This portrait of 16 years of struggle couldn't be more timely, with the release from US prisons of Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, and Antonio Guerrero, joining Fernando González and René González on Cuban soil. The five revolutionaries were framed up in 1998 on 'conspiracy' charges. Their alleged crimes? Gathering information on Cuban American groups that have long carried out murderous attacks on the Cuban Revolution and its supporters.
Lorraine Pascale comes to the rescue in May when she returns to Cooking Channel's lineup on Saturday, May 2nd at 10:30amET/7:30amPT with new series Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook.
San Francisco's elegant Four Seasons hotel, its ballroom transformed into a mesmerizing swirl of vibrant, electric colors, provided the dramatic setting for California Shakespeare Theater's 20th annual gala, Play It Forward, on Saturday, March 14, 2015. Led by Gala Chair Maureen Knight, the event grossed $600,000 and welcomed more than 300 attendees.
The Green Festival announced today that Antonio Saillant, the Founder of Planet Greenfest and the CEO of Angel Light Pictures Entertainment Group will be the featured speaker at this year's Festival Expo in NYC on April 24, 25, 26.
The New Jersey Hall of Fame is honored to announce that six cast and crew members from the former HBO hit series The Sopranos will attend this year's 7th Annual 'Red Carpet' Induction Ceremony.
PT. REYES STATION, Calif., Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ The depletion of our global seed stock is more than a conservation issue say spiritual leaders from around the world in a new book from the emerging field of Spiritual Ecology. For centuries the planting of the seed in the earth not only nourished humanity, but also symbolized the mystery of life. Now as the integrity and diversity of seed is threatened, so is its primal meaning.
Tavern on the Green owners Jim Caiola and David Salama announce the appointment of iconic chef Jeremiah Tower as executive chef of Tavern on the Green. This pairing brings together a classic American chef with a classic American restaurant.
The New Museum is pleased to announce that Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky will be featured as this year's Visionary speaker. Aronofsky (b. 1969, Brooklyn) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Now in its sixth season, the annual Stuart Regen Visionaries Series honors leading international thinkers and creators in the fields of art, architecture, design, dance, film, literature, and technology, and marks a commitment by the New Museum to consider their effects on culture at large. Aronofsky will be in conversation with novelist and critic Lynne Tillman tonight, September 30, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the New Museum Theater.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced a special screening of Wayne Wang's Soul of a Banquet to be held at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (144 West 65th Street) on Saturday, October 19 at 7:00PM.
The New Museum is pleased to announce that Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky will be featured as this year's Visionary speaker. Aronofsky (b. 1969, Brooklyn) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Now in its sixth season, the annual Stuart Regen Visionaries Series honors leading international thinkers and creators in the fields of art, architecture, design, dance, film, literature, and technology, and marks a commitment by the New Museum to consider their effects on culture at large. Aronofsky will be in conversation with novelist and critic Lynne Tillman on Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the New Museum Theater.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has grown from a modest beginning in a storefront on College Avenue to one of the premier theatres in the country. The 46-year-old Theatre with an international reputation has served more than 4 million people, amassed numerous awards including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, presented nearly 400 productions, transferred 29 shows to New York, and premiered over 67 new plays. This year alone Berkeley Rep successfully served 23,000 young people through its School of Theatre, making a huge impact on the community. Now, the Theatre turns the page on a new chapter with the launch of the Create Campaign, a $50 million comprehensive campaign to strengthen the relationship between artists, audiences, and the community, and to transform Berkeley Rep into one of the foremost centers for new play development in the country. At the core of the three-year campaign are two major initiatives: the $14 million expansion of the Theatre's Harrison Street campus into a center for artistic innovation, and a $6 million renovation of the Thrust Stage, Berkeley Rep's signature performance space. The campaign will also bolster the Theatre's annual fund and capital reserve fund, and will invest in its staff. With the Create Campaign, Berkeley Rep is poised to re-invest in its commitment to make transformative, bold, and ambitious theatre for generations to come.
A larger-than-life sized portrait of the celebrated London restaurateur Sally Clarke, owner of CLARKE'S in Kensington, one of London's most esteemed restaurants, will be unveiled in a new display of paintings by Catherine Goodman at the National Portrait Gallery, it was announced today (Monday 16 June 2014).
The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced March 20 that it will induct nine new members into the 250-person organization in mid-May, including internationally recognized artist Ann Hamilton, professor, Department of Art, and Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University. The honor of election is considered the highest formal recognition of artistic merit in the United States.
San Francisco's elegant Four Seasons hotel, its ballroom transformed into a mesmerizing swirl of vibrant, electric colors, provided the dramatic setting for California Shakespeare Theater's 19th annual gala, Raise the Roof, on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Led by Gala Co-Chairs Jean Simpson and Maureen Knight, and Honorary Co-Chair Annette Bening, the event was the most successful in Cal Shakes history, grossing more than $688,500 and welcoming 330 attendees.
Fifteen paintings that graphically portray the 17 months Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González—known as the Cuban Five—spent in the “hole” at the Miami Federal Detention Center after their 1998 arrests on trumped-up conspiracy charges. The integrity, creativity, and humor displayed by the Five strike a deep chord with working people in the US and elsewhere determined to resist the system of capitalist “justice.” With text by Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino.
Sundance Institute announced today the films and installations to be featured in the 2014 edition of New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival, including the U.S. premiere of The Source (evolving) by renowned artist Doug Aitken and a 3D projection-mapping project by Klip Collective. The Festival takes place January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Hawk and Horse Vineyards will present its 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2009 Latigo at a book signing for Mast Brothers Chocolate: A Family Cookbook, on October 29 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Omnivore Books. Brothers Rick and Michael Mast will be coming from their home base in Brooklyn to speak and sign copies of the book, which has a foreword by Thomas Keller.
Calling up-and-coming filmmakers; film, communications and food studies students - and anyone hungry for a deeper understanding of the nation's food system. A new film competition seeking short films about sustainable food and farming - the Real Food Media Contest - opens for entries today at http://www.realfoodmedia.org.
The New Museum has announced that Matthew Weiner, the series creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed drama Mad Men, will be featured as this year's Visionary speaker. The Stuart Regen Visionaries Series at the New Museum, supported by the Stuart Regen Visionaries Fund, honors leading international thinkers in the fields of art, architecture, design, and related disciplines of contemporary culture. Now in its fifth season, the annual series spotlights innovators who shape intellectual life and define the future of culture. Weiner will be in conversation with prize-winning author A.M. Homes tonight, September 27 at 7 p.m. in the New Museum Theater.
