String Orchestra Of Brooklyn to Release ENFOLDING, Feat. Works By Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti And Scott Wollschleger
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 03, 2022
On Friday, July 1, 2022, the String Orchestra of Brooklyn (SOB) will release its new album, enfolding, on New Focus Recordings. The album features the world premiere recordings of Scott Wollschleger's Outside Only Sound and Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti's with eyes the color of time, a finalist for the 2...
Performances, An Indigenous Foodways Cooking Demonstration & More Announced for WE THE PEOPLES BEFORE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 03, 2022
First Peoples Fund and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the full line-up for We The Peoples Before, a festival of events designed to explore and expand deep truths and reflections about the history and experience of this country’s Native peoples....
Groundwater Arts Announces CELEBRATING NATIVE JOY
by Stephi Wild - April 28, 2022
Groundwater Arts announced today that it will produce a community-centered weekend called Celebrating Native Joy in June 2022 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. ...
Yale Repertory Theatre to Present BETWEEN TWO KNEES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 18, 2022
Yale Repertory Theatre will conclude its 2022 season with Between Two Knees. The play, written by the intertribal sketch comedy troupe The 1491s and directed by Eric Ting, is presented with Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Between Two Knees will be performed May 12–June 4 at Yale Repertory Th...
BWW Review: EXPOSED at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
by Barry Lenny - April 08, 2022
This is another triumph for Restless Dance....
Cody Renard Richard, Mj Rodriguez, Camille A. Brown & More Named to Kennedy Center Next 50
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 20, 2022
An elementary–aged rapper, an award–winning composer, and a dancer defying the stigmas of cerebral palsy, come together in the Kennedy Center Next 50, a new cultural leadership initiative....
Indigenous Artists Honor Past And Present In New Scottsdale Arts Exhibition
by A.A. Cristi - January 06, 2022
Scottsdale Public Art will host the “FIRST: Native American Artists of Arizona” Exhibition Jan. 10 – Mar. 30, 2022, at Scottsdale Civic Center Library. ...
Kennedy Center and First Peoples Fund Announce WE THE PEOPLES BEFORE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 09, 2021
First Peoples Fund and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have announced We The Peoples Before, a festival of events designed to explore and expand deep truths and reflections about the history and experience of this country’s Native peoples....
by Stephi Wild - November 23, 2021
Griffin Theatre Company announces its jam-packed 2022 season with new and exciting works from Australian playwrights, along with two Australian plays making their Sydney premiere. ...
Melbourne Theatre Company Announces Season 2022
by Stephi Wild - September 29, 2021
Artistic Director & CEO Brett Sheehy has unveiled his final season for Melbourne Theatre Company – a program of 11 stellar productions including both new Australian and critically acclaimed international works....
TheatreSquared Welcomes United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo As Artist In Residence
by A.A. Cristi - August 19, 2021
TheatreSquared announced today that Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate and member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is joining the team at the regional theatre company to serve as the 2021 Artist in Residence. ...
by Stephi Wild - August 11, 2021
Novelist Brandon Hobson lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he is assistant professor of English at New Mexico State University. He also teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Interdisciplinary artist Jessica Mehta, currently based in Exeter, England, is completing a PhD ...
Sarah Pocklington Named Citadel's Newest Executive Director
by A.A. Cristi - July 30, 2021
The Citadel Theatre Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Sarah Pocklington as the theatre's new Executive Director. Sarah will be joining Artistic Director, Daryl Cloran, on the executive leadership team August 30, 2021....
Roustabout Announces The Autumn 2021 Tour of New Family Show THIS ISLAND'S MINE
by Stephi Wild - July 29, 2021
Blending Brechtian and Forum Theatre techniques that encourage the audience to think, question and challenge, This Island's Mine focuses on a debate between three inhabitants of an island - one of the first peoples (Ariel), a second generation religious refugee (Caliban) and a Western coloniser (St...
Australia And The UK Announce Largest Ever Cultural Exchange Between The Two Nations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 24, 2021
A major new cultural exchange between Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) has been announced today, celebrating the diverse and innovative artist communities and cultural sectors of each nation....
NALAC Receives $6m Gift From MacKenzie Scott And Dan Jewett
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 16, 2021
The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures is the recipient of a $6 million gift from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett. Founded in 1989, NALAC provides critical advocacy, funding, leadership development and professional training for Latinx artists and arts organizations in t...
Sydney Opera House Announces 2021 Utzon Music Season
by Stephi Wild - June 16, 2021
The Sydney Opera House today announced Utzon Music will return for a triumphant 14th season in 2021. From Beethoven’s revolutionary sonatas to new music by First Nations composers and the next generation of cutting-edge chamber musicians, the 2021 program will feature some of the country’s m...
BWW Review: SEASONS IN BLAK BOX at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
by Josh Stent - May 10, 2021
Seasons In Blak Box is a unique storytelling experience that will leave you better informed, appreciative and more fascinated about the land on which we live....
Blue Metropolis Announces Springtime Festivals
by A.A. Cristi - April 07, 2021
Starting April 24 and running until May 2, the spring programming of the 23rd Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will be in full swing, along with the TD-Blue Metropolis Children's Festival. ...
Kennedy Center Unveils 50th Anniversary Season Including a Fall Reopening
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 06, 2021
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced plans for its 50th Anniversary season, slated to begin in September 2021 with a grand reopening of its stages and campus and culminate in September 2022 with a fresh interpretation of the seminal work that opened the Center in 1971, ...
Diversionary Theatre Announces The Launch Of The RISING TIDE COMMISSIONING PROGRAM For LGBTQ BIPOC Artists
by A.A. Cristi - March 10, 2021
Diversionary Theatre has received support from the National New Play Network's Bridge Program in support of Diversionary Anti-Racism Action Plan and the launch of The Rising Tide Commissioning Program. ...
New York Stage and Film Announces NEXUS Initiative Artist Grants
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 16, 2021
New York Stage and Film has committed $100,000 to their new NEXUS Initiative that brings together 20 multihyphenate artists to explore the question “where does story exist at the intersection of stage and film?” Each participant receives $5,000 and will take part in a series of conversations fo...
Red Eagle Soaring Hires Two Co-Artistic Directors In Residence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 01, 2021
One of the only non-profit Native youth focused theatres in the United States - Red Eagle Soaring in Seattle - has hired two (2) Co-Artistic Directors in Residence, prominent in the national theatre scene. ...
Raffi Releases 'Black Lives Matter To Me' Song & Video
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 17, 2020
Releasing today, September 17, 2020, Raffi’s “Black Lives Matter To Me” is a new original song that acknowledges the importance of the current moment for education and awareness. ...
Diversionary Theatre Announces Two Storytelling Events for the Public
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 31, 2020
Open Flame is a free storytelling event presented by Diversionary Theatre. It's a chance for the community to gather around the proverbial campfire and spin stories inspired by a unique theme or community at each event. Tune in to listen, or sign up to share a story of your own....
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