Those who love the works of OF MICE AND MEN author John Steinbeck are in for a treat. Found in the University of Texas at Austin archives by The Strand magazine managing editor Andrew F. Gulli, Steinbeck's book WITH YOUR WINGS was published in the magazine's holiday issue.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ As part of its ongoing Leadership Speaker Series, The Office of the President of Cambridge College, in partnership with Eastern Bank and the Marketing Science Institute, welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning author and MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowship recipient, Junot Daz.
Cutting Ball Theater opens its 16th season with the World Premiere of SUPERHEROES, written and directed by Sean San Jose. Featuring Myers Clark, Juan Amador, Donald E. Lacy, Jr., Britney Frazier, Ricky Saenz, and Delina Patrice Brooks, SUPERHEROES plays November 21 through December 21 (Press opening: December 2) at the Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor (277 Taylor Street) in San Francisco. For tickets ($10-50) and more information, the public may visit cuttingball.com or call 415-525-1205.
La Casa Azul Bookstore has released the program schedule for August 2014. The events include workshops, readings, book clubs, and the summer concert series! Scroll down for details.
Intersection for the Arts and the California Shakespeare Theater come together this fall to co-produce the Califas Festival, a six week-long immersive, story-filled play yard of music, visual art, performance, and more in the area in and around Intersection's headquarters. The Festival is the culminating event of the Califas Project, a year of multimedia creative exploration in communities around the state including productions of Richard Montoya's The River at Campo Santo this past March, and American Night at Cal Shakes in June.
Tomorrow, Thursday April 25, the Strand Bookstore (826 Broadway) will present an in-store discussion with playwright Douglas Carter Beane and director Jack O'Brien, of the Lincoln Center Theater production of THE NANCE, currently playing on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. The event will be in the store's 5th floor loft from 7:00 - 8:00 pm, and will be moderated by the Strand's Director of Events, Jessica Strand.
Off-Broadway's prominent LATEA Theater is proud to present a rare and intimate glimpse into the lives of a Dominican-York family. La Luz De Un Cigarrillo, written and directed by award-winning playwright Marco Antonio Rodriguez, is the rarest of plays written by a Dominican, starring Dominicans and using the native Dominican and Dominican-York vernacular.
Verbatim performances of 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' by Junot Diaz and 'Down These Mean Streets' by Piri Thomas debuted Monday, May 23 at The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street, marking their entry into the repertoire of The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life program.
The Literature to Life program of The American Place Theatre will honor Junot Diaz, author of 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,' and Piri Thomas, author of 'Down These Mean Streets,' with 2011 Literature to Life Awards and live performances of excerpts of their books at a gala May 23rd at The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street. The event will benefit the American Place Theatre's arts and literacy outreach in schools across America. Diaz will attend the gala and see his NY Times bestseller performed and Thomas will accept his award via video.
The Literature to Life program of The American Place Theatre will honor Junot Diaz, author of 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,' and Piri Thomas, author of 'Down These Mean Streets,' with 2011 Literature to Life Awards and live performances of excerpts of their books at a gala May 23rd at The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street.
The Literature to Life program of The American Place Theatre will honor Junot Diaz, author of 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,' and Piri Thomas, author of 'Down These Mean Streets,' with 2011 Literature to Life Awards and live performances of excerpts of their books at a gala May 23rd at The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street. The event will benefit the American Place Theatre's arts and literacy outreach in schools across America. Diaz will attend the gala and see his NY Times bestseller performed and Thomas will accept his award via video.
The Literature to Life program of The American Place Theatre will honor Junot Diaz, author of 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,' and Piri Thomas, author of 'Down These Mean Streets,' with 2011 Literature to Life Awards and live performances of excerpts of their books at a gala May 23rd at The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street.
For its spring 2011 season, Harlem Stage-one of the country's leading producers and presenters of performances by artists of color-amps up its tradition of honoring Harlem's cultural history with a roster of contemporary artists in dance, music and film, who take inspiration from the past.
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by Shana Cooper, at the University Theatre (222 York Street) March 11-April 2, 2011.
For its spring 2011 season, Harlem Stage-one of the country's leading producers and presenters of performances by artists of color-amps up its tradition of honoring Harlem's cultural history with a roster of contemporary artists in dance, music and film, who take inspiration from the past.
For its spring 2011 season, Harlem Stage-one of the country's leading producers and presenters of performances by artists of color-amps up its tradition of honoring Harlem's cultural history with a roster of contemporary artists in dance, music and film, who take inspiration from the past.
The year-long celebration just keeps getting bigger for Chicago's All-Latina Theatre company,' says Managing Director Alex Meda as she announces the addition of two new projects in Teatro Luna's ambitious 10th anniversary season--which in total includes four world-premiere productions, two of which are Luna commissions of Latina playwrights, one ensemble-devised work (GL 2010- produced this past summer), a co-production with Bailiwick Chicago, a remount of 2007's smash hit MACHOS (Be A Man!), and a New Play Festival (LATINAS DO IT WRITE, Summer 2010). Additionally, Teatro Luna's unique training and development program, the Incubation Series, continues with exciting new expansions, including the launch of the third year of the the Lunadas Reading Series, with more plays by Latina/o playwrights from all over the country and beyond, receiving script development workshops and staged readings for a public audience. Also, the second year of the Luna PlayLabs and Directors Lab are joined by the launch of a new laboratory, the Producers Lab.
This special new season marks Teatro Luna's 10th anniversary of producing new work and providing opportunities to Latinas both on and off the stage, and showcasing the work of talented Latina professionals from Chicago and across the nation.
Currently celebrating its 50th Anniversary, The Riverside Theatre is presenting its 12TH Annual New York Family Arts Festival, a festival of interactive multicultural weekend activities for families to enjoy from Friday, June 11 - Monday, June 28 at the Theatre, 91 Claremont Ave. (bet. 120th & 122nd St.), Morningside Heights. All Festival events are free of charge to attend.
Currently celebrating its 50th Anniversary, The Riverside Theatre is presenting its 12TH Annual New York Family Arts Festival, a festival of interactive multicultural weekend activities for families to enjoy from Friday, June 11 - Monday, June 28 at the Theatre, 91 Claremont Ave. (bet. 120th & 122nd St.), Morningside Heights. All Festival events are free of charge to attend.