September.

Called one of the most complete holdings of African-American art ever assembled, the Paul R. Jones Collection features the work of renowned artists including Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett and Henry Ossawa Tanner. Known for his keen eye for quality art, Jones amassed more than 2,000 pieces in his lifetime, placing him among Art and Antiques magazine's top 100 U.S. collectors.

In 2008, Jones donated 40 pieces from his collection to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and those works will be on display inside the Rosa Parks Museum exhibit hall from Sept. 5 through Oct. 31.

The exhibit opening event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m. and will feature a lecture entitled “The Peculiar Mission of the Paul R.