Martin Luther King, Jr. News

January 11 - 17 at The Staten Island Children's Museum including Sorbet - Oil Pastels - Cool School Holiday

In 2011 Italy will commemorate the 150th anniversary of its unification, which was brought about in large part by the efforts of General Giuseppe Garibaldi. To kick off the year of celebrations, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will present 'Italy 150' for its January Terza Domenica Heritage Series event. Due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday weekend, this Terza Domenica event will take place on the second Sunday of the month, January 9 at 1 p.m. Seating is limited. Admission of $10 for non-members and $5 for members. A free opening reception will follow.

A special one-day-only staged reading of "North Star," an award-winning play about a young girl growing up in North Carolina in the early days of the civil rights struggle, will be presented Jan. 17 by the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University.

January 11 - 17 at The Staten Island Children's Museum including Sorbet - Oil Pastels - Cool School Holiday

The McLean Community Center (MCC), in cooperation with The DC Blues Society, will present a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, "Embrace the Dream: A Blues & Barbecue Dinner" from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 16, in the Center's community hall.

Continuing the 50-year anniversary celebration of Harper Lee's landmark book-turned-legend, ‘TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD' opens on January 14th, 2011 as THE PRODUCTION COMPANY unveils their new larger space, The Lex Theatre; 6760 Lexington Avenue, in Hollywood's Theatre Row.

Settling down for a long winters nap...NOT at the Staten Island Children's Museum! Snowflakes - Frozen Foods - Mosaics and Pastels! Cool School Holiday - January 17th - Free Admission!

First Run Features is pleased to invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of PHIL OCHS: There But For Fortune, the new film by acclaimed filmmaker Kenneth Bowser (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls & Live From New York, SNL in the 70s) about one of the most iconic folk music heroes and political agitators in American history.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on Monday, December 27 (Christmas/New Year's Week), as part of the Museum's popular 'Holiday Mondays' program.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on Monday, December 27 (Christmas/New Year's Week), as part of the Museum's popular 'Holiday Mondays' program.

Settling down for a long winters nap...NOT at the Staten Island Children's Museum! Snowflakes - Frozen Foods - Mosaics and Pastels! Cool School Holiday - January 17th - Free Admission!

This winter, Arts World Financial Center is taking a trip back in time to 17th Century Italy, the Silent Film Era, mid-20th Century New York City and beyond with an eclectic line-up of music, theater, film, and dance, organizers announced today.

Rochelle Slovin, Director of Museum of the Moving Image, today announced the complete schedule for the screenings and programs that will celebrate the grand re-opening of America's only museum dedicated to film, television, and digital media.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on Monday, December 27 (Christmas/New Year's Week), as part of the Museum's popular 'Holiday Mondays' program.

First Run Features is pleased to invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of PHIL OCHS: There But For Fortune, the new film by acclaimed filmmaker Kenneth Bowser (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls & Live From New York, SNL in the 70s) about one of the most iconic folk music heroes and political agitators in American history.

First Run Features is pleased to invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of PHIL OCHS: There But For Fortune, the new film by acclaimed filmmaker Kenneth Bowser (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls & Live From New York, SNL in the 70s) about one of the most iconic folk music heroes and political agitators in American history.

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.

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) New York, NY 10036

American playwright Katori Hall's The Mountaintop was named Best Play at the 2010 Olivier Awards in London. Marking the first time a female African American playwright has received the honor in the Olivier Awards' 34-year history, Ms. Hall's play was nominated alongside such new works as Jerusalem, Enron and Red.

The New York Times is reporting that the Broadway production of 'The Mountaintop' is likely to take the stage in Fall of 2011.