One Year Online For Nonprofitxpress
One Year Online For Nonprofitxpress Nonprofitxpress, the philanthropy news site under the umbrella of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, celebrated an anniversary in February; the site has now been online for one year. To mark their first year on the web, Nonprofitxpress revamped its website and is gearing up to expand. The new and improved site […]
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater Opens To Public
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater Opens To Public Cutting the ribbon to open the AJ Fletcher Opera Theatre were (left to right) Jim Goodmon, Mayor Paul Coble, Tom McGuire & Irv Pearce. The City of Raleigh unveiled its new four theater BTI Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, February 20. With ribbon cuttings for the Meymandi Concert […]
Waters and Fletcher Foundation Receive United Arts Awards
Waters and Fletcher Foundation Receive United Arts Awards Recently retired CBC Executive Ben Waters and wife Martha were honored at a United Arts luncheon on Friday, January 12. The Waters received the Campaign Ambassadors of the Year Award. Also, the A.J. Fletcher Foundation was recognized in the Foundation category of the 2001 Business Support of […]
Foundation Update
Foundation Update AJFF Re-Launches Website The A.J. Fletcher Foundation recently revamped its website, re-launching the new look in time for its Board of Directors meeting in late November. AJFF Graphic Designer and Website Manager Louise Orr spearheaded the project to enhance the graphic design of www.ajf.org and streamline its content. AJF.org opens a new window […]
National Opera Company To Open First Performance In AJF Opera Theater
A Devil Of A Deal Free Admission To The Fletcher Opera Theater “… when a performance of The Rake’s Progress brings strong acting and fine singing together, it coalesces into an evening of powerful musical theater.”– Arthur Lazere The devil will be asking the price of a soul at the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater this […]
National Opera Company Merges With North Carolina School of the Arts
National Opera Company Merges With North Carolina School of the Arts On Friday, September 8, 2000, the A.J. Fletcher Foundation in Raleigh, North Carolina, announced a $10,000,000 endowment, the largest in the Foundation’s history, to the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to establish the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute. The Institute […]
A.J. Fletcher Foundation Launches Online News For The Nonprofit World
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2000 For more information, contact Todd Cohen, editor and publisher tcohen@ajf.org 919-890-6241 A.J. Fletcher Foundation Launches Online News For The Nonprofit World Raleigh, NC — The A.J. Fletcher Foundation launched Nonprofitxpress, a daily online newspaper for the nonprofit world. Nonprofitxpress, at www.npxpress.com, publishes state, national and international news about philanthropy […]
“Kitty Hawk,” A Will Graham Original Opera
“Kitty Hawk,” A Will Graham Original Opera “Kitty Hawk,” an original Opera commissioned by the AJ Fletcher Foundation in Raleigh, NC and written by Will Graham, Artistic Director for the AJ Fletcher Foundation, opened to rave reviews from the media. For 52 years, the National Opera Company has performed traditional operas. This is the first […]
Opera Could Move: Talks Underway On Partnership
Opera Could Move: Talks Underway On Partnership The National Opera Company is expected to relocate from Raleigh to the N.C. School of the Arts in Winston-Salem By Todd Cohen The National Opera Company in Raleigh would become part of the N.C. School of the Arts through a partnership the two groups hope to create. The […]
Construction Progresses On A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater
Construction Progresses On A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater On budget and on schedule, the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater continues to take shape as part of the downtown Raleigh BTI Center for the Performing Arts. Funded by Wake County’s prepared food tax and a $2 million grant from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, the Opera Theater will be […]