International Artists News

Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie has set the 11th season at the CTG/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society is happy to announce a special BBQ Dinner performance of The Complete History of America (abridged) on July 3rd, 2014 at 6:00pm at Teatro Wego! 177 Sala Ave. Westwego, LA.

Musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Center, the educational arm of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra perform with Rhode Island students in FirstWorks Arts Learning from The Learning Community (Central Falls), Jacqueline M Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Pawtucket), Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts (Providence) and Toll Gate High School (Warwick).

Verboten swings into summer, heating up the dancefloor with a stellar June lineup that brings the likes of Nosaj Thing, Martyn, Worthy, Maya Jane Coles, and Paco Osuna, plus indie dance series Zeitgeist with Moon Boots, Bag Raiders, The Juan Maclean, and many more to Brooklyn's newest clubbing hotspot. Verboten also continues its successful Sunday DJ Brunch series, offering delicious brunch fare everySunday alongside track selections from Lee Curtiss, jozif, Yousef, Signal Flow, Fritz (from Azari & III) and more.

Musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Center, the educational arm of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra perform with Rhode Island students in FirstWorks Arts Learning from The Learning Community (Central Falls), Jacqueline M Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Pawtucket), Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts (Providence) and Toll Gate High School (Warwick).

Our Chelsea “Best Exhibits” tour today, May 31 will feature the top shows from Chelsea's 300 galleries – the world's center for contemporary art! The two tours – at 1:00 & 3:45 PM – will be identical.

Recognized last year by the Austin Chronicle as one of the Top Dance Performances of 2013, Gold Show|Rose Show, a co-production from Heloise Gold and Julie Nathanielsz, returns for a second year as a one-weekend presentation of New Works. The evening boldly weaves a riveting program of dance, film and performance in collaboration with local and international artists. Performances will be held today, May 29 - June 1, (Thursday - Saturday 8:00 pm, Sunday 2:00 pm) at Galaxy Studio, 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 338. Limited seating is available and early ticket purchase is recommended.

A sleuth of giant, fluorescent and feathered free-spirited polar bears will greet visitors to the National Gallery of Victoria's Federation Court this winter in a major suite of new sculptural works by Italian artist Paola Pivi.

Following a successful debut in 2013, the Second Annual San Diego International Festival (#sdff14) brings the beautiful, the bizarre and the unexpected to America's Finest City. From July 3 through July 13, 2014 #sdff14 continues to make San Diego Theatre History by hosting over 35 World Premieres, 7 United States Premieres, 21 local premieres (ranging from seasoned international artists to young, aspiring new artists) and this year we are expanding our award-winning venture by introducing Visual Fringe and Family Fringe, to our Festival!

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presents the 14th annual Flint Hills International Children's Festival from today, May 27-June 1.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, one of the world's premier dance organizations, together with event chair Richard L. Rodesand Meg Siegler Callahan, chair of Hubbard Street's board of directors, hosted the Season 36 Spotlight Ball on Monday, May 19 at theFairmont Chicago Millennium Park.

Developing local talent, hosting international artists and musicians, and producing the work of emerging and renowned Latino playwrights, are outstanding examples of Milagro's miraculous work. In 1984, Jose Eduardo Gonzalez and Dañel Malan founded Milagro (Miracle Theatre Group), and today, you are cordially invited to help us celebrate our 30th birthday.

The Ware Center | Millersville University presents new works by noted Harrisburg-based artist Linda Benton McCloskey. The exhibit opens for the public on Friday, June 6th, 6-8 p.m. The exhibit is free and the artist will be in attendance. The show will run through Sunday, June 29th, open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., and during Ware Center performances.

For the first time ever, Made Event will host a Sunday School mini-fest at Mysteryland USA with three dedicated stages and a cross-section of today's and tomorrow's future techno stars. Mysteryland is the world's groundbreaking and longest-running electronic music festival making its historic U.S. debut over the 2014 Memorial Day weekend from this weekend, May 23 to May 26, 2014, at Bethel Woods, New York, the site of the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival.

As a part of the Downtown Denver Arts Festival, taking place Memorial Weekend at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, Opera Colorado will present performances by the Young Artists on Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25.

A sleuth of giant, fluorescent and feathered free-spirited polar bears will greet visitors to the National Gallery of Victoria's Federation Court this winter in a major suite of new sculptural works by Italian artist Paola Pivi.

Violinist Philip Setzer joins David Finckel and Wu Han, co-artistic directors of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, to form a dynamic chamber music trio. Finckel and Han, Musical America's 2012 Musicians of the Year, and Setzer rank among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. Setzer is a current and founding member of the Emerson String Quartet and performed with Finckel for 34 years in that ensemble.

Birmingham Hippodrome will welcome the return of international festival of hip-hop dance theatre, Breakin' Convention - a roof-raising two days of jaw-dropping performances by home grown West Midlands talent alongside world renowned hip-hop artists today and tomorrow, 20 & 21 May. Part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2014.

The Atlanta Fringe Festival is thrilled to announce the third annual edition of their locally-produced festival, bringing adventurous local, national and international artists together for a four-day celebration of live performances from across the theatrical spectrum. Building on its first two years, after which the Fringe was named the Best New Trend in the Arts by Creative Loafing's readers, 2014's festival will boast 20 productions from 11 states and Canada. This is the first year the upstart Fringe will host international artists, along with 12 Atlanta-based productions that will join them on the festival's stages. In addition to live performance, the Atlanta Fringe will host Fringe Radio, the only audio drama festival on the national Fringe network, with 23 performances available for free streaming via the Festival website. The live festival is set to take place June 5-8, 2014, at various locations in East Atlanta.

Our Chelsea “Best Exhibits” tour Sat. May 31 will feature the top shows from Chelsea's 300 galleries – the world's center for contemporary art! The two tours – at 1:00 & 3:45 PM – will be identical.