Revisiting The 60s CAN YOU DIG IT? Comes To Berkeley Marsh
by A.A. Cristi
- May 24, 2018
Due to popular demand, Don Reed's wonderfully wild autobiographical trilogy Can You Dig It?: The '60s will transfer to The Marsh Berkeley in June. Hot on the heels of the hilarious and critically acclaimed East 14th and The Kipling Hotel, Reed (HBO, Snap Judgment, Amazon Prime) takes Bay Area audience members on a nostalgic ride through the amusing and oftentimes turbulent 1960s and beyond. Reed's solo show happens before his father became a pimp, before little Donnie was forced into that door-knocking religion, and includes some mind-blowing and unbelievably true tales never before revealed in the original production. From the Beatles to the Black Panthers, James Brown to the Jerk, MLK to JFK to the KKK-audiences will delight in living vicariously through the eyes of an awkward blinking kid just trying to fit in during the tumultuous '60s. Called "a comedic goldmine. An electrifying performer whose impressions of the colorful characters of his childhood are well-drawn and flat-out hilarious" by KQED, Can You Dig It?: The '60s continues through June 16 in San Francisco (8:30pm Saturdays & 5:30pm Sundays) and then will be presented June 23 to July 29 (5:00pm Saturdays & 5:30pm Sundays) at The Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. For tickets ($20-$35 sliding scale, $55-$100 reserved), the public may visit www.themarsh.org or call The Marsh box office at 415-282-3055 (open 1pm-4pm, Monday through Friday).
Raphael Saadiq Adds Ali Shaheed Muhammad to Summer Tour
by Macon Prickett
- May 23, 2018
Raphael Saadiq recently announced his first headline tour in several years. Today, he announced that his longtime friend and Lucy Pearl bandmate Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest)--who recently announced new album TheMidnight Hour with Adrian Younge and featuring Saadiq, among other noteworthy musicians--will support him on several dates of the summer run. Flint, MI musician & activist Tunde Olaniran will also join the pair at Detroit's MOCAD. In addition to his headline dates, musician and producer Saadiq is set to perform at Chicago'sPitchfork Festival (read 'The Meaning of Soul Music According to Raphael Saadiq' via the 2017 Pitchfork here). The tour dates come as the Oscar-nominated Grammy-winner finishes work on his much-anticipated fifth solo album and first since 2011's Stone Rollin'.
NJPAC Announces Launch of 7th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
by Julie Musbach
- May 21, 2018
For the seventh consecutive year, singers from around the world will gather online to compete in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition (aka the 'SASSY' Awards) -- a 21st century version of the amateur night at the Apollo Theater that helped launch the career of a gifted teenager from Newark, Sarah 'Sassy' Vaughan, more than 75 years ago.
L.A. Comedy Writers/Performers Ask Audience To Settle Marital Disputes at Montreal Fringe Festival
by A.A. Cristi
- May 17, 2018
A few years ago BICK/ANTZIS created a YouTube video called Settle This Thing in order to have the Internet provide a solution to an ongoing argument they couldn't resolve on their own. Tamara Bick and Drew Antzis each laid out their argument and told viewers, 'Vote for who you agree with and we'll live with the results.' After a week the married couple tallied the votes and had a winner. Argument solved! 'It's crowd sourcing to solve our fights,' says Antzis, 'and it worked!' The web series Settle This Thing was born.
RCA Inspiration Earns Multiple BET Awards 18 Nominations
by Macon Prickett
- May 17, 2018
RCA Inspiration, the premiere label in gospel music, is celebrating the three nominations its artists and releases received for BET Awards 18. BET announced this year's nominees in a live ceremony in New York City on May 15th and Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul / RCA), Marvin Sapp and Snoop Dogg received nods in the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel / Inspirational Award category.
RCA Inspiration Earns Multiple BET Awards 18 Nominations
by A.A. Cristi
- May 16, 2018
RCA Inspiration, the premiere label in gospel music, is celebrating the three nominations its artists and releases received for BET Awards 18. BET announced this year's nominees in a live ceremony in New York City on May 15th and Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul / RCA), Marvin Sapp and Snoop Dogg received nods in the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel / Inspirational Award category.
FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE Announces 'This Is Not a Game: The Game'
by Tori Hartshorn
- May 16, 2018
TBS' Emmy(R) Award-winning late-night series FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE is pleased to announce it is gamifying* the 2018 midterm elections. Samantha Bee, who totally knows what coding means, is working with some of the best minds in SILICON VALLEY to develop the non-partisan This is Not a Game: The Game game. TINAG:TG is a heart-pounding, prize-stuffed turducken of a trivia game in which average citizens play to the death OR win kick-ass prizes, not sure which. We're waiting to hear back from our lawyers.
Wiz Khalifa And Rae Sremmurd Announce Co-Headline Dazed & Blazed Summer 2018 Amphitheater Tour
by Macon Prickett
- May 15, 2018
Multi-platinum selling artists Wiz Khalifa and Rae Sremmurd (Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee) today announced their co-headlining Dazed & Blazed Summer 2018 Amphitheater Tour, produced by Live Nation. The two rap and hip hop superstars will be joined by Lil Skies and OT Genasis as support on various dates of the outing. The 27-city summer amphitheater tour will kick off July 21 in Detroit, MI and keep the good times going across Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, Austin, and more, before wrapping August 30 in Phoenix, AZ.
BottleRock Napa Valley Announces 2018 Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage Lineup
by Macon Prickett
- May 8, 2018
BottleRock Napa Valley, presented by JaM Cellars, has announced that GRAMMY award-winning musician, television host, and three-time New York Times bestselling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood, Food Network star Chef Giada De Laurentiis and Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto will headline the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage, during the three-day festival, May 25-27, 2018, in historic downtown Napa.
Conan O'Brien and TBS Expand Partnership Through Major Joint Venture
by Tori Hartshorn
- May 3, 2018
Turner's TBS and Conan O'Brien today announced an expanded partnership spanning television, digital, social and live events that will enable the late night icon to capitalize and interact with his multi-generational fan base across platforms. After 25 years on television and having amassed a deeply passionate and engaged fan base through the nightly show, travel specials, digital content, live events and fan interactions, Team Coco and TBS will take Conan's enduring brand of comedy to his fans wherever they are. The expansion of Team Coco will be advanced by Billy Parks who has been named to the newly created position of Chief Brand Officer for the joint venture.
It's An All-Star Cast of Celebrities on the Third Season of ABC's Hit Prime-Time Game Show THE $100,000 PYRAMID
by Macon Prickett
- May 3, 2018
The Pyramid is back! As part of ABC's "Sunday Fun & Games," the Emmy® Award-winning pop-culture phenomenon is reimagined and better than ever. Featuring an all-star cast of celebrities who take center stage and partner with contestants from across the country competing against each other with hopes of making it to the winners' circle and the ultimate prize of $100,000, "The $100,000 Pyramid" premieres SUNDAY, JUNE 10 (9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand.
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