James McBride News

McDaniel College offers a variety of art, music, theatre, literary, film and other events during the fall of 2017.

Literary expert Sally Allen, author of Unlocking Worlds: A Reading Companion for Book Lovers (Griffins Wharf Publishing), has curated a list of 10 novels that describe the American experience.

James McBride, National Book Award-winning author of the bestseller The Good Lord Bird, comes to Portsmouth with his first nonfiction work since his celebrated memoir The Color of Water.

The Music Hall's Writers in the Loft series will present the National Book Award-winning author of the bestseller The Good Lord Bird, James McBride with his first nonfiction work since his celebrated memoir The Color of Water. McBride's new book KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul is more than a book about James Brown. It is an unsettling metaphor for American life: the tension between North and South, black and white, rich and poor.

cott, American Jazz singer, NEA Jazz Master, recording artist, former lead singer for the Lionel Hampton band, recipient of the Kennedy Center's 'Jazz in our Time' Living Legend Award and Lifetime Achievement award from the Jazz Foundation of America, will be held today, October 25, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

cott, American Jazz singer, NEA Jazz Master, recording artist, former lead singer for the Lionel Hampton band, recipient of the Kennedy Center's 'Jazz in our Time' Living Legend Award and Lifetime Achievement award from the Jazz Foundation of America, will be held on October 25, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

Deadline writes that Liev Schreiber and Jaden Smith have signed on to star in an upcoming film adaptation of THE GOOD LORD BIRD, based on the book by James McBride.

Long-time PICT artistic director and founder, Andrew Paul and Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre founder and former director of theatre initiatives at the August Wilson Center, Mark Clayton Southers have announced Pittsburgh's newest professional theatre company, The Phoenix. The mission of The Phoenix is to explore the issues facing our diverse and rapidly changing world through the language of theatre. The name is purposeful. The phoenix was a mythological creature that crossed borders finding a home in many cultures from ancient Greece and Egypt to Turkey, Persia, Russia, Tibet, China and Japan. It was and is a symbol of renewal, new life emerging from the ashes of the old in a never-ending cycle of death and rebirth.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem has added a slew of new events with Jonathan Batiste. Below you will find the entire calendar of events for September with three new Jazz Is:Now! additions. The museum is also happy to announce that Greg Thomas will host next Tuesday's 'Words on Bird' event accompanied by pianst Chris Pattishall.

Over the past year and a half, acclaimed playwright Attilio Favorini has been conducting interviews and gathering information related to the 1995 death of Jonny Gammage, cousin of former Pittsburgh Steeler Ray Seals.

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Included in this year's line-up is Price Check, featuring Cheyenne Jackson, Parker Posey, and Annie Parisse.The Festival will be held January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.

Drawing upon its curators, collection, and relationships with the media community, The Paley Center for Media examines the intersections between media and society.

Drawing upon its curators, collection, and relationships with the media community, The Paley Center for Media examines the intersections between media and society.

The all-star, all-author rock group Rock Bottom Remainders--featuring the likes of writers and authors Dave Barry, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Scott Turow, Roy Blount, Jr., Greg Iles, James McBride, Ridley Pearson and Kathi Kamen Goldmark--is going on tour April 20-24 with shows in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.

The all-star, all-author rock group Rock Bottom Remainders--featuring the likes of writers and authors Dave Barry, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Scott Turow, Roy Blount, Jr., Greg Iles, James McBride, Ridley Pearson and Kathi Kamen Goldmark--is going on tour April 20-24 with shows in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.

On February 18 and 19, La MaMa will host an open house, 'New Voices Heard,' featuring a sampling of eight plays that were developed during the summer of 2008 in the La MaMa Umbria International Playwrights Retreat. This free event will take place at La MaMa La Galleria, 6 East First Street, Manhattan (between Second Avenue and Bowery), Manhattan. Admission is free. Excerpts of eight plays will be presented. Seven will be staged readings and one will be fully acted.

On February 18 and 19, La MaMa will host an open house, 'New Voices Heard,' featuring a sampling of eight plays that were developed during the summer of 2008 in the La MaMa Umbria International Playwrights Retreat. This free event will take place at La MaMa La Galleria, 6 East First Street, Manhattan (between Second Avenue and Bowery), Manhattan. Admission is free. Excerpts of eight plays will be presented. Seven will be staged readings and one will be fully acted.

Acclaimed vocalist Steve Tyrell has signed an exclusive three-year deal to perform during the happening holiday season at the Caf? Carlyle through 2010, it was announced today by James McBride, Managing Director of The Carlyle Hotel. Tyrell, who is currently selling out the legendary room with his newest show, has been playing the Caf?'s coveted holiday season engagement since the passing of Carlyle legend and perennial, Bobby Short, in 2005.

Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) has announced that it will host three special post performance discussions following the Tuesday, September 23rd, Thursday, September 25th and Tuesday, September 30th performances of In Conflict, the Award-winning portrait of Iraq war veterans that begins performances tonight (9/18/08), marking the beginning of Culture Project's fall season.

The Carlyle Hotel (James McBride, Managing Director) welcomes the return of John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey, the gifted husband-and-wife team, as they open the fall entertainment season in the legendary Café Carlyle. Beginning Tuesday, September 9th and playing through Saturday, November 1st, Mr. & Mrs. Pizzarelli, who made their debut engagement in May 2007, will once again grace the stage to present an entertaining evening of romantic ballads and swinging jazz tunes, including songs from each of their latest recordings: 'With A Song in My Heart' (Telarc, 2008), Mr. Pizzarelli's tribute to composer Richard Rodgers, and 'A Kiss to Build a Dream On' (Arbors Records, 2008), a sophisticated collection of 15 of Ms. Molaskey's favorite tunes. Mr. Pizzarelli (guitar and vocals) will lead a quartet consisting of younger brother Martin Pizzarelli (bass), Larry Fuller (piano) and Tony Tedesco (drums).