San Francisco-based singer / songwriter Pete Kronowitt has released a video performance for his new politically charged song, 'Change is Gonna Come,' recorded live from the Cafe du Soleil in Lower Haight. The hopeful anthem was inspired both by the legends of American folk, as well as today's struggle for justice and equity. Pete co-wrote the song with Atlanta-based Chuck McDowell at a recent songwriting retreat in Crisfield, Maryland.
The highest honor of the National Education Association (NEA) was awarded yesterday to leaders in the public broadcasting industry whose networks have made a lasting educational difference in the lives of millions of children.
Fox Searchlight Pictures announced today that National Geographic Channel has joined forces with Fox Searchlight Pictures for the global theatrical release of Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim's upcoming feature documentary HE NAMED ME MALALA
World Day for Theatre of Children and Young People (World Day) is an ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People) campaign, promoted and celebrated through the message 'Take a Child to the Theatre Today'. This year World Day will be Friday, March 20, 2015. World Day is a global campaign: ASSITEJ has more than 80 members as well as Networks with affiliates across 100 countries.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, the nation's leading advocate for family literacy, announced its newest campaign: 'Share the Love of Reading.' This innovative effort encourages visitors to send a personalized card recommending their favorite books to family and friends through the www.helpthemread.org website.
Traditionally, the NLJC publishes a 'Top Ten Best Mannered' list. This year, instead of ten, the NLJC selected twenty-five recipients in honor of their twenty-fifth anniversary of business.
mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, today named nurse Kaci Hickox and comedian John Oliver as its “Woman and Man of the Year” for their groundbreaking work in 2014
Hedgerow Theatre continues its holiday tradition with its 22nd annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which runs from today, December 5 to 28.
Hedgerow Theatre continues its holiday tradition with its 22nd annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which runs from December 5 to 28.
Nobel Peace Prize Concert organizers announced today that iconic songwriter and prolific singer Steven Tyler, hip-hop star Queen Latifah, Bollywood sensation Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, British soul singer Laura Mvula, Norway's Gabrielle, the inspirational Girls of The World, and a sparkling Bollywood number will entertain audiences at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert on December 11th in the Oslo Spektrum arena. It was announced earlier that the Concert will be hosted by Queen Latifah.
Forbes announced today that LP, Afrojack, Wiz Khalifa, and OCD: Moosh And Twist will headline the Forbes Under 30 Music Festival, a presentation of Global Citizen Nights, on the evening of October 19, 2014at the Piazza at Schmidt's in Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood. The festival will kick off the first-ever Under 30 Summit, a three-day gathering of 1,000 of America's most outstanding young entrepreneurs and leaders in Philadelphia.
Malala Yousafzai entered the world's consciousness on October 9, 2012, when a member of the Taliban shot her on her way to school in Pakistan. She had been speaking out about the right of all girls to an education. On her 16th birthday, July 12, 2013, which the UN Secretary proclaimed 'Malala Day,' she addressed 1,000 delegates to the UN Youth Assembly. She's the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Her book, I Am Malala (Little, Brown, 2013), tells her story (a version for young readers, written with Patricia McCormick, is coming in August from Little, Brown).
On the Amazon side, Donna Tartt's THE GOLDFINCH rose to the top of this list, with Ian Smith's SUPER SHRED taking the second spot, and Veronica Roth's DIVERGENT, soon coming to the big screen, rounding out the top three.
On the Amazon side, Markus Zusak's THE BOOK THIEF, recently adapted for the big screen, climbed to the top of the list, with O'Reilly and Dugard's KILLING JESUS taking the second spot, and Krauthammer's THINGS THAT MATTER rounding out the top three.
Michael Connelly's THE GODS OF GUILT topped the New York Times' fiction list for the week ending Dec. 22, with Tom Clany and Mark Greaney's COMMAND AUTHORITY in second, and John Grisham's follow-up to A TIME TO KILL, SYCARMORE ROW, in third.
James Patterson's CROSS MY HEART topped the New York Times' fiction list for the week ending Dec. 15, with John Grisham's SYCAMORE ROW in second, and last week's top seller, TAKEDOWN TWENTY by Janet Evanovich, in third.
