Bestselling author, Patricia Cori, is referred to by her fans as a 'real-life Indiana Jones.' New readers will see why, when they turn the pages of her latest action-packed book, The Emissary (North Atlantic Books). The Emissary has already captured the attention of Hollywood and is in development to be a major motion picture by Global Universal Entertainment. In addition, Beau Bridges and Elisabeth Röhm have reviewed The Emissary and deem it a great read:
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced Grammy award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir, will perform at the Byham Theater on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. For tickets ($20-$45), visit, www.TrustArts.org, call 412- 456-6666, or in person Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue. This event is part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series. In February of this year, Soweto Gospel Choir will launch their fifth major North American tour. Visiting over 30 cities across the U.S. during the upcoming three months, Soweto Gospel Choir's concerts will celebrate their musical heritage that reflects the color and vibrancy of their rainbow nation and honor the life and legacy of their late President and friend, Nelson Mandela.
For the first time in 42nd Street Moon history the company will present a World Premiere: a brand new musical by Greg MacKellan and Mark D. Kaufmann, PAINTING THE CLOUDS WITH SUNSHINE, featuring a parade of sensational songs from the 1930s.
See what so often goes unseen. The extraordinary time-lapse filmmaking of Louie Schwartzberg reveals nature through an exquisite lens: a hummingbird slowed to a pace that allows us to see each wing as it drinks nectar; a flower's golden blossoms opening wide; the clouds and stars moving across the skies; a city awaking at dawn. Park City Institute presents award-winning cinematographer, director and producer Louie Schwartzberg on January 31 as part of the 2013-2014 "Future in Review" speaker series. The evening, Saving Our Planet: Nature's Mysteries Revealed through the Lens, fills the intimate Black Box Theater of Park City's Eccles Center with Schwartzberg's awe-inspiring images and a talk at 7:30p.m. Tickets are $25.
Written by Matthew Baldwin and Thomas Hescott. Performed by Matthew Baldwin. Directed by Thomas Hescott. Fresh from two sell-out runs at Ovalhouse, The Act transfers to Trafalgar Studio 2 for a limited 5 week season.
RH Contemporary Art presents OUTSIDE THE LINES: NEW ART FROM CHINA. On view at the RH Contemporary Art gallery, located at 437 West 16th Street in New York's Chelsea art district, from January 31 to April 12, 2014, the exhibition explores the cultural and philosophical concerns of 12 Chinese artists while revealing the dialogue among their diverse mediums, practices and iconography.
Tolstoy wrote that, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' Playwright Jon Robin Baitz extrapolated on that theory in his drama, Other Desert Cities, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for Best Play. It's an intricate script and the regional premiere at The Circuit Playhouse does it justice.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles will present a new configuration of artist Jacob Hashimoto's installation Gas Giant from March 1 to June 8, 2014 at MOCA Pacific Design Center. This exhibition will be the first L.A. presentation of Gas Giant and will mark Hashimoto's first solo museum exhibition in California.
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, welcomes the New Year with three premieres by Ken Ueno, Elena Ruehr and David Rakowski.
Katha has come up with two titles for children this New Year. 'What Nepo did with a sari?' and 'Little Cloud's Quest' are ready to take everyone on a reading ride.
Rubicon Theatre continues the company's 16th Not Your Typical Season with sardines and lingerie in NOISES OFF, a comic romp by Michael Frayn about the outrageous exploits of a company of actors which opens Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main Street in Ventura's Downtown Cultural District.
The Cloud Factory, an animated children's picture book app developed by Dalmation Studios, officially launched in the iTunes store this week. The Cloud Factory engages children to interact with a relatable story about a young girl and her grandfather, in which he teaches her how clouds are made.
The wings of Marcy Lange's RV cut swiftly through the clouds like a hot knife through butter as she soared through the sky. With the world thousands of feet below, this mother of three was experiencing the only high she knew: flying. With her 50th birthday barely in the rearview, anything was possible. Lange tells her unlikely story as an aviation enthusiast in 'RV Flygirl: A Late Blooming Flygirl' (published by iUniverse).
Cleis Press publishes provocative, intelligent books across genres. Whether literary fiction, human rights, mystery, romance, erotica, LGBTQ studies, sex guides, pulp fiction, or memoir, you know that if it's outside the ordinary, it's Cleis Press. Among many lesbian and feminist presses that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, Cleis is one of the only presses that is still run by its founders, Felice Newman and Frederique Delacoste.
This is Avenue Q, a very different neighborhood, no less fun, but not for children! Stage West is importing the long-running Theatre 3 production of this mega-hit from Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Music & Lyrics) and Jeff Whitty (Book), featuring a brand-new set, for a 6-week run at Stage West beginning tonight, January 9.
Lori Bookstein Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings by Walker Buckner. This is the artist's fifth solo-show with the gallery.
Too early to go home, too late to stay still... The award-winning Future Disco series sets the tone for 2014 with their seventh instalment 'Til The Lights Come Up'.
This is Avenue Q, a very different neighborhood, no less fun, but not for children! Stage West is importing the long-running Theatre 3 production of this mega-hit from Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Music & Lyrics) and Jeff Whitty (Book), featuring a brand-new set, for a 6-week run at Stage West beginning Thursday, January 9.
