Clouds News

Violinist Amadeus Leopold will make his Houston debut Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at 8 p.m. in the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater, presented by Society for the Performing Arts.

Deadline reports that Ansel Elgort has signed on for NOVEMBER CRIMINALS, opposite Chloe Grace Moretz.

George A. Bernstein is proud to announce the release of his novel, 'Death's Angel', a Detective Al Warner suspense novel that takes place in South Florida depicting the struggle to capture a second serial killer in less than a year that is prowling the streets of Miami. The book trailer for 'Death's Angel' was revealed today on DGT Book Promotion news. In addition, Bernstein shared his insights in an interview this week on the Reading and Writing Addiction blog about the inspiration for 'Death's Angel'. George A. Bernstein's interview can be followed at www.readinwritin.blogspot.com and the official 'Death's Angel' trailer can be viewed on YouTube. About The Book The second serial killer in less than a year is prowling the streets of Miami, systematically killing off some of South Florida's most beautiful young women. Detective Al Warner is just back on The Job, fully recovered from a glancing bullet wound to his head after a deadly chance encounter with another madman. Warner is in the best shape of his life, but his days are laced with headaches and his sleep fraught with terrifying dreams. Lack of rest clouds his usually laser-sharp mind but doesn't slow his single-minded hunt for this new killer. Angie Dedios is a magnetic man, seducing stunning young women who posed nude for men's magazines. He 'redeems' them for their sin in the name of God, brutally strangling them as they complete sex, intoning 'the Lord Calls.' Warner and the FBI's BAU become more frustrated as each new death provides plenty of evidence it's the same Unsub, but no new clues to his identity. They learn the killers name, and realizes it's really Angel de Dios 'the Angel of God' but they are helpless as more beauties dies with no new leads as to his real identity. Then Warner's love, Sharon Clark, becomes a target for this mad man, and Warner must stop him before she is his 8th victim. Only chance again brings them all together in one final deadly dance of terror. Praise for 'Death's Angel': 'George has a wonderful way of drawing you into the characters and scenes.... George builds ever mounting tension to a gripping climax... and a stunning surprise ending, something he's a master at doing. It's a Five-Star novel, not to be missed.' - Fred, an Amazon purchaser About The Author George A. Bernstein is the retired President of a Chicago company, now living in South Florida. He spent years at writing seminars and conferences, learning to polish his writing and developing a strong 'voice.' George works with professional editors to insure his work meets his own rigorous standards. Death's Angel is his 3rd novel, the first of the Detective Al Warner Suspense series, with the next 3 already in the works. His first novel, Trapped, was a winner in small Indie publisher, TAG Publishers LLC, 'Next Great American Novel' contest, and received high praise, gaining many mostly 5-star reviews at Amazon (reaching their 'Top 100') and Goodreads. His 2nd novel, A 3rd Time to Die (A paranormal Romantic Suspense) has also garnered mostly 5-Star & 4-Star reviews, with one reader likening him to the best, less 'spooky' works of Dean Koontz & Stephen King. 'Death's Angel' (311 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9894681-4-5) is available at Amazon.com. To learn more about George A. Bernstein and 'Death's Angel,' visit him on Facebook at http://facebook.com/georgeabernstein or Twitter http://twitter.com/georgebernstein or at his website http://suspenseguy.com.

Recording artist, songwriter and two-time Grammy Award winner Rita Coolidge will set a romantic tone at her Valentine's show, “Rita Coolidge: A Special Valentine Evening,” at the Suncoast Showroom February 14 and 15.

The San Antonio Symphony along with numerous festival partners is poised to begin its fifth annual city-wide winter composer festival, this year focusing on the late-Romantic German composer Richard Strauss. Opening in January, the Festival features a wealth of music by Strauss, including a collaboration with OPERA San Antonio for an undertaking of his epic opera Salome.

The Theatre School at DePaul University will present Symphony of Clouds by Margaret Larlham, directed by Ann Wakefield, as the winter production of the 2014-2015 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences season. This production opens January 13, 2015 and runs through February 21, 2015, at DePaul's historic Merle Reskin Theatre.

During the 2014-15 season, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera celebrates the 19th century with community partners by exploring art, dance, food, film, and music created under the Romantic influence. For a complete listing of events and online learning materials for The Romantics Cultural Festival, please visit, www.usuo.org/festival.

More than 30 works by pastel artist Scotty Mitchell, who has spent nearly 20 years painting the vibrant hues and ever-changing light of southern Utah and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, are on view now through February 15, 2015 in the Museum of Northern Arizona's latest exhibition, Dialogue with Beauty-Scotty Mitchell Landscapes.

The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) has announced that its 2014 donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will total $1.65 million dollars, marking the largest single contribution in BC/EFA history and bringing the foundation's total contribution to BC/EFA to $10 million since it began ten years ago.

Following the passing of his long-time friend and fellow comedic legend, Billy Crystal has penned a script, imagining the late Robin Williams in heaven. You can read it in full below, via Entertainment Weekly:

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From the home city of manned spaceflight, the Houston Symphony announced today that it has released The Earth-An HD Odyssey on DVD and Blu-ray. The Earth-An HD Odyssey is the highly anticipated second installment of the Symphony's groundbreaking HD Odyssey film trilogy and Music Director Andres Orozco-Estrada's first recording release with the Houston Symphony. This DVD/Blu-ray release follows the world premiere live performance of The Earth-An HD Odyssey in February of 2012 at Jones Hall.

From Pixar Animation Studios' INSIDE OUT will give theater goers an inside view of the mind! The animated film, featuring the voice talents of Amy Poelher and Bill Hader, hits theaters June 19, 2015.

From the home city of manned spaceflight, the Houston Symphony announced today that it has released The Earth-An HD Odyssey on DVD and Blu-ray. The Earth-An HD Odyssey is the highly anticipated second installment of the Symphony's groundbreaking HD Odyssey film trilogy and Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada's first recording release with the Houston Symphony. This DVD/Blu-ray release follows the world premiere live performance of The Earth-An HD Odyssey in February of 2012 at Jones Hall.

Even impossible dreams begin with a single step. Below, watch the first official trailer for Sony Pictures THE WALK.

Cirque du Soleil's the soundtrack to KURIOS -- Cabinet of Curiosities -- the latest Big Top spectacle from Cirque du Soleil -- will be available on CD and digital release beginning today, December 9.

According to USA Today, Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan have lended their voices to Disney/Pixar's INSIDE OUT, taking on the role of the central character's parents. The first trailer for the film will be released this Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Tonight, December 6 at 7 p.m., Orpheus Chamber Orchestra continues its 2014-15 concert series at Carnegie Hall with a program featuring works by Bach, Grieg, Mozart, and the London-born, Chicago-based composer Anna Clyne.

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition NEXT <=> section of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The Festival is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.