NEHGS and the Boston Public Library Look at “How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are”
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2020 On Wednesday, May 20, at 6:00 p.m. EDST, journalist Libby Copeland will discuss the impact of DNA testing on the American family in a presentation of her new book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are. The evening event will include a conversation with Amy Dockser Marcus, a heal...
Rhiannon Faith's DROWNTOWN Announces Online World Premiere and Digital Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2021 In Rhiannon Faith's new show DROWNTOWN, six strangers, weighed down by individual darkness, come to a deprived coastal land. Seemingly abandoned, there is no one to help but themselves. Stuck between the remains of a broken community and the vast bleakness of the sea, they struggle with isola...
Billy Porter Hosted The ACLU's Bill of Rights Gala
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 05, 2020 Billy Porter hosted this Sunday's ALCU Bill of Rights Gala, which consisted of an hour-long program celebrating the work of the ACLU. The event also served as a call to vote. ...
Center for Jewish History Announces June Events to Focus on LGBTQ+ History
by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2021 In June 1969, the Stonewall Uprising took place in Manhattan. It was the tipping point in the gay liberation movement in the United States. The Center for Jewish History will commemorate this historical month-long celebration with a series of programs and more. ...
ABC News Live Kicks Off All-New Original Programming in 2020
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 23, 2020 ABC News Live, America's No. 1 streaming news channel, is kicking off a bold strategy for new, original programming in 2020. By year's end, ABC News Live will air 18 hours of live and original content daily across all dayparts. The streaming channel's robust schedule will include a mix of live, anch...
Open Book Theatre Presents MAKING NEW FRIENDS DURING THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2021 At this point we're all used to connecting virtually with friends and family. We've been video conferencing for all sorts of work and personal events for over a year. It's not hard to imagine feeling completely alone in this world, and trying to make a connection with someone through a computer....
OWN Announces 2020 OWN YOUR VOTE Initiative
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 31, 2020 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, the leading network for Black women, announced today the first ever OWN YOUR VOTE initiative, a bipartisan registration and get-out-the-vote campaign partnering with national and local grassroots and voting rights organizations to provide tools and resources that will emp...
THE WALKING DEAD's Extended Tenth Season Premieres Feb. 28
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 19, 2020 AMC announced today that The Walking Dead’s extended 10th season of six new episodes will premiere Sunday, February 28 at 9pm ET/8c....
GONE GONE BEYOND Release New Single 'Another Earth'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 03, 2021 “Recording ‘Another Earth’ live, for the first time ever, after being apart for so long, was truly a special experience,” reveals Kat Factor. “This song has that magic about it…to bring exactly what you need to feel more connected to the moment.”...
CMA Songwriters Series Announces London And Belfast Performances
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 18, 2019 The Country Music Association's critically acclaimed CMA Songwriters Series will return to Belfast in Northern Ireland, and London this March with performances at Panarts Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival Wednesday, March, 11 at The Empire Music Hall and Country to Country Festival, London on T...
New Shows Announced for This Autumn At Sadler's Wells
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 24, 2021 Sadler's Wells has announced a further three productions for autumn 2021, including a new production from Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, an off-site presentation from Charlotte Spencer in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and a triple bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet featuring Carlos Acosta and A...
Kervigo Ensemble Theater Presents World Premiere Readings Of T Club And GEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2020 Kervigo Ensemble Theater presents the world premiere readings of T Club by Jac ford and GEN by Makaela Shealy-Sachot September 28 and October 5, respectively, via Zoom....
Alisyn Camerota Elected To Westport Country Playhouse Board Of Trustees
by Stephi Wild - March 05, 2021 Alisyn Camerota, journalist, author, anchor of CNN's morning show 'New Day,” and Westport, CT resident, is elected to the board of trustees at Westport Country Playhouse. ...
New Jersey Youth Symphony to End Season With Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 22, 2022 The New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS) announced today it will present a concert Exploring Music, Technology and Communication: Together We Celebrate Youth Excellence and Leadership on Saturday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the West Side Presbyterian Church located at 6 South Monroe Street in Ridgewood. ...
BWW Review: THE 39 STEPS at Tipping Point Theatre Is A Hilarious, Fast-Paced Comedy!
by Brian Stanczak-Tuscany - February 02, 2020 he 39 Steps, playing now through March 8th at Tipping Point Theatre in Northville, is a hilariously challenging fast-paced comedy! Richard, an average English man, meets a mysterious woman that whispers secrets to him on her deathbed. Fleeing the country becomes his only hope for survival and solvin...
Andrew Bird Unveils New Version Of 'Manifest' Featuring Erika Wennerstrom
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 21, 2019 Today, Grammy nominated, internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Andrew Bird unveils a new version of “Manifest,” a duet featuring Erika Wennerstrom from the Heartless Bastards. This new version premiered this morning via KCRW's flagship show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” and is ...
ZACH Theatre To Stream NOTES FROM THE FIELD With Community Conversations
by A.A. Cristi - June 08, 2020 As the country comes together to voice their dissent against countless injustices against Black Americans, ZACH Theatre announces the online release of its 2019 critically-acclaimed production Notes From The Field, a play by Anna Deavere Smith about racial inequity....
Tears For Fears Announce 'The Tipping Point' Album
by Michael Major - October 07, 2021 Tears For Fears have announced the forthcoming release of their first new studio album in nearly two decades, The Tipping Point. Arriving February 25th, 2022, via Concord Records, The Tipping Point is a song cycle reflecting many of the personal and professional tipping points the pair have faced th...
San Francisco Opera Pilots Aloha Real-Time Remote Collaboration Music Service To Prepare For Live Performances
by A.A. Cristi - March 30, 2021 The world-renowned San Francisco Opera is relying on Aloha by Elk, a new real-time remote music collaboration service, to prepare its acclaimed resident artists, the Adler Fellows, for a highly anticipated live drive-in series beginning April 29th. ...
Tipping Point Theatre Presents the World Premiere of THE BAXTER SISTERS
by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2022 The Baxter Sisters had their lives planned out as teenagers back in 1937. They would win the talent competition in Detroit, get a spot on Major Bowes Amateur Hour and become a famous traveling act of tap dancing sisters. But after April, May, June and Dottie lose the competition to one Betty Hutton,...
Billy Porter Hosted The ACLU's Bill of Rights Gala
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 05, 2020 Billy Porter hosted this Sunday's ALCU Bill of Rights Gala, which consisted of an hour-long program celebrating the work of the ACLU. The event also served as a call to vote. ...
The Sundance Institute Launches Trans Possibilities Intensive
by Michael Major - October 18, 2021 The Intensive is designed and led by Moi Santos and includes guidance from experienced creative advisors including Sam Feder, Yance Ford, Tourmaline, and Ro Haber. The selected fellows include Ava Davis, StormMiguel Florez, River Gallo, Carol Grant, Mitchell (MiSha) Owens, and Savannah Ward....
Skrizzly Adams To Release Video For His New Single 'Too Close To Fire' 6/26
by A.A. Cristi - June 24, 2020 ...
Sphinx Theatre, University Women In The Arts And The December Group Announce Major Women In Theatre Forum
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2020 The UK's leading women's theatre company Sphinx Theatre, University Women in the Arts, the mentoring programme to improve the transition for women from studying the arts to working in the arts, and the December Group, a new group of leading women in theatre, have announced a major forum on Women in ...
KING OF PIGS Comes to Glen Street Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - February 04, 2022 Red Line Productions and Critical Stages Touring, Australia's national touring theatre company, will present the critically-acclaimed production of King of Pigs at Glen Street Theatre from 24 – 26 February 2022. With violence in the home reportedly on the rise during the pandemic, it is a timely pre... |