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Susan R. Williamson, Director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and Dr. Blaise Allen, Director of Community Outreach, today invited local poets and poetry fans to seven upcoming public events.

HISTORY's(R) hottest competition series FORGED IN FIRE returns this summer for a third season, followed by new original series, MILWAUKEE BLACKSMITH

Susan R. Williamson, Director of The Palm Beach Poetry Festival, today announced that it will offer three fellowships that provide full workshop tuition and lodging in Delray Beach for the upcoming 13th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 16-21, 2017.

HISTORY's(R) hottest competition series FORGED IN FIRE returns this summer for a third season, followed by new original series, MILWAUKEE BLACKSMITH

Susan R. Williamson, Director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival (PBPF), today announced that the 13th annual festival is returning to Old School Square for six days, January 16-21, 2017. Special Guest Poet Palm will be Charles Simic, past United States Poet Laureate (2007-2008) and 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner.

Fiddler on the Roof's violin soloist, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, will perform a pre-show concert at a special event screening of the 1971 film of Fiddler on the Roof on Monday, June 27th at the United Palace of Cultural Arts (4140 Broadway at W. 175th St.. The concert begins at 7:00 pm.  Tickets to the event are available for purchase through: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/958997

CMT turned up the volume last night to score sizable ratings with the “2016 CMT Music Awards” and the early premiere of “Still The King,” a new scripted comedy.

Max Hatt / Edda Glass' official music video for their track “Crossing Over” premieres today on Relix. Watch the video here.

Jazz-Americana duo Max Hatt / Edda Glass will release their debut album OCEAN OF BIRDS on May 20 via NewSong Recordings. Eric Funk -- host of PBS' Emmy-award winning 11th and Grant Show -- calls Hatt and Glass “unique voices and rare musicians [who are] constantly, bravely reinventing themselves.” Additionally, the album's lead single “Crossing Over” is streaming now. Listen to the track below!

CMT today announced that fans will get an exclusive “first look” at the highly anticipated forthcoming scripted comedy STILL THE KING when a special two-minute introductory piece to the series premieres during the finale of “Party Down South,”

Trevor Donovan (“JL Ranch,” “Texas Rising”) is set to join the cast of CMT's new scripted drama “Million Dollar Quartet” (working title) as Eddy Arnold, country music and pop phenomenon with 85 million records sold and 28 No. 1 hits during his 60 year career. The son of a sharecropper, Arnold's inimitable baritone voice brought country to the masses, and made him the most popular country artist of the 20th century with hits including “Make The World Go Away.” Arnold and Elvis Presley shared much in common throughout their careers, including manager Colonel Tom Parker. Arnold has been cited as having profound influence on Elvis, who cut a number of his songs over the years. He also ranked among CMT's list of 'The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music.'

Max Hatt / Edda Glass' official music video for their track “Crossing Over” premieres today on Relix. Watch the video here.

CMT today announced that fans will get an exclusive “first look” at the highly anticipated forthcoming scripted comedy STILL THE KING when a special two-minute introductory piece to the series premieres during the finale of “Party Down South,”

Mike & Molly star Billy Gardell will take on the role of Colonel Tom Parker, the legendary manager of Elvis Presley, in CMT's small screen adaptation of the Broadway musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET.

Jazz-Americana duo Max Hatt / Edda Glass will release their debut album OCEAN OF BIRDS on May 20 via NewSong Recordings. Eric Funk -- host of PBS' Emmy-award winning 11th and Grant Show -- calls Hatt and Glass “unique voices and rare musicians [who are] constantly, bravely reinventing themselves.” Additionally, the album's lead single “Crossing Over” is streaming now. Listen to the track below!

Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Chicago's leader in New Art Music led by Stephen Burns, proudly presents "Proclamation! The Black Composer Speaks," a dynamic concert program showcasing the broad spectrum of new art music from the African American perspective at the Promontory Chicago, 5311 S. Lake Park Ave., in one performance only, Friday, April 29, at 7:30 pm.

Coming this November, "Million Dollar Quartet," produced by Thinkfactory Media's Leslie Greif ("Hatfields & McCoys") and directed by Oscar nominee Roland Joffe, is a coming-of-age story set in the unraveling world of 1950s Memphis where music and race collide, ultimately creating pop music's first superstars.

CMT is doubling its impressive slate of original award-winning programming, music events and documentaries including a new annual music tent-pole event 'Concert of the Summer,' the first round of casting for 'Million Dollar Quartet' (working title) and a second season order for 'I Love Kellie Pickler.' CMT also revealed the premiere dates for 'Still The King,' 'The Dude Perfect Show' and 'NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed' at the network's annual Upfront presentation held today at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

HOUSTON, Feb. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Hunting PLC announced that 121 artists have been selected to move on to the final round of judging in the 2016 Hunting Art Prize in which participants vie for a $50,000 award. The competition, which is celebrating its 36 th anniversary, is the largest prize in the category of painting and drawing available in North America.

CMT today announced it is partnering with the producer of the Emmy Award-winning miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys" to adapt the Tony Award-winning musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET into an eight-episode limited-run scripted drama premiering later this year.