In Travel Channel's new series Metropolis, each stunning episode explores 1 important world city, uncovering rich historical secrets behind its extraordinary location, timeless architecture and magnetic culture.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Presents RESURRECTION - A JOURNEY TRIBUTE
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 06, 2019
Resurrection - A Journey Tribute re-creates the experience of a Journey concert from the band's most prolific period at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 17 & 18, 2020....
Tsukasa Taiko to Bring Authentic Japanese Drumming Concert to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 04, 2019
Tsukasa Taiko brings together a multigenerational ensemble to create an authentic Japanese drumming concert at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 16, 2020....
JUST IMAGINE: THE JOHN LENNON EXPERIENCE is Coming to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 02, 2019
Tim Piper presents Just Imagine: The John Lennon Experience at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 11, 2020....
The Neverly Brothers Announced At Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by A.A. Cristi - November 25, 2019
The Neverly Brothers perform A Rock'n Roll Tribute...From Elvis to The Beatles! at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 10, 2020....
THE KNIFIC QUARTET: A JAZZ ADVENTURE! is Coming to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 22, 2019
The Knific Quartet celebrates music from Brazil, America and beyond at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 5, 2020. The Knific Quartet melds virtuosity, lyricism, and musical influences from around the world to provide an intimate and exciting concert experience. This family ensemble presents ...
Andy Woodhull Comes to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2019
Comedian Andy Woodhull shares the stage with his funny friends for an evening of laughs at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 4, 2020....
Mike Toomey's TV & ME Announced At Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2019
Mike Toomey's TV & Me takes a nostalgic look back at classic television at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 3, 2020....
SKIP GRIPARIS: ROCKIN' COMIC IMPRESSIONIST Comes to Metropolis
by Stephi Wild - November 20, 2019
Skip Griparis: Rockin' Comic Impressionist recreates some of music's most iconic voices at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 2, 2020....
Metropolis School Of The Performing Arts Presents HERE WE COME A-CAROLING
by A.A. Cristi - November 18, 2019
Students and faculty of Metropolis School of the Performing Arts entertain audiences with Here We Come A-Caroling: Holiday Favorites at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre December 15, 2019....
JACK Quartet + So Percussion Play 'Songs That Are Hard to Sing'
by Abigail Charpentier - November 15, 2019
Songs That Are Hard to Sing is an octet composed by Dan Trueman for the JACK Quartet and Sō Percussion. This collaboration of contemporary music heavyweights unites “the nation's most important quartet,” (New York Timeson JACK) with Sō Percussion's “exhilarating blend of precision and...
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 04, 2019
The most expansive and ambitious aerial series explores America's great cities from breathtaking heights – filmed from helicopters and drones equipped with cutting edge 4K/Ultra High Definition cameras to see our iconic and most treasured landmarks from a birds-eye view....
Jimmy Eat World Releases New Album SURVIVING
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 18, 2019
To celebrate release day, Jimmy Eat World have unveiled the Jim Adkins and Michael Gill co-directed video for “555” (watch below!). One of the most poignant, soul searching tracks on Surviving, the video provides a wry, fantastical counter-balance to the song's emotional heft, with a strong 80's...
Photo Flash: ANYTHING GOES At Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2019
Metropolis presents Cole Porter's classic musical Anything Goes through November 2, 2019. A high-seas romp showcasing one of Cole Porter's most magical scores. Music, dance, and romance are set to the age old tale of boy meets girl in this breezy classic....
Drummer-Composer Mareike Wiening Leads New York Crew On Greenleaf Music Debut
by Julie Musbach - October 02, 2019
An in-demand sidewoman on the fertile jazz scenes of both New York City and her native Nuremberg, Germany, drummer Mareike Wiening [pronounced: Mar-eye-kuh Vee-ning] asserts her extraordinary talents as composer, player and bandleader on Metropolis Paradise, her first full-length CD and debut on the...
Photo Flash: BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Rocks Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by A.A. Cristi - July 29, 2019
Metropolis presents the biographical rock & roll musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story July 18 August 31, 2019. Buddy tells the true story of Buddy Hollys meteoric rise to fame from the moment in 1957 when Thatll Be the Day hit the airwaves until his tragic death less than two years later on The Day ...
The Slow Readers Club Announce Additional Tour Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 24, 2019
The Slow Readers Club have announced the addition of a further four shows for their headline tour this winter, with dates in Cork, Limerick, Dublin and Belfast joining their already announced shows in London, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Glasgow....
Grammy-Nominated Dream Theater Announces North American Tour Leg
by Abigail Charpentier - July 23, 2019
Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater are currently in the middle of a successful European tour. With three weeks left on that run, the band is turning its attention back to North America with the announcement of the next leg of the acclaimed The Dista...
The Slow Readers Club Announce December Headline Shows
by Tori Hartshorn - June 12, 2019
The Slow Readers Club have announced a run of headline shows in December, with dates in London, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Glasgow. Tickets will be available at 10am on Friday 14th June....
Photo Flash: First Look at A FUNNY THING... At Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by Julie Musbach - May 24, 2019
Metropolis presents Stephen Sondheim's classic musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum through June 29, 2019. Broadway's greatest farce promises to have audiences rolling in the aisles. This fast-paced, witty, and irreverent comedy is one of the funniest musicals ever written....
Ants Reveals Opening Party Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 16, 2019
Following the recent line-up announcement for their seventh consecutive season at Ushuaïa Ibiza, ANTS have revealed a slew of the finest names in electronic music set to open the Ibiza residency on Saturday 1st June....
VIDEO: Go Inside Rehearsals for EMMA! A POP MUSICAL At Raue Center
by Alan Henry - March 28, 2019
Williams Street Repertory (Founding Artistic Director, Richard Kuranda**), McHenry County's growing professional theater company, is excited to announce 'Emma! A Pop Musical,' is coming to the stage in downtown Crystal Lake this spring. This production is the first in a series of high profile theatr...
New York Composer, Producer Emily Wells' New Album Out Today, Touring West Coast in April
by Tori Hartshorn - March 22, 2019
New York composer, producer and singer Emily Wells' new album This World Is Too ____ For You is out today on her label Thesis & Instinct—listen here and purchase here. The album is featured today on NPR's New Music Friday where they praise it as, “mind-blowing” and “genre-bending”...
ANTS Announces Full 2019 Ibiza Season Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 21, 2019
The Night League, the team behind the award-winning Ushuaïa Ibiza today reveal the epic full season line-up for this year's ANTS residency, and announce plans to transform the #1 open-air Club into a fully-fledged underground world, the 'ANTS Metropolis'....
Philharmonia Orchestra Presents WEIMAR BERLIN: BITTERSWEET METROPOLIS At Southbank Centre
by Stephi Wild - March 21, 2019
In June and September 2019, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen present Weimar Berlin: Bittersweet Metropolis at Southbank Centre, where it is Resident Orchestra. This new series is an ambitious journey through the music, science and culture of a period of intense political turbulence a...
New York Composer Emily Wells Debuts Video For COME ON DOOM, LET'S PARTY, New Album Out This Friday
by Tori Hartshorn - March 19, 2019
New York composer, producer and singer Emily Wells unveils her video for “Come On Doom, Let's Party” today—watch here. For the video Wells inserts herself into found video of climate crisis, dance and archival protest footage from ACT UP, the organization formed to fight AIDS at the height...
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