Jean Louis News

Actor and Haitian Ambassador at Large Jimmy Jean-Louis is set to host the second annual GHESKIO Fundraiser in Cannes. GHESKIO, the world renowned health, social services and HIV/TB research center in Haiti will team up with sponsor Alta Global Media for the special event. The fundraiser will be held on Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 at the Carlton Beach Club in Cannes during the 75th Festival de Cannes. The event will honor filmmakers and feature a special performance by actor and singer Gary Dourdan who is currently touring in Europe. 

America’s craft wine brand, The Federalist Wines, has announced the return of the brand’s Cabinet of Summer campaign, a contest offering fans a $10,000 reward to create an epic summer itinerary.

In celebration of the spring season of cherry blossoms, magnolias, bluebells, and more, Brooklyn Botanic Garden presents Art in the Garden: Weekends in Bloom on Saturdays April 23, 30, and May 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

From attending fan conventions to engaging with cray cray Instagram fans, former teen stars Harley Jane Kelly and Leighton Spencer Ryan will do anything to inspire interest in their once-beloved teen drama One Horse Town.

Actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin will perform songs from her latest release, Oh! Pardon, tu dormais (Oh! Sorry, You Were Sleeping) at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre on June 20.

Actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin will perform songs from her latest release, Oh! Pardon, tu dormais (Oh! Sorry, You Were Sleeping) at New York's Town Hall on Saturday, June 18 at 8:00PM.

Tonight, the NAACP kicked-off night one of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards announcing the first round of winners in the non-televised award categories, which included literary, podcast, and youth activist of the year awards.

As only the third American opera company in history to reach this centennial milestone, the Company’s 2022–23 Season will honor San Francisco Opera’s glorious past while inviting the public into an exciting new era of musical excellence under Kim’s music directorship and a renewed commitment to innovation.

Susan R. Williamson, Director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and Blaise Allen, Ph.D., the Festival's Director of Community Outreach, today announced the winners of the annual Palm Beach County High School Poetry Contest.

After a twenty-month absence from live performances in-person, the Borough of Manhattan Community College's Theatre Program is back on stage with an original premiere: Project Sankofa!

Blue Metropolis Foundation, with the support of Canadian Heritage, will present Life… as a Song, a bilingual, original performance that brings together contemporary poetry and classic songs from the Quebec and Canadian repertoires.

Blue Metropolis Foundation, with the support of Canadian Heritage, presents Life… as a Song, a bilingual, original performance that brings together contemporary poetry and classic songs from the Quebec and Canadian repertoires.

The video, which was directed and shot by Avery Whitted and edited by Jean-Louis Droulers, debuted today at New Noise Magazine and can also be shared at YouTube. 

Le Festival d'Avignon, l'INSEAC et Avignon Université mènent des études de public qui donnent l'occasion de poursuivre le dialogue avec l’ensemble des spectateurs et de dresser une première photographie des mois passés.

There are 89 Oscar nominees, including 25 winners, among the invitees.

The Federalist, America’s Craft Wine brand, is excited to open applications for its first ever ‘Cabinet of Summer’, giving three lucky fans the opportunity to receive $10,000 to make history as official ambassadors, or ‘secretaries,’ of select summer activities.

The Hangar's opening performance of The REALNESS: another break beat play by Idris Goodwin will begin June 18th at 7:30 PM, kicking off the Hangar's 2021 Outdoor Mainstage season! A preview performance will precede opening, on June 17 at 7:30 P.M. Matinee and evening performances will run through Saturday, June 26.

Damon J. Gillespie (he/him) will star as T.O. in The REALNESS: another break beat play, the opening show of the Hangar Theatre’s first ever outdoor season! The REALNESS another beat break play was written by Idris Goodwin, and will be directed by Hangar alum, Kyle Haden. 

“I Love You Anne, We Love You Anne and Cousines directed by Richard Senecal and played by Gessica Geneus and Jimmy Jean-Louis are the most beautiful Haitian movies out there. to me there will be no other Haitian movie like this ever again.” Kadda Sheekoff notes.

The success of his first two contributions to the genre, Gesualdo and Charlotte Salomon, established Marc-André Dalbavie as one of the most prominent new voices in contemporary opera.