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Watch Twinkle's 'Just Dance' Video - Superpop Kids' Answer to Lady Gaga
With mounting expectations, the summer countdown begins to build, marking every day until the September 15 release of Just Dance, an over-the-top-awesome collection of impetuous dance hits for kids and families from the award-winning, Los Angeles-based, Peruvian-American kindie music phenomenon know...
Superpop Kid's Artist Twinkle Wants Young & Old Alike to 'Just Dance'
WIth mounting expectations, the summer countdown begins to build, marking every day until the September 15 release of Just Dance, an over-the-top-awesome collection of impetuous dance hits for kids and families from the award-winning Peruvian-American kindie music phenomenon known as Twinkle....
BWW Interview: Anthony Rapp On His Role in the New Film, DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN and the Importance of the Commitment of Marriage
Anthony Rapp has been breaking barriers to social change with his roles for decades. Opening up the hearts of audiences from his days as Mark Cohen in Rent, Rapp continues to challenge the status quo in the new film, Do You Take This Man. Rapp stars as Daniel, one half of a couple preparing for marr...
espnW Returns to Chicago for espnW: Women + Sports, Today
espnW will once again bring its signature Women + Sports conference to the Midwest with the second annual espnW: Women + Sports, Chicago event....
Starita's 'Rules' Video Featuring Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest & Trent Park Out Today
GRAMMY® recognized music producer, Michael Starita (known as Starita) has premiered the video for his song “Rules” featuring hip hop artist Jarobi White of A Tribe Called Quest & singer/songwriter Trent Park via Yahoo Music today....
Madeline Stuart breaks Down Another Barrier for Disabilities Everywhere
A little after a week of going viral for her 4th consecutive time in her 2 year career, Madeline Stuart keeps on breaking barriers, as she took to Paris Runway as the first model with Down Syndrome to walk in Paris Fashion Week....
Opera AMERICA Announces THE OPERA FUND: AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS Recipients
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce it has awarded grants to 10 opera companies through The Opera Fund: Audience Development grant program, which promotes deep learning experiences about new or infr...
Indian Maestro, TM Krishna, Encourages Unity
TM Krishna has critiqued the south Indian classical music industry for being under the dominant preserve of the upper-caste Brahmin community. He wants spaces where the arts of all communities can come together....
Advertising Guru Valerie Graves Writes Powerful Memoir on Her Rise from Teen Mom to Advertising Legend
Ad agency guru Valerie Graves knows how “pressure makes diamonds.” In her memoir “Pressure Makes Diamonds: Becoming the Woman that I Pretended to Be,” she shows the reader every step of her journey from her teen mother experience in the projects of Pontiac, Michigan during the Mo...
espnW Returns to Chicago for espnW: Women + Sports, 5/3
espnW will once again bring its signature Women + Sports conference to the Midwest with the second annual espnW: Women + Sports, Chicago event....
92Y Announces 2017 Harkness Dance Festival
The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival enters its 23rd season presenting five artists over five weeks, from February 24 through March 25, 2017. Centered around the theme of Then, Now + Next, the 2017 Festival features world premieres from two companies and showcases a varied spectrum of work, fro...
Amazon to Honor MLK Day with Free Streaming of AN AMERICAN GIRL STORY: MELODY 1963
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Amazon Original Special AN AMERICAN GIRL STORY: MELODY 1963: Love Has to Win will be free to stream on Prime Video in the US beginning today...
Amazon to Honor MLK Day with Free Streaming of AN AMERICAN GIRL STORY: MELODY 1963
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Amazon Original Special AN AMERICAN GIRL STORY: MELODY 1963: Love Has to Win will be free to stream on Prime Video in the US beginning today...
Cesar L. Baquerizo's A SAFE PLACE WITH YOU Chronicles Dangers of Conversion Therapy
'A Safe Place with You' is a LGBTQ fiction coming out story inspired by the horror true events of Conversion Therapy, an evil 'medical' experiment to 'cure' homosexuality. The pages follows a young man named Tomás Díaz and his group of new found friends forced to be in a clinic to 'cure' their ...
BWW Interview: Evan Greenberg and Cardozie Jones Building Community with AfterWork Theater in WEST SIDE STORY
AfterWork Theater, a New York City nonprofit designed to make theater available to all, is magnifying the importance of community in its fall main stage production, West Side Story. While our world continues to experience conflict, uncertainty, and injustice, AfterWork Theater is that beacon of ligh...
Culture Lab Detroit to Host Fall Panel on Art and the Immigrant Experience
Culture Lab Detroit, an organization that fosters conversations and collaborations between Detroit and the international art, architecture, and design communities, will hold a special panel discussion on the immigrant experience as part of its 2016 program focused on the theme, 'Walls,' to take plac...
Culture Lab Detroit to Host Fall Panel on Art and the Immigrant Experience
Culture Lab Detroit, an organization that fosters conversations and collaborations between Detroit and the international art, architecture, and design communities, will hold a special panel discussion on the immigrant experience as part of its 2016 program focused on the theme, 'Walls,' to take plac...
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill to Play Irish Arts Center This October
Fiddler Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill, one of the world's great musical duos, return to Irish Arts Center for a two-week residency with a wide range of special guests, October 20-29....
Princess Grace Foundation-USA to Present Queen Latifah with Prince Rainier III Award
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA(PGF-USA) is proud to announce that award-winning actress, singer, songwriter and producer Queen Latifah will accept the prestigious Prince Rainier III Award for her outstanding contribution to the Arts and her exemplary give-back...
BREAKING BARRIERS Workshop with Soli Philander at the Masque Theatre
The Masque Theatre is thrilled to announce that Soli Philander will be hosting a holiday workshop entitled BREAKING BARRIERS on 5 October in our auditorium. This one-day-only workshop will take place at 12:00 and places are limited....
MAD Presents Annual Visionaries! Awards at MAD Ball Celebrating its 60th Anniversary
On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at Pier 60, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will hold its annual gala celebrating outstanding individuals in the arts and design fields. For 20 years, the MAD Ball has recognized visionaries in the worlds of business, arts, philanthropy, and creativity, reflecting ...
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill to Play Irish Arts Center This October
Fiddler Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill, one of the world's great musical duos, return to Irish Arts Center for a two-week residency with a wide range of special guests, October 20-29....
7th Annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit to Welcome Key Industry Influencers & Athletes
espnW will again bring together sports industry leaders and top female athletes for the seventh annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit presented by Toyota from October 13-15...
New FOX Series PITCH Teams with LA Dodgers to Host 'Take Your Daughter to a Game' Day
On Sunday, Sept. 4, PITCH, the new FOX series about a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball, and the Los Angeles Dodgers will host moms, dads and daughters alike at 'Take Your Daughter to a Game' day at Dodger Stadium....
