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Broadway’s Restoration Renaissance: Theater Owners Invest in Preservation and Progress
by James Blinken - April 25, 2025
The New York Landmarks Conservancy honored some of the city’s most iconic Broadway theaters with its highest accolade—the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award. This year’s ceremony spotlighted a significant trend: New York City theater owners are investing heavily in the restoration and modernizat...
Alessandra Belloni And I Giullari Di Piazza Return To Cathedral Of St. John The Divine In May
by A.A. Cristi - April 14, 2025
I Giullari di Piazza performance troupe, led by Alessandra Belloni (Founder) and John T. La Barbera (Musical Director/Co-Founder), will return to Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), May 16 with 'Mystic Rhythms & Sacred Chants for Seven Black Madonnas from Italy...
Shubert, Booth, New Victory, And Palace Theatre Receive Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 13, 2025
The New York Landmarks Conservancy just announced the winners of the 2025 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards, the Conservancy's highest honors for excellence in preservation. The Award recipients demonstrate outstanding and challenging preservation projects that occur throughout the City. ...
South Street Seaport Museum to Present Free November Book Club: NATIVE NEW YORKERS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 13, 2024
Join the South Street Seaport Museum's free book club to discuss 'Native New Yorkers' by Evan T. Pritchard, focusing on the Lenape's legacy in New York City. Registration encouraged....
Full Cast Set For JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK Starring J. Smith-Cameron and Mark Rylance
by Stephi Wild - August 21, 2024
The full cast has been announced for the new production of Seán O'Casey's timeless masterpiece, Juno and the Paycock, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus....
Video: HBO Debuts DANIEL Documentary Trailer
by Michael Major - December 11, 2023
When Daniel Northcott got a hold of his father's video camera at the age of seven, a lifetime of documenting the world around him began. Growing up, he focused his lens on his family and close friends, and as a young man, he recorded precious moments with the people and places he encountered on his ...
Odd Salon NYC: HALLOW to be Presented at The Kraine Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 21, 2023
Join in for a night of spine-tingling stories and eerie ambiance as Odd Salon NYC presents HALLOW at The Kraine Theater on September 19th. Explore the darker side of history with these intriguing and haunting tales....
SACRED DRUMMING AND CHANTS FOR 7 BLACK MADONNAS FROM SOUTHERN ITALY Announced At St. John The Divine
by A.A. Cristi - March 29, 2023
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine presents ALESSANDRA BELLONI with I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA (Artists in Residence) in a special concert SACRED DRUMMING & CHANTS FOR SEVEN BLACK MADONNAS featuring ceremonial dances from Italy and Brazil, based on Alessandra Belloni's book Healing Journeys with th...
Michael Urie, Mallory Portnoy & More Join Fault Line Theatre's IRONS IN THE FIRE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 24, 2022
Fault Line Theatre will continue the 2022 Season of Irons in the Fire, the organization’s reading series of new plays in development, with God Save the Queer by Zackary Grady, directed by Portia Krieger and featuring Michael Urie (George), Mallory Portnoy (Charlotte), Keshav Moodliar...
Theater for the New City to Present Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari di Piazza
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 06, 2021
Join renowned singer Alessandra Belloni & her troupe I Giullari di Piazza as they open a portal into the sacred sites of the mysterious Black Madonna in Italy and around the world. The concert features music from the CD included in Alessandra Belloni's best selling book Healing Journeys with the...
Performance Space New York Announces 2021 Fall Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 28, 2021
Performance Space New York has announced its Fall 2021 Season, with new work from SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY (Installation: October 23 - December 19, Performance: October 22, with more dates to be announced ), Dozie Kanu (Beginning October 15), and danyele (November 11-14)....
GOD KNOWS WHERE Will Premiere Next Month at SAFEhouse Arts
by Stephi Wild - July 09, 2021
Following the grand reopening July 31, 2021, with RAW resident artists, SAFEhouse will host touring artists Biba Bell, Jmy James Kidd and Paige Martin, for one night only, Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 5:00pm. ...
Local Artist Jacob A. Meders Creates Immersive Installation At Scottsdale Museum Of Contemporary Art
by A.A. Cristi - June 10, 2021
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) transformed SMoCA Lounge into a gallery with the exhibition “And It's Built on the Sacred,” a full-room installation by local artist Jacob A. Meders (Mechoopda/Maidu), on view through Oct. 17, 2021....
18th Street Arts Center Presents Audio Play THE SECRET HISTORY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by A.A. Cristi - February 18, 2021
Join 18th Street Arts Center artist in residence Susan Suntree for an online launch party of Suntree's Sacred Sites Audio Theater Project on March 6, 2021....
Full Program Announced for 2021 Sundance Film Festival
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 15, 2020
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent work selected across the Feature Film, Short Film, Indie Series and New Frontier categories for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival....
Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble Presents STAGED STORIES Episode 6: OVERLOOKED
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 11, 2020
Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble presents STAGED STORIES: The Live Streamed Series Sunday, November 22nd at 2pm/PDT 7pm/MDT 8pm/CDT 9pm/EDT, Ep #6: OVERLOOKED. ...
Arena Stage Will Present the American Voice Award to Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 13, 2020
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will present the American Voice Award to Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján on Thursday, February 13, 2020....
Z Puppets Rosenschnoz Presents Through The Narrows: A Watch It, Make It, Take It Event
by Stephi Wild - February 09, 2020
Z Puppets welcomes people to take a place at the table for a uniquely intimate puppetry experience intertwining stories of the Jews Crossing the Red Sea and the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Sliding across centuries and continents with the live global music fusion of Greg Herriges, these stories travel t...
Queer|Art Awards Second Annual Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant For Queer Women(+) Dance Artists
by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2020
Queer|Art, New York City's home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, is pleased to announce the winner of the second annual Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant For Queer Women(+) Dance Artists, Hollerin Space. Philadelphia-based duo Hollerin Space will receive a $10,000 cash grant to...
UCLA Arts Releases Winter 2020 Public Events Calendar
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 03, 2020
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture will present more than 200 public events this winter that will bring a broad spectrum of programming to campus that will enrich the cultural ecosystem and challenge audiences to engage with work and ideas produced by artists, scholars, architects and pe...
Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari Di Piazza to Appear in GOD IS A WOMAN AND SHE IS BLACK - HEALING JOURNEYS WITH THE BLACK MADONNA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 26, 2019
Join renowned singer/percussionist/scholar Alessandra Belloni and I Giullari di Piazza as they open a portal into the sacred sites of the mysterious Black Madonna in Italy and around the world, December 28 & 29 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue. Entitled 'God is a Woman and She is Black,...
Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari Di Piazza Perform At TNC, December 28 & 29
by A.A. Cristi - December 18, 2019
Join renowned singer/percussionist/scholar Alessandra Belloni and I Giullari di Piazza as they open a portal into the sacred sites of the mysterious Black Madonna in Italy and around the world, December 28 & 29 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue. ...
October 2019 Events Announced At National Sawdust
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2019
Events have been announced for October at National Sawdust. See the full lineup below!...
Shedrub Development Fund Presents Sounds of Liberation 2019 Benefit Concert Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 05, 2019
On Thursday, October 3rd in NYC and on Saturday, October 5 in Boston, MA, three world-renowned devotional musicians will reunite in song to help rebuild an earthquake-ravaged sacred site in Kathmandu. Grammy-nominated kirtan artist Krishna Das will share the stage with Ani Choying Drolma (hailed by ...
Recently Discovered 'Ancient Graffiti' Explored In New U-M Kelsey Museum Of Archaeology Exhibition
by Stephi Wild - August 26, 2019
Northern Sudan is mostly desert, but the Nile Valley in this region was once home to a powerful African civilization called Kush. It traded gold and the products of inner Africa to Egypt and the Mediterranean world beyond....
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