John Simmons

Santa Cruz Shakespeare today announced it will open its summer season with the exciting World Premiere of The Formula by Kathryn Chetkovich, directed by Ellen Maguire in a co-production with Blissfield, during its summer festival July 10-Aug. 28 in the Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park.

Over 100 performances, talks, walks and exhibitions unearth the stories of new arrivals, rebels, women, refugees, cultural groups, freethinkers, alongside ground-breaking science, and contributions from artists and scientists working with people with visual impairments, in an outstanding programme which launches in full today.

The three exhibits include: IN FOCUS:  PROTEST at the J. Paul Getty Museum, CHRONICLES OF OUR CULTURE at Aziz Gallerie in Leimert Park Village, and CAPTURING BEAUTY: THE ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF JOHN SIMMONS at The Jean Deleage Gallery at CASA 0101 Theater.

In celebration of Black History in America, The Jean Deleage Art Gallery at CASA 0101 Theater, Emmanuel Deleage, Executive Director, and Jimmy Centeno, Art Exhibit Curator, present “CAPTURING BEAUTY:  The Artwork and Photography of JOHN SIMMONS,” A Free Online Virtual Guided Tour by two-time Emmy Award-winning Cinematographer, John Simmons, of his multi-layered paper collage cartographies and his black and white photography images, representing a full spectrum of life, circa 1965 – 2021. 

The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) presents the 2019 Annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA), spotlighting promising cinematographers and providing crucial exposure needed to succeed in the motion picture industry. The collection of 10 selected short films will screen at the SVA Theatre, 333 W. 23rd St. in New York on Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. A cocktail reception with the honorees will follow.

The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) honored writer/director Patty Jenkins, best known for Wonder Woman, Monster and The Killing, with the inaugural Distinguished Filmmaker Award presented by Panavision at the 2019 Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA) on Sunday, October 6, 2019 in the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. 

The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) will honor cinematographer John Simmons, ASC, with the ASC Cinematography Mentor Award and journalist Debra Kaufman with the Technicolor William A. Fraker Award at the 2019 Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA) Luncheon in the ASC Clubhouse on Friday, October 4, 2019. The ECA premier event will be held on Sunday, October 6, at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre in the Saban Media Center.

The allure of magic and fantasy in books and films extends to the world of opera, as the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) announces its 2018-19 Opera Theater season. The season launches with two 20th-century one-act masterpieces in which human and non-human worlds meet in magical ways, continues with a groundbreaking masterpiece of the French Baroque, and concludes with its annual spring scenes program.

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events is pleased to announce the lineup for the Chicago House Music Festival in Millennium Park on Saturday, May 26, from 1 to 9 p.m. The expanded festival now features three stages of national and local DJs and live performers, including headliners Louie Vega and Elements of Life band, Joe Smooth, Chez Damier, Ron Trent and DJ Sabine among others. Admission to the event is free. For complete details, visit ChicagoHouseMusicFestival.us.

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MOTHER'S DAY, a dark comedy/family drama by Colin Drucker, will make its world premiere this August at The Players Theatre as part of the 18th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.

Capturing the incredible story of one family's quest to rescue five children from a rural orphanage in Russia, 'To Sing Frogs: A True Story About Family, Friends, Life and Other Things that Don't Make Sense,' a memoir by award-winning author John M. Simmons, debuts this Saturday, June 15 from White Knight Printing and Publishing.

Tonight, May 8th, at Gild Hall, a Thompson Hotel (15 Gold Street), Pen Parentis presents three authors who have won coveted prizes in short fiction: Josh Rolnick, whose collection PULP AND PAPER won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award, Christine Schutt, whose short fiction won the O. Henry, Pushcart and Mississippi Review prizes, and whose novels have been shortlisted for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer, and a return appearance by Pen Parentis favorite Anna Solomon, whose short fiction has won the Pushcart Prize twice.

Tuesday, May 8th, at Gild Hall, a Thompson Hotel (15 Gold Street), Pen Parentis presents three authors who have won coveted prizes in short fiction: Josh Rolnick, whose collection PULP AND PAPER won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award, Christine Schutt, whose short fiction won the O. Henry, Pushcart and Mississippi Review prizes, and whose novels have been shortlisted for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer, and a return appearance by Pen Parentis favorite Anna Solomon, whose short fiction has won the Pushcart Prize twice.

Tuesday, May 8th, at Gild Hall, a Thompson Hotel (15 Gold Street), Pen Parentis presents three authors who have won coveted prizes in short fiction: Josh Rolnick, whose collection PULP AND PAPER won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award, Christine Schutt, whose short fiction won the O. Henry, Pushcart and Mississippi Review prizes, and whose novels have been shortlisted for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer, and a return appearance by Pen Parentis favorite Anna Solomon, whose short fiction has won the Pushcart Prize twice.