Mos Def News

TONY Award-Nominee Kathleen Chalfant has been announced to join Matthew Modine and Melissa Errico in the cast of MORE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Included in this year's line-up is Price Check, featuring Cheyenne Jackson, Parker Posey, and Annie Parisse.The Festival will be held January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook returns to the elegant Allen Room in January for its fourteenth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song. For 16 nights the series will explore the best of the golden age of musical standards through to today's most dynamic songwriting. Week One of the 2012 season will start off with a relatively new composer on the scene, multiple Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) who will be bringing his new rap composition about American historical figure Alexander Hamilton called The Hamilton Mixtape. Next up is the just-nominated-for-a-Grammy Award duo Chris Thile and Michael Daves, who play a dazzling, modern form of bluegrass that nonetheless references legendary bluegrass artists from the past. From the rock canon will be J.D. Souther, performing songs he wrote for Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles as well as newer compositions. To close out Week One, composer William Finn (Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), along with guest vocalists, will be performing a song cycle inspired by the poetry of William Blake.

En 1977, el consagrado director Martin Scorsese estreno "New York, New York" de la mano de Robert De Niro y Liza Minnelli como protagonistas. La historia se narra a partir del fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Los americanos lo celebran y en pleno festejo el saxofonista Jimmy Doyle (De Niro) y Francine Evans (Minelli) comienzan un romance lleno de complicaciones a la vez que se convierten en pareja artistica.

Internationally renowned actor, Golden Globe Winner, and multiple Emmy Nominee Matthew Modine and TONY-Award Nominee and Broadway Star Melissa Errico star in a unique dramatic presentation drawn from the passionate letters of Thomas Jefferson and painter/composer/musician Maria Cosway, intertwined with the performance of music mentioned in their correspondance, including works by Sacchini, Hewitt, and rarely performed compositions by Cosway herself.

Coldplay will rock out on 'The Colbert Report' for the first time this Thursday, October 20 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. The performance will include a television debut of a new song from Coldplay's forthcoming album 'Mylo Xyloto,' which will be released on Monday, October 24 and is available for pre-order via www.itunes.com.

Coldplay will rock out on 'The Colbert Report' for the first time this Thursday, October 20 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. The performance will include a television debut of a new song from Coldplay's forthcoming album 'Mylo Xyloto,' which will be released on Monday, October 24 and is available for pre-order via www.itunes.com.

The American Museum of Natural History kicks off One Step Beyond for its fifth season.

Acclaimed composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) presents an ecstatic fusion of music, art and movement in a new evening-length work Symphony for the Dance Floor.

Contemporary artist Sanford Biggers talks with Marcus Samuelsson, celebrity chef and owner of Harlem restaurant Red Rooster, and Mos Def, celebrated actor and hip-hop artist, about the social and political issues that inform their creative work.

Talk show listings for Monday, October 10.

Talk show listings for Monday, October 10.

Talk show listings for Wednesday, October 5.

Contemporary artist Sanford Biggers talks with Marcus Samuelsson, celebrity chef and owner of Harlem restaurant Red Rooster, and Mos Def, celebrated actor and hip-hop artist, about the social and political issues that inform their creative work.

Ravish Momin's Tarana delivers another musical offering with After the Disquet EP (October 4, 2011), self-released, and featuring violinist Trina Basu.

The American Museum of Natural History kicks off One Step Beyond for its fifth season.

BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC opens 2011-12 season with two free preview concerts:

Kia Motors presents Yo Gabba Gabba Live! It's Time to Dance! at the Fabulous Fox Theatre for two performances on Saturday, September 17th at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and are $39.50, $34.50, and $29.50. A limited number of VIP packages are also available. All prices are subject to change.

BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC opens 2011-12 season with two free preview concerts

Ravish Momin's Tarana delivers another musical offering with After the Disquet EP (October 4, 2011), self-released, and featuring violinist Trina Basu.