David Mathews News

On Friday, December 2 at 8:00 PM, Flushing Town Hall will pay tribute to one of the greatest NEA Jazz Masters with Songs for Barry Harris, featuring NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan, bassist Harvie S, and jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur. The trio will perform jazz standards and tunes Barry Harris played throughout his phenomenal career and share unique stories and memories about the outstanding jazz luminary for the anniversary of his passing. 

For anyone who hasn't been to a Santana concert in their lives, do yourself a favor and do so. I've now seen Santana 5 times and each time I've seen Carlos Santana and his crew, they sound better and better. Being from Chicago, all the times I've seen him, I've been there. This time around, since I was in Las Vegas, NV, I thought why not check out his show as part of his residency at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.

Leon High Performing Arts' The Hunchback of Notre Dame transports audiences to the 1400s while creating timeless appeal.

Yoshi's San Francisco announces updated calendar for club and restaurant through December 15, plus new shows through February 2014.

Most actors attending a read-thru of a play by a well-known playwright do not expect it to turn into a criminal investigation. However, in Rehearsal for Murder, opening on November 8 at the Apollo Civic Theater in Martinsburg, WV, a routine read-thru turns into a determined inquest to find a killer and this murder mystery thriller does not contain most of the usual cliches one would expect.

Most actors attending a read-thru of a play by a well-known playwright do not expect it to turn into a criminal investigation. However, in Rehearsal for Murder, opening on November 8 at the Apollo Civic Theater in Martinsburg, WV, a routine read-thru turns into a determined inquest to find a killer and this murder mystery thriller does not contain most of the usual cliches one would expect.

Yoshi's San Francisco announces updated calendar for club and restaurant through December 1. Details below!

Award winning jazz singer, Martha Lorin, brings 2013 in with a new show at the Metropolitan Room in New York, NY, featuring jazz greats guitarist Vic Juris and bassist Harvie S. Martha Lorin's 'Love Songs for Jazz Lovers' will play one show only tonight, February 11th, 2013 at 9:30 p.m.

Award winning jazz singer, Martha Lorin, brings 2013 in with a new show at the Metropolitan Room in New York, NY, featuring jazz greats guitarist Vic Juris and bassist Harvie S. Martha Lorin's 'Love Songs for Jazz Lovers' will play one show only on Monday, February 11th, 2013 at 9:30 p.m.

The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that inspires and guides people to take action rooted in the community and stay true to themselves, has published a new book written by Richard C. Harwood, THE WORK OF HOPE.

Passage Theatre's 20th Anniversary season will get underway on October 27 with a production of 'Move It and It's Yours,' a hilarious and genuinely moving musical-comedy about a man, his midlife crisis and his piano.The show runs Thursdays through Sundays from October 27 to November 20, 2005. Press opening is Saturday, October 29, at 8pm.