Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens officials announce the opening of a new habitat for the Zoo's three jaguars, offering guests the opportunity to see jaguars as never before and marking the momentous completion of the $180 million Master Plan Phase 1 that has transformed the Zoo, placing it at the vanguard of animal care and conservation.
Shakespeare on the Sound's production June 11-28 of "All's Well That Ends Well" is the centerpiece of the theater's 20th anniversary season, offering broader exposure for apprentices and an expanded dimension to the educational activities in Pinkney Park.
KCETLink Media Group, a leading national independent non-profit public broadcast and digital network, has joined forces with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its 96 Elephants campaign and the Los Angeles Zoo to raise awareness around the illegal poaching and wildlife trafficking crisis.
On June 1, 2015, DMT will host a BROADWAY SING-ALONG NIGHT. BROADWAY SING-ALONG NIGHT is a Free Event on Monday, June 1, 2015, at 7:00pm. Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St., Hayward, CA 94546. www.dmtonline.org. (510) 881-6777.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad will join Event Chair and Arena Stage Board member Shawna Watley (Senior Policy Advisor with Holland & Knight) as the Honorary Chair for The Blood Quilt World Premiere Celebration tonight, May 7, 2015. The new play by Katori Hall (The Mountaintop, Our Lady of Kibeho) is directed by Kamilah Forbes and runs now through June 7, 2015 in the Kreeger Theater.
'Benjamin Hedin went looking for the civil rights movement's past, but he also ran smack into the present, which can suddenly look like the past and then just as suddenly look totally different. By bringing stirring people like Septima Clark into focus, Hedin does what good historians do, but by entwining history with current events, he does a lot more. Here is a haunting meditation on living in history as well as with it.'—Sean Wilentz, author of The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
NEW YORK, April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Youth, I.N.C. (Improving Nonprofits for Children) announced today that it will host a youth book signing event with Civil Rights Movement leader and Congressman John Lewis.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad will join Event Chair and Arena Stage Board member Shawna Watley (Senior Policy Advisor with Holland & Knight) as the Honorary Chair for The Blood Quilt World Premiere Celebration on Thursday, May 7, 2015. The new play by Katori Hall (The Mountaintop, Our Lady of Kibeho) is directed by Kamilah Forbes and runs April 24-June 7, 2015 in the Kreeger Theater.
FOR THE LAST TIME is a new jazz musical by celebrated writer/composer Nancy Harrow (Maya The Bee, This Side of Paradise), directed by Will Pomerantz (The Blue Flower) with music direction by Cody Owen Stine, will get an invite-only industry reading on March 13, 2015.
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts presents the 2014-15 Jazz series finale: AARON DIEHL QUARTET featuring Aaron Diehl, piano, Peter Washington, bass, Pete Van Nostrand, drums, and Warren Wolf, vibes. Tonight, March 7, 2015, 8:00 p.m. at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University (2960 Broadway at 116th Street).
CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante will interview President Barack Obama in Selma, Ala., today, March 7.
CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante will interview President Barack Obama in Selma, Ala., on Saturday, March 7.
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts presents the 2014-15 Jazz series finale: AARON DIEHL QUARTET featuring Aaron Diehl, piano, Peter Washington, bass, Pete Van Nostrand, drums, and Warren Wolf, vibes. Saturday, March 7, 2015, 8:00 p.m. at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)
Following its highly successful January debut, The Nash announces two new performances of its popular free concert for kids, HOT DOGS AND JAZZ, February 7th at 11 am and March 7 at 11 am at The Nash, 110 E.
Oprah Winfrey hosts a gala of events honoring some of the legendary men and extraordinary women of civil rights, the arts and entertainment who made history and redefined what was possible for us all in the primetime television event OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS: LEGENDS WHO PAVED THE WAY
Representative John Lewis (D-GA) and co-author Andrew Aydin will discuss and sign copies of the newly released second volume in their bestselling trilogy, 'March,' a first-hand account of Lewis' experiences as a key figure of the civil rights movement. The graphic novel was illustrated by award-winning artist Nate Powell.
Representative John Lewis (D-GA) and co-author Andrew Aydin will discuss and sign copies of the newly released second volume in their bestselling trilogy, 'March,' a first-hand account of Lewis' experiences as a key figure of the civil rights movement. The graphic novel was illustrated by award-winning artist Nate Powell.
January brings a full roster of live jazz to downtown Phoenix. Highlights include a free concert, Hot Dogs and Jazz, to kick off our new Family Series, several Latin Jazz performances to heat up the new year and the incredible Rodney Whitaker Quartet. Sunday Jam Sessions continue each Sunday evening, as well as mainstream and contemporary jazz concerts each weekend.
OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK announces JANUARY 2015 highlights:
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today a month-long celebration in January honoring civil rights legends who paved the way as we approach the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that changed the trajectory of America forever.
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