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A concept recording of the brand new musical love story will be released digitally on February 7th and on CD on February 11th, 2014 to coincide with Valentine's Day. The CD is now available for pre-order at http://amzn.com/B00HQ31WDI. There will be a special 54 BELOW album launch concert tonight, January 29th at 9:30 pm and January 30th at 9:30 pm where attendees will be able to buy the album 2 weeks early.

Writer/activist Alice Walker (b. Feb. 9, 1944) made history as the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her seminal novel The Color Purple (1982), for which she won the National Book Award.

The two surviving members of The Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited at last night's 56th Annual Grammy Awards to perform a new song by McCartney called 'Queenie Eye.'

Jacaranda, the series of intimate concert adventures into the realm of new and rarely heard classical music presents 'Hallucination,' featuring the music of avant-garde composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis tonight, January 25, 2014 at 8 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, 1220 2nd Street, Santa Monica, 90401.

The latest performers announced for THE 56TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS® were announced today, including seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Madonna

The latest performers announced for THE 56TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS® were announced today, including seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Madonna

The latest performers announced for THE 56TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS® are current GRAMMY® Award nominee Gary Clark, Jr., nominee Hunter Hayes

Bang on a Can's exhilarating marching band Asphalt Orchestra has been invited to join the Pixies on their 2014 winter tour, bringing selections from the radical performance Asphalt Orchestra Plays the Pixies: Surfer Rosa

The American Museum of Natural History continues the seventh season of One Step Beyond with DJ sets by Juan Maclean, Jacques Greene, and Kevin Graves. The event will take place in the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Hall of the Universe tonight, January 17.

The Majestic Theatre's production of the FORBIDDEN BROADWAY revue brought warm approval on a cold, wet night from an audience happy to pole fun at Disney, Mackintosh, and Mormons

Peter Asher, member of 60's British pop group Peter and Gordon and executive at Apple and Sony records brings his acclaimed show 'Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond' to the Capitol Center for the Arts' Spotlight Cafe on Thursday, February 20, at 7:30pm.

Writer/activist Alice Walker (b. Feb. 9, 1944) made history as the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her seminal novel The Color Purple (1982), for which she won the National Book Award. THIRTEEN's American Masters presents Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, premiering nationally Friday, February 7 at 9 p.m. on PBS in honor of Walker's 70th birthday and Black HISTORY Month. Filmmaker Pratibha Parmar's new documentary tells Walker's dramatic life story with poetry and lyricism, and features new interviews with Walker, Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Gloria Steinem, Sapphire and the late Howard Zinn in one of his final interviews. Watch the trailer below!

Cellist Maya Beiser will participate in the Rubin Museum of Art's Brainwave: Mind Over Matter series with cognitive psychologist Jamshed Barucha tonight, January 11, 2014 at 6pm at the Rubin Museum of Art (150 West 17th Street)

A concept recording of the brand new musical love story will be released digitally on February 7th and on CD on February 11th, 2014 to coincide with Valentine's Day. The CD is now available for pre-order athttp://amzn.com/B00HQ31WDI. There will be a special 54 BELOW album launch concert January 29th at 9:30 pm and January 30th at 9:30 pm where attendees will be able to buy the album 2 weeks early.

The American Museum of Natural History continues the seventh season of One Step Beyond with DJ sets by Juan Maclean, Jacques Greene, and Kevin Graves. The event will take place in the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Hall of the Universe on Friday, January 17.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its slate of performances for this week, Jan. 6-12, including BEST OF CRAIGSLIST, SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY, JEFF SLATE, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH SHOW, CHAMPAGNE JERRY, TRIBECASTAN, SUN RA VISITATION SERIES, THE HOT SARDINES, MEKLIT HADERO/LEIF VOLLEBEKK, FREDERICKS BROWN, FEDERICO AUBELE/KEREN ANN/DOM LA NENA, RED BARAAT/METAL TONGUES/PATTEN, REVEREND BILLY, BRENDA RUSSELL, and JOEY ARIAS.

Jacaranda, the series of intimate concert adventures into the realm of new and rarely heard classical music presents "Hallucination," featuring the music of avant-garde composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 8 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, 1220 2nd Street, Santa Monica, 90401.

#1: Cartagena, an exhibition of contemporary art with both international and national artists, is a Biennial created with the idea of further enhancing Cartagena's image as a significant cultural center. In a city with existing deep connections to literature, cinema, music, dance and crafts art, the exhibition will honor these cultural manifestations through the artworks presented. Bringing together artists from different countries and generations, whose works will be exhibited throughout the city of Cartagena, the Biennial will include painting, sculpture, photography, electronic and audiovisual media, installation and performance.

New York, NY — Cellist Maya Beiser will participate in the Rubin Museum of Art's Brainwave: Mind Over Matter series with cognitive psychologist Jamshed Barucha on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 6pm at the Rubin Museum of Art (150 West 17th Street). Maya will perform composer Michael Harrison's Just Ancient Loops, a 25-minute piece with a film by Bill Morrison, and will converse with Barucha, the President of Cooper Union, about tonality and what effect music has on our psyche and wellbeing. The seventh annual Brainwave, a series of on-stage conversations, films and experiences, explores the role the brain plays in helping us overcome adversity, survive tests of endurance, and understand faith.

On Saturday, December 7, 2013, Sagamore, The Art Hotel, along with its owners Martin and Cricket Taplin and six local museums-the Bass Museum of Art, Lowe Art Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art at FIU, and the Wolfsonian-FIU-hosted one of the most sought-after events of the season, the annual Art Basel Brunch.