Louis Armstrong News

The Fulton Opera House Foundation of Lancaster announced the election of four new members to its Board of Trustees and new Board Officers including Dr. Elliot Sterenfeld, an Interventional Physiatrist at Lancaster NeuroScience & Spine Associates, who will serve as the Fulton Theatre's new Board President.

Symphony Space's 2013-14 Just Kidding season continues on Saturday, October 19th at 2pm with a return performance by the National Dance Institute (NDI) Celebration Team.This year's performance features choreography from NDI's signature Event of the Year, 'The Big Easy: NDI Celebrates New Orleans.'

Birdland Jazz Club has announced their brilliant line-up of marvelous talent for the month of October 2013. Birdland will kick-off their electrifying month of programming with the following acts:

Birdland Jazz Club has announced their superb line-up of exciting talent for September 23- 29, 2013. Birdland will kick-off their entrancing week of programming with the following acts.

The Louis Armstrong House Museum celebrates its 10-year anniversary on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013. It has welcomed 100,000 visitors since opening its doors to the public as a historic house in 2003.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts kicks off the 2013-14 season of its Jazz series with ANAT COHEN QUARTET on Saturday, October 12, 2013 and WARREN WOLF QUARTET on Saturday, November 2, 2013.

Round Hill Music, a full-service creative rights management company with a core focus on music publishing, is excited to officially announce the signing of a publishing joint venture with widely acclaimed indie record label, Mexican Summer (most renowned for launching the successful career of Best Coast).

Acclaimed trumpeter Jon Faddis will perform as a special guest with the NJCU Alumni Jazz Big Band in Six Decades of Jazz at NJCU, a free concert series launched in celebration of the inauguration of Dr. Sue Henderson as New Jersey City University's 12thpresident. The concert will take place at the J. Owen Grundy Pier, Exchange Place in Jersey City on Friday, September 20, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Z2 Entertainment presents the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to the Boulder Theater tonight, September 12th, 2013.

Indianapolis Opera opens the 2013-2014 Season with its premiere of Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera. All performances take place October 11-20, 2013 at the Basile Opera Center in Indianapolis. The 2013-14 Season marks 39 years for the IO.

The Chicago Cabaret Professionals will be pulling out all the stops as it proudly celebrates its fifteenth year of bringing live musical enjoyment by Chicago's favorite cabaret performers and fans on October 20 at Park West Theatre. The annual Gold Coast Award will be presented to popular entertainer Daryl Nitz and a special recognition award will be presented to Davenport's Cabaret and Piano Bar.

Howard Hawks, the quintessential Hollywood director known for his mastery of many genres, will be the subject of a complete retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image from today, September 7 through November 10, 2013. The Museum will present 39 features. All of the films will be shown in 35mm-many in stunning restorations-except for Red Line 7000, which will be shown in 16mm.

Kupferberg Presents, the entertainment hub of Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College, is proud to announce a very exciting roster of performances for their 2013-2014 season. Featuring an extraordinary array of exceptional talent, the new season of Kupferberg Presents will bring a host of big name performers to the heart of Queens.

As DVDs of Baz Luhrmann's recent controversial adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved novel The Great Gatsby hit shelves today, Liberty Hall Museum in Union has announced it will host its own lavish Great Gatsby Party on Saturday, September 28th. Yelp New Jersey is a proud sponsor of the event.

Morrison Hotel Gallery is thrilled to partner exclusively with Antiquorum Auctioneers on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, delving deep into the photo archives of the gallery and offering one of the most complete photography auctions ever presented to the international community, presenting over 300 iconic images and unique items.

Multi-Platinum and seven-time GRAMMY winning icon Randy Travis is set to release his 21st studio album October 1st on Warner Bros. Records titled Influence Vol. 1: The Man I Am.

The brilliant young trumpeter, composer, and educator Matt White steps out with a lively and compelling debut titled 'The Super Villain Jazz Band,' to be released October 1 by Artists Recording Collective. A quintet/sextet effort recorded in Nashville, the album is a postbop update that goes beyond the usual formulas with its restless sense of invention in through-composed settings.

The USTA and Time Warner Cable today announced a multi-year sponsorship for the US Open.

The Louis Armstrong House Museum presents it's annual Jazzmobile Block Party today, August 20th from 4pm-9pm at the Louis Armstrong House Museum. This free event, hosted by Jazzmoblie, is the museum's finale to its Summer with Satchmo season!