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The Kitchen's Spring 2017 Gala celebrates John Cale and Lawrence Weiner, two pivotal artists whose careers have spanned over five decades.

After reuniting in 2009 and a successful US tour in 2013, British post-punk/pop craftsmen Modern English have returned to the States for a May/June tour and will be performing on 6/5 at Baby's All Right in Williamsburg. 

On Friday, November 13th, 2015 STAGES St. Louis celebrated the countdown to its 30th Anniversary Season at its fourteenth annual Applause! Gala, a benefit to support the organization's Education and Artistic Programs. Applause! 2015 raised proceeds of over $320,000. This year's numbers came on the heels of a spectacular 29th Season, which exceeded revenue goals with nearly $2 million in ticket sales. Judy and Jerry Kent served as the event's Presenting Sponsors and Honorary Co-Chairs, with Lynne Turley as Committee Chairperson. STAGES stars Kari Ely and Steve Isom co-hosted the night.

Visionary director Julie Taymor curates and hosts the first National Sawdust+ concert tonight, November 6 at 7:30pm. MADE IN BROOKLYN, an evening inspired by that artistically fertile corner of New York City, will feature music by Brooklyn-born composers including the great George Gershwin and Oscar-winners Aaron Copland, John Corigliano and Elliot Goldenthal. The concert will feature the world concert premiere of Goldenthal's String Quartet No. 1 'The Stone Cutters' performed by Flux Quartet, the 'Chaconne' from Corigliano's Academy Award-winning score for The Red Violin, performed by Tim Fain & Stephen Gosling, and much more.

Throughout 2015, Heineken has been helping musician James Murphy introduce New Yorkers and the world to his vision for a more melodic, inviting and beautiful New York City: Subway Symphony, an immersive new musical technology that turns the sound of subway turnstiles from harsh electronic buzzes into shimmering pieces of music.

Visionary director Julie Taymor will curate and host the first National Sawdust+ concert on Friday, November 6 at 7:30pm. MADE IN BROOKLYN, an evening inspired by that artistically fertile corner of New York City, will feature music by Brooklyn-born composers including the great George Gershwin and Oscar-winners Aaron Copland, John Corigliano and Elliot Goldenthal. The concert will feature the world concert premiere of Goldenthal's String Quartet No. 1 'The Stone Cutters' performed by Flux Quartet, the 'Chaconne' from Corigliano's Academy Award-winning score for The Red Violin, performed by Tim Fain & Stephen Gosling, and much more.

Composer Paola Prestini, the Creative and Executive Director of National Sawdust (NS), today announced programming for the non-profit's inaugural fall season in its new home-a $16 million, 13,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art chamber hall in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The performance and recording venue, designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Bureau V in the shell of century-old former sawdust factory, will provide composers and musicians a setting in which they can flourish, and a place where they are given commissioning support, mentoring and other critical resources essential to create, and then share, their work. For audiences-serious fans and casual listeners alike-the venue will be a place to discover genre-spanning music at accessible ticket prices.

On Sunday, June 28th, Cleveland-born actors, composers and musicians who shared stages with each other as children and now share much larger stages as professionals will come together again to celebrate the Ohio community that sparked their love of the arts.

Z2 Entertainment will present North American Scum Present The Music of LCD Soundsystem with Falcon Punch at the Fox Theatre tonight, December 5th, 2014.

Z2 Entertainment will present North American Scum Present The Music of LCD Soundsystem with Falcon Punch at the Fox Theatre on Friday, December 5th, 2014. Tickets are on sale Friday, September 12th at noon for $10.00 in advance or $12.00 day of show.

CBGB, the legendary New York venue and music icon, announces its 3 rd Annual CBGB Music and Film Festival which will take place from Wednesday, October 8 th through Sunday, October 12 th.

Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas has announced THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES live at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, Sunday, August 17, 2014. Doors 7 PM; Show 8 PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 13 at 10 a.m. PST.

A saucier Sesame Street opens for business!

Sundance Institute announced today the films and installations to be featured in the 2014 edition of New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival, including the U.S. premiere of The Source (evolving) by renowned artist Doug Aitken and a 3D projection-mapping project by Klip Collective. The Festival takes place January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.