Bill Thompson News

Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts announces the world premiere of Red Summer written by Lookingglass Theatre’s Andrew White and MPAACT’s Shepsu Aakhu, composed by Shawn Wallace, directed by Lydia J. Dymond. Red Summer will play at the Center for the Performing Arts stage, just 35 miles from Chicago in University Park, IL, September 16-25, 2022. 

Edinburgh-based, award-winning Grid Iron Theatre Company has announced the release of its long-awaited film, Doppler: The Story So Far.

Critically acclaimed paranormal author Bill Thompson invites readers back to the Bayou for another classics ghost story that focuses on a frightening family affair spanning over generation in The Proctor Hall Horror: Book 7 of The Bayou Hauntings (Ascendente Books, October 1, 2020). 

On a TV kids show, Pat McMahon played everything from a brat to a superhero. Then one of his biggest fans, #OrsonWelles, combined the two and created Marvin Fassbender, a wannabe Welles. This is one of the best backstories behind THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND. #Netflix

Riverland is the new album from Eric Brace, Peter Cooper & Thomm Jutz on Nashville based Red Beet Records. It's a concept album, a daring thing in these days of shuffle modes and short attention. It's about Mississippi - both the big river and the troubled-but-beautiful state - though Brace is a Washington, D.C. guy, Cooper is from South Carolina, and Jutz grew up in Germany's Black Forest. On paper, it's a suspect idea. In song, it shines like a bright Natchez morning, and hurts like a lonesome Meridian motel room.

The third and final installment to the chilling horror/mystery series about the eerie, haunted places deep in the bayous of Louisiana - The Bayou Hauntings Book 3 entitled The Nursery by award winning author Bill Thompson.

The third and final installment to the chilling horror/mystery series about the eerie, haunted places deep in the bayous of Louisiana - The Bayou Hauntings Book 3 entitled The Nursery by award winning author Bill Thompson.

This year, the Dance Base Festival programme is linked by a sense of connection and identity; welcoming 21 shows, from 12 countries, to perform under one roof as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017.

Crown Perth has further cemented itself as the 'home of premium dining' in Perth after receiving four Gold Plate Awards at the Catering Institute of Australia's Gold Plate Awards dinner held in Perth this week.

In celebration of Science Channel's 20th Anniversary which falls on October 1, 2016, today the network announced it is launching and crowning 'Science Super Heroes'.

In celebration of Science Channel's 20th Anniversary which falls on October 1, 2016, today the network announced it is launching and crowning 'Science Super Heroes'.

The New York City Mission Society honored Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) Founder and Artistic Director and multiple Grammy Award-winner Arturo O'Farrill at its annual Champions for Children Gala on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Globally, bullying is a problem facing many school aged children. It is a comfort to know that many are looking for ways to curb bullying and make the world a better place for our children. On Monday, February 8, 2016, to celebrate it's expansion to the East Coast, the international anti-bullying organization No Bully will be rocking Feinstein's/54 Below with their fundraising concert BROADWAY AGAINST BULLYING.

Thatcher Projects is pleased to present H O T S P O T S, the gallery's annual summer group exhibition featuring a selection of works that highlight the current studio practice of artists across the gallery program. Several artworks will introduce subtle shifts in the imagery or process of the artists, often times both, exhibited for the first time in New York. The exhibition will be on view today, July 23 - August 31, 2015.

Thatcher Projects is pleased to present H O T S P O T S, the gallery's annual summer group exhibition featuring a selection of works that highlight the current studio practice of artists across the gallery program. Several artworks will introduce subtle shifts in the imagery or process of the artists, often times both, exhibited for the first time in New York. The exhibition will be on view July 23 - August 31, 2015.

Gov. Paul LePage thas accused Stephen King and his family of moving to Florida to avoid paying state taxes. In his weekly radio address, LePage stated: “Meanwhile, remember who introduced the income tax here in Maine. Well, today former Governor Ken Curtis lives in Florida where there is zero income tax. Stephen King and Roxanne Quimby have moved away, as well.”

The Winthrop Playmakers have revealed their next production, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show: Alive on Stage. The smash-hit rock 'n roll musical will be done as a live dinner theatre show Thursdays and Fridays, October 9 & 10 and 16 & 17, at Cottage Park Yacht Club, 76 Orlando Avenue, Winthrop, MA.

In escaping the heat of summer, artists often find that the time and leisure that accompanies the season in fact presents a prime and refreshing opportunity to create in the studio. Turn Up the Heat at Margaret Thatcher Projects offers a condensed viewing of artists' works from the gallery program alongside modernist furniture by Stoller Works.

In escaping the heat of summer, artists often find that the time and leisure that accompanies the season in fact presents a prime and refreshing opportunity to create in the studio. Turn Up the Heat at Margaret Thatcher Projects offers a condensed viewing of artists' works from the gallery program alongside modernist furniture by Stoller Works.