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Live Source Theatre Group has announced the formation of Live Source FILMS, a new program to support theatre artists in the development and production of short filmmaking during the time of COVID-19.

National Sawdust has announced the 20 winners of its inaugural New Works Commission, which was announced in June 2020 as the culmination of its pioneering Live@NationalSawdust Digital Discovery Festival.

With more than 65 total events, featuring over 100 artists premiering in a four month span, the success of the newly-completed National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Volume One has been a rare bright spot in NYC's post-COVID live music world.

A unique adaptation of Steve Reich's masterwork of the same name.

Quince may not have been ground-breaking or earth-shattering, it was quirky, charming, celebratory, and delightful, filled with sincerity and warmth.

It takes a special artist to push past the boundaries of their chosen genre and expand their mastery of craft and concept in unique directions.

The work features original music and sound design by Jordan Hall, text by Rebecca LeVine and direction by William Steinberger.

Soapbox Gallery, the intimate Prospect Heights' performance space that grew out of the studio of sculptor Jimmy Greenfield, will present three nights of live streaming performances, each dedicated to adventurous electronic looping sounds paired with video narratives, The Sonic Vision Looping Festiva

For Volume 15 of the Digital Discovery Festival, National Sawdust is erecting Global Bridges, spanning audiences and artists hailing from an array of unique ethnic and national backgrounds, proving that (even in crisis) we can reap the benefits of the modern urban experiment.

Clown Gym presents the final summer Do The Virtual Clown Show this Tuesday August 11th at 8:30pm EST.

Innovation requires the genius to recognize the possible and the single-minded drive to make it a reality.

a??WHO'S LOUIS?, a performance art collective based in NYC, a??is proud to present its world premiere of I'm not playing, an interactive digital installation co-written, co-designed, and co-directed collectively-as part of the Great Salt Lake and Minnesota Fringe Festivals.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music is deeply saddened by the loss of its esteemed board chair, Adam E.

As the world continues to adjust to a new normal in the midst of the global pandemic, renowned Brooklyn-based organization 651 ARTS today announced a major step forward in reimagining its programmatic strategy to ensure that the institution will thrive in a post-pandemic arts and culture space with

In times of trouble, we seek out songs we know which bring us comfort.

Motivated by the Black Lives Matter protests that followed the murder of George Floyd, Brooklyn's Brave New World Rep has announced plans to revive The Plantation, adapted from Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, set in 1870 Virginia.

In May, Brooklyn College music student Harrison Sheckler put together a virtual rendition of Rodger and Hammerstein's 'You'll Never Walk Alone' that earned more than 1 million views on YouTube and a lot of media attention.

For Week 12 of National Sawdust's Digital Discovery Festival focused on Virtuosity, we present short concerts with genuine virtuosi, including an exceptional percussionist early in her career and a guitarist in the prime of his creative years.

Stew and Heidi Rodewald (Passing Strange) and the Von Trapped performed an impassioned musical performance of Allen Ginsberg's poem 'America' during Onassis Cultural Center's spring 2017 presentation of The People Speak, based on the work of Howard Zinn (1922a?"2010).

This weekend, Friday, July 17 and Saturday July 18, Rooftop Films, in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation, will present the first weekend of the new Brooklyn Drive-In festival, on the pier of the Brooklyn Army Terminal (80 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY).

Greenpoint Film Festival is set to return for its 9th annual event with a drive-in edition, running through August 1-9, 2020 at the parking lot on Meserole Ave.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced a new date for their fundraiser, Casa Abierta, a digital variety event to raise funds for 'Bakeo pa' sobrevivir: Alcancía Brigada Cuir,' an Emergency fund ran by Espicy Nipples, la Sombrilla Cuir and House of Grace.

National Sawdust's physical doors are still closed but, thanks to a generous grant from the Alphadyne Foundation, the mission of providing artists the resources and support they need to create and present new work continues with the Digital Discovery Festival, featuring over 100 artists from May thr

National Sawdust's physical doors are still closed but, thanks to a generous grant from the Alphadyne Foundation, the mission of providing artists the resources and support they need to create and present new work continues with the Digital Discovery Festival, featuring over 100 artists from May thr

BRIC, a Brooklyn-based leading arts and media institution,  has announced its artist lineup for the 2020 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, which has been reinvented this year as a highly immersive, virtual multi-platform destination.