Martin Luther King, Jr. News

Lifeline Theatre Artistic Director Dorothy Milne and the artistic ensemble announce their 2011-2012, 29th anniversary season of Big Stories, Up Close.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will continue its Marx Theatre season with GEE'S BEND by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder.

The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to present The Larry Willis Quintet in concert on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Tickets are $10 general admission (no discounts are available), and are free to University of Hartford students, faculty, and staff with valid University of Hartford ID.

Deep Dish Theater Company invites you to join a lively, informal discussion of Sara Paretsky's Hardball Monday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill.

The Cincinnati Arts Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Overture Awards Scholarship Competition, held on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater.

The Crossroads Theatre Company's current season will continue with Lorraine Hansberry's classic A RAISIN IN THE SUN from April 14-May 1.

Lifeline Theatre Artistic Director Dorothy Milne and the artistic ensemble announce their 2010-2011, 28th anniversary season of presenting Big Stories, Up Close. In its award-winning and audience-acclaimed style, Lifeline's 2010-2011 season will feature six popular books onstage, all productions adapted by Lifeline ensemble members. The season will feature sprawling, legendary stories as well as stirring, contemporary titles, as Lifeline retains its reputation for fresh, imaginative interpretations of well-loved classics and embraces the challenge and excitement of modern, thought-provoking works.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has organized a number of endeavors in order to support the issues raised by its productions of Ajax and Prometheus Bound.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will continue its Marx Theatre season with GEE'S BEND by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder.

The fourth annual BET HONORS gears up for a highly anticipated show on Saturday, January 15 with a premiere during Black History Month on Monday, February 21 at 9:00 p.m.*

The Crossroads Theatre Company's current season will continue with TRAIN TO 2010, opening on October 13 and running through October 24.

Usually when we think of taking our kids to a Broadway show, we think of the shows that seem child-like....Lion King, Mary Poppins....basically anything Disney. The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, a show about segregation and prejudice in the deep south during the 1950's and the birth of rock n' roll, might not be the first show that comes to mind. But those of us with older kids (I'm talking over age ten) might want to take a clue from the hundreds of school teachers who have already taken their students to see this blockbuster musical that not only entertains, it educates.

David O. Russell will be the subject of the first director retrospective at the newly expanded Museum of the Moving Image. It will close February 6, 2011.

Appearing on THE VIEW today, Friday February 4, on ABC, Samuel Jackson was asked by Joy Behar 'And you're going to be doing a play on Broadway, playing Dr. Martin Luther King?' He replied, 'Yes, that's the plan. I'm doing a play, I think that the play opens in October and will run through January. '

Deep Dish Theater Company invites you to join a lively, informal discussion of Sara Paretsky's Hardball Monday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, recognized by U.S. Congress as a vital American 'Cultural Ambassador to the World,' will inspire, enlighten and entertain from February through May in 24 North American cities, continuing the celebration of the 50 years of Alvin Ailey's Revelations. The tour will kick off on February 1st at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center, and will continue through May 22nd with visits to Atlanta, GA; Miami, FL; Berkeley, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; St. Louis, MO; Newark, NJ; Vancouver & Victoria, Canada and other cities.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, recognized by U.S. Congress as a vital American 'Cultural Ambassador to the World,' will inspire, enlighten and entertain from February through May in 24 North American cities, continuing the celebration of the 50 years of Alvin Ailey's Revelations. The tour will kick off on February 1st at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center, and will continue through May 22nd with visits to Atlanta, GA; Miami, FL; Berkeley, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; St. Louis, MO; Newark, NJ; Vancouver & Victoria, Canada and other cities.

Tony Award-winner James Earl Jones, currently starring on Broadway in the hit revival of Driving Miss Daisy, will appear with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a breakfast commemorating Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 17, 2011. Jones will make remarks about Dr. King at the program, which will also include City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The event will take place at Martin Luther King Jr. High School (122 Amsterdam Avenue) at 8:00 AM.

Galleries, shops, and dining facilities at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on January 17 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), the next in the series of popular 'Met Holiday Mondays.'

January 17 - 23 at The Staten Island Children's Museum! Snowballs - Mosaics - Cool School Holiday