Marina News

Bucky Covington's sizzling summer single “BUZZIN” released to iTunes this week, as revealed via his socials, and can be downloaded HERE.

Tiffany's Dance Academy is proud to announce that it is joining with the nonprofit organization, Raising the Barre, to host their first annual benefit gala, Changing Lives Through Dance. The event will showcase the accomplishments of Raising the Barre candidates over the past year. This benefit gala will be held tonight, May 23rd at the Veteran's Memorial Building, located at 522 S L St, Livermore, CA 94550.

Center Stage Opera concludes its 2013-14 season with one of the most beloved operas of all-time, Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The tragic, tender story of a Japanese girl and and an American naval officer is told through one of Puccini's most poignant, moving scores.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will present its fifth annual Buffalo Young Writers Night tonight, May 21 at The Road Less Traveled Theater at the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre.

Following the record-breaking attendance of Festival 2013, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival announces the full 2014 Festival free and ticketed event schedule. Jacob's Pillow is a National Historic Landmark, home to America's longest-running dance festival, and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Noted dance writer Jennifer Dunning has called the Pillow "the dance center of the nation, possibly the world."

Dixon Place presents TURQUOISE by award-winning playwright Deb Margolin. Ms. Margolin's first multi-character play in three years, TURQUOISE is an intergenerational comedy presented by an ensemble who are age 20 - 80. Directed by Charlie Polinger (Marina Keegan's Independents, Matthew George's Cow Play) and featuring music by composer Amy Reich, TURQUOISE will play a strictly-limited engagement at Dixon Place (161a Chrystie Street) - four performances only on Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14; and Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21 (all performances at 7:30pm). Tickets are $17 in advance, $20 at the door, $15 for students and seniors. For tickets, call 212.219.0736 or go to www.dixonplace.org.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts held this year's British Academy Television Awards today, Sunday 18 May at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Check out the full list of winners below!

Good Puppy is pleased to announce the publication of "Pretty Seeley." Written and illustrated by Marina Tito, "Pretty Seeley" illuminates the gentle journey to self-acceptance and self-love. Seeley is a little girl with a spot on her nose. While a source of embarrassment for her, Seeley's intriguing imperfection doesn't seem to bother her cat, Mao. The wide-eyed cat, the friend we all want and the friend we should all aspire to be, sees Seeley's spot as a reflection of her inner beauty. Mao believes the spot is a shadow a butterfly left behind and proposes a search for the allusive creature. The journey guides Seeley into a new understanding. The story reframes a seemingly negative attribute by giving it a positive and deeper meaning, helping Seeley and the reader reprioritize and smile at their old frame of mind while thinking... - Yes, that was Pretty Seeley. "Pretty Seeley" is available on iBooks, Kindle and in print, through Barnes & Noble, Amazon and other national and international retailers. For more information, visit goodpuppy.com.

For the first time ever, popular New York comic Adam Sank stars in his own cabaret show, complete with songs, comedy and humiliating childhood stories, at the legendary Duplex Cabaret Theatre in 'Mama, I Want to Sing Showtunes!' on Thursday, June 19 and Friday, June 27th at 7 p.m.

Thirty-five works on paper by some of Russia's most notable modern artists from the private collection of Marina and Nikolay Shchukin will open at The National Arts Club on May 19, 2014. From Primitivism to Propaganda: Russia's Modern Masters, curated by Matthew Drutt, showcases works by celebrated and less-known Russian artists including Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, Rosalia Rabinovich, the Stenberg brothers, Nikolai Suetin, and Pavel Tchelitchew. Most of these works have never before been shown in the West. The exhibition is part of the 12th Annual Russian Heritage Month®, a celebration of events and exhibits highlighting Russian culture.

Gravitas Ventures has acquired all rights for North America and numerous international territories to 21 Years: Richard Linklater, a feature-length documentary by Paste Magazine's movies editor Michael Dunaway and co-Director Tara Wood. The film examines the first 21 years of Linklater's career and includes intimate interviews with many of the filmmakers' longtime collaborators and animation by Austin-based Powerhouse Animation Studios.

The Mexican Museum announces a new exhibition that is sure to tantalize the culinary senses of museum visitors.

Just in time for the Memorial Day holiday and summer barbecue season, the ever-popular, limited-edition red, white and blue Budweiser cans and bottles have arrived on shelves. This year marks an even larger commitment to helping military familieswith Budweiser and its wholesaler family donating more than $3 million dollars to the Folds of Honor Foundation.

The sea rules life in the Keys, a 120-mile-long island chain tethered to mainland Florida by U.S. 1.

Oscar-nominated actor and founding Wooster Group member Willem Dafoe and legendary performer Mikhail Baryshnikov are a dapperly dressed odd couple, forced to deal with the most inconsiderate of corpses in this surreal melding of absurdism, pitch- black comedy, and vaudeville from iconic director Robert Wilson, THE OLD WOMAN.

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Heartbreak House, one of Shaw most admired of curious comedies, is packed full of extraordinary roles. Each member of the cast gets to take a bite out of this rarely produced and provocative piece. Set just before WWI, the action of the play takes place in and around the Shotover home, built like a ship on top of a hill on the English countryside. In the course of the play, everyone learns to face the future, however tumultuous it may be.

WICKED, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething") based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, opens on Wednesday, May 28, for a three-week engagement at Sacramento Community Center Theater.

On the heels of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) and its partners investing more than 150 million euro to restore four of Europe's most iconic hotels under The Luxury Collection, the company will continue its commitment to the brand's portfolio with restorations planned for hotels in Europe and Middle East this year. The additional investment of over 300 million euro includes the restoration of Hotel Imperial in Vienna, Austria; Excelsior Hotel Gallia in Milan, Italy; Santa Marina resort in Mykonos, Greece; and Grand Hills in Broumana, Lebanon.

The Mexican Museum, the premier West Coast museum of Mexican, Mexican-American, Chicano, Latin American and Latino art, culture and heritage, announces that the Museum will be participating in the Yerba Buena Art Walk, the 7th annual spring art event hosted by the Yerba Buena Alliance. Taking place on Saturday, June 7, 2014, the popular, full-afternoon event offers a colorful and creative array of exhibits, artists' talks, receptions, wine tastings, and other events, all presented by the many art exhibitions, galleries, and institutions in the Yerba Buena neighborhood. The Yerba Buena Art Walk is located between Market and Harrison and 2nd and 5th Streets in downtown San Francisco.