By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Sex & Violence probes the many emotional gray areas of teen life. Published by Carolrhoda Lab, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Carrie Mesrobian's unflinching YA novel introduces readers to seventeen-year-old Evan, a teen for whom sex has always come easily without consequences. In each new town, each new school, he can count on finding plenty of 'Girls Who Would Say Yes' before he and his father move again. Getting down is never a problem, until he hooks up with the wrong girl and finds himself in the wrong place at very much the wrong time.
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts continues the 2013-14 season of its Early Music series with A LOVE AFFAIR featuring THE ORLANDO CONSORT, Saturday, November 16, 2013, 8:00 p.m. at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 W. 46th Street).
Factory Theatre and Obsidian Theatre today announced complete casting and creative team for their upcoming co-production of THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF BERNICE TRIMBLE by Beth Graham.
Angelwalk Theatre, Toronto's premiere producer of Off-Broadway style musical theatre, launches its fifth anniversary season in 2013/2014 with a new production of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical, tick, tick...BOOM!
Angelwalk Theatre, Toronto's premiere producer of Off-Broadway style musical theatre, launches its fifth anniversary season in 2013/2014 with a new production of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical, tick, tick...BOOM!
A User's Guide to Hell, featuring Bernard Madoff is produced by the award-winning Project Y Theatre Company at Atlantic Stage II, 330 West 16th Street, previewing Today, September 5, at 8:00pm for an opening Saturday evening, September 7, at 8:00pm and a run through September 28.
Peninsula Community Theatre's praised production of LES MISERABLES has been extended, with an added Sunday performance on August 25, @ 2:30pm. This production has been praised as 'one of the best local productions ever seen.' and performed to full houses and thunderous standing ovations.
Peninsula Community Theatre is opening their 2013-2014 season tonight, August 2nd through August 24 with the Hampton Roads premier production of Les Miserables.
Peninsula Community Theatre is opening their 2013-2014 season on August 2nd through August 24 with the Hampton Roads premier production of Les Miserables.
A User's Guide to Hell, featuring Bernard Madoff is produced by the award-winning Project Y Theatre Company at Atlantic Stage II, 330 West 16th Street, previewing Thursday, September 5, at 8:00pm for an opening Saturday evening, September 7, at 8:00pm and a run through September 28.
LOS ANGELES, July 24, 2013 - Destination New South Wales (NSW) is encouraging everyone to 'BE Manly' at the US Open of Surfing (USOS) in Huntington Beach, California this week, with activities to promote the second annual Australia Open of Surfing (AOS). One of the next major ASP Pro Events, the AOS, takes place at Huntington Beach's sister city, Manly Beach, NSW, Australia Feb. 8-14, 2014.
PTP/NYC's 27th anniversary season opened on July 10 at The Atlantic Stage 2. The opening night party guests included five-time Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Jan Maxwell, Kristine Nielsen (Broadway: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Jennifer Van Dyck (Broadway: Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa and Two Shakespearean Actors), Quentin Mare (Broadway: Rock 'n' Roll, Coram Boy, Julius Caesar) and Stephanie Janssen (Broadway: Mrs. Warren's Profession). Scroll down for photos from the festivities!
In 2005, the New York Times ran an article on romance novels, noting that romance novels were read by 51 million people a year, accounted for 49 percent of all paperback sales, and sold nearly one and a half billion dollars' worth of books annually. That's a lot of romance - and at the time, as the Times noted, the market was aimed almost exclusively at heterosexual women with heterosexual romance. The article's real focus was on the emerging market for same-sex romance novels.
Finalists have been announced for 'Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2013,' an exhibition showcasing the talent, creativity and diversity of Pennsylvania's established and emerging artists.
Finalists have been announced for 'Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2013,' an exhibition showcasing the talent, creativity and diversity of Pennsylvania's established and emerging artists.
Today, the 18 finalists for Tourism Australia's 'Best Jobs in the World' three for each of the six dream jobs were announced, including five applicants in the U.S., who will travel Down Under next month to undergo the final stage of the global competition.
Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by Film Independent, in conjunction with Presenting Media Sponsor the Los Angeles Times and Host Partner L.A. LIVE, announced its official US and international selections. Fox Searchlight Pictures' The Way, Way Back, written and directed by Oscar winners Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, will serve as the Closing Night film for the 2013 Festival.
Aspiring authors dream of writing a book and having it become a bestseller, but the majority do not accomplish either feat. Andrew Smith and Jo-Ann McLellan, authors of House Virgins, How to Buy Your First Home the Right Way, scored a bestseller with their book in its first week of release on Amazon.com. The authors wrote their book in the Bestseller in a Weekend workshop, which guides authors through the writing, publishing, and marketing process of writing a book in three days.
Sundance Institute today announced that 13 independent films are now available through a variety of platforms to rent, download or stream via the Institute's Artist Services program. Titles include 2012 Sundance Film Festival films Detropia, I Am Not a Hipster, The Atomic States of America, and We're Not Broke. For full details on where to access these films, please visit sundance.org/nowplaying. (The complete list of new titles available follows below.)
