By the time you read this, I'll be preparing for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival,.

The United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro is accepting applications for the 2010-2011 Central Piedmont Regional Artists grant investment program. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Feb. 15.

Selia dKatzmeow Carmichael, Tiger Roxxx, Smokin McQueen, Cherry von Bomb, Miss Chelle, Dolly Macabre.

Symphonie acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, mimes and hand balancers. Tickets are $15-$55 and are available by calling the Symphony Box Office at 336.464.0145, or visiting www.wssymphony.org.

This week's installment of Found Objects is perfect for those last-minute Christmas shoppers. Lovers of art, theater, dance, poetry and literature are quite often procrastinators. So much like the Herald Angels, I bring tidings of great joy!.

Only eight shopping days left until Christmas! Time is also running out for Piedmont Triad arts patrons to enjoy the impressive lineup of holiday performances in the area like The SantaLand Diaries.

The holiday season is kicking into high gear as the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art.

No Christmas would be complete without the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Tis the season for a magnificent abundance of Christmas celebrations, including December First Friday, a Festival of Lights,.

Leading off this week's edition of Found Objects is the Winston-Salem Light Project,.

Kicking off this week's edition of Found Objects is a performance of Little Women.

Leading off Found Objects is First Friday Gallery Hop. In Winston- Salem it's atradition sponsored by the Downtown Arts District Association or DADA, and the festivities begin at 7 p.m. at the intersection of Trade, 6th and Liberty streets. Streets will be closed for a safe and festive atmosphere with ample parking available.

With Halloween rapidly approaching, the Piedmont Triad will play host to a number of celebrations of the holiday most closely associated with the Celtic festival of Samhain..

Leading off Found Objects this week is a fantastic opportunity for young artists to express themselves through arts and crafts activities. On Sunday, ArtQuest continues its Latin American.

Leading off this weeks edition of Found Objects, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art.

Ten years ago, Mois%u9CE0Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wy. after the senseless murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard. Kaufman and his troupe of actors conducted dozens of interviews.

The Fringe Festival is a live arts event that presents new theater, dance and music. For an application, visit: greensborofringefestival. org. The deadline is today [Sept. 30] so hop to it! For further info, call 336.549.7431 or e-mail: todd@greensborofringefestival.

More than 56 years after its Broadway debut, Triad Stage presents William Inge's Picnic tonight at 7:30 p.m. at its Main Stage venue located at 232 S. Elm St. in Greensboro. Directed by Preston Lane, Picnic is a love story set in a quiet Kansas town in the 1950s, will conclude its three-week run on Sept. 27.

Leading off Found Objects this week is a call for nominations from the Arts Council of Winston-Salem.

Admission is free with local merchants and community action groups on hand t beginning at 6 p.m. The film starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. And finally, the Enrichment Center,.