Chick Corea News

The Whiting is proud to present singing sensation Sophie Milman on Friday, February 20 at 8pm at UM-Flint Theatre. A major new talent has burst onto the jazz scene! Sophie Milman, the 24-year-old multilingual Russian-born singing sensation, has won critical acclaim for her musicianship and sultry, soulful voice, selling out jazz clubs across the U.S. and beyond. Her latest release Make Someone Happy tops the iTunes and Billboard jazz charts as she continues to win the hearts of audience members throughout the world with her amazing voice and unique style. This performance will be ASL interpreted. Ticket prices are $26 with $12 student rush tickets available the day of the show with proper I.D. To order tickets to this amazing performance simply visit TheWhitng.com, call (810) 237-7333 or (800) 8-CENTER, or visit the Ticket Center located at 1241 E. Kearsley St. just off I-475 between the University of Michigan Flint and Mott Community College. For a complete schedule and full details on the entire 2008-09 season line-up, visit TheWhiting.com or phone the Ticket Center and request a free brochure. Russian-born singer Sophie Milman has toured the world, won a Juno, sold more than 100,000 records - and she's only 25! Since her self-titled debut was released in 2004, it has sold almost 100,000 copies worldwide, hit the Billboard Top 5 in Canada and the Top 15 in the United States, and topped the iTunes jazz charts in five different territories. Her most recent release Make Someone Happy won a JUNO for best vocal jazz album 2008 and since then she has maintained a rigorous touring schedule across the globe - headlining sold-out shows in Canada, the U.S., Japan, and throughout Europe - and continued to balance her burgeoning music career with her commerce studies at the University of Toronto.

Returning after a three year hiatus, Author Services Inc, located one block west of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, is once again hosting live music and story-readings of L. Ron Hubbard's 'Stories from the Golden Age,' with some of the world's most talented musicians and Hollywood's most recognized actors, including Chick Corea, Edgar Winter, Karen Black and David Carradine.

Barnes and Noble presents their July schedule of special events.

Multiple award-winning Scottish actor Mike Maran will make his American stage debut in his one-man show Did You Used To Be R.D. Laing, about sixties icon and radical psychiatrist R.D. Laing whose controversial theories had an explosive effect on the myths of mental illness. The play, which won the Edinburgh Fringe Award in 2002, was written by Maran and is set to a jazz score by pianist David Milligan.