Porchlight Music Theatre has announced its 26th season that includes the 2020 - 2021 Mainstage, Porchlight Revisits and New Faces Sing Broadway series. Porchlight's Mainstage and Porchlight Revisits return to the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street with its annual fundraising concert Chicago Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber launching the season taking place at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, 220. E. Chicago Ave.
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is thrilled to feature saxophonist, Jacques Schwarz-Bart as part of its monthly a?oeJazz at MOCAa?? series on Friday, March 27. Schwarz-Bart grew up in Guadeloupe where he learned how to play the Gwo ka drum as a child. He was coached by Anzala, one of the top percussionists in Guadeloupe and learned the biguine style of music. At age six, while living in Switzerland, Schwarz-Bart discovered jazz music and taught himself how to play the guitar by playing along with jazz records.
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) will present the most comprehensive survey to date of work by artist Raúl de Nieves, 'Raúl de Nieves: Eternal Return and The Obsidian Heart.' The exhibition reconnects artist Raúl de Nieves' exuberant material sensibility to his roots in punk music and performance, devotional ritual, and celebratory queerness. It is curated by independent curator Risa Puleo.
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) has announced the appointment of Executive Director Jennifer Kessler, who joined the organization in January 2020. Kessler brings a breadth of experience in developing community, education, social justice, and artistic programs with arts organizations worldwide, including Orchestra of St. Luke's, Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, and Carnegie Hall, and joins the organization as it embarks on continued growth in the lead-up to its twentieth anniversary season.
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art just announced that five artists will receive grants to produce projects using new technology and digital media and present them on the Garage Digital platform in 2020.
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) today announced the appointment of João Ribas as the Steven D. Lavine Executive Director of the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), and Vice President for Cultural Partnerships. REDCAT is CalArts' multidisciplinary center for innovative visual, performing, and media artists, and is part of the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County in downtown Los Angeles.
The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, will present four world premieres in the culmination of Joffrey's national call for ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab and Native American) artists to submit applications for the Joffrey Academy's Tenth Annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition. This year's Competition winners-Chanel DaSilva, Tsai Hsi Hung, Pablo Sánchez and Durante Verzola-each have choreographed an original work created on the Joffrey Academy Trainees and Studio Company. Winning Works expands to four performances in 2020 and returns to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's Edlis Neeson Theater (220 E. Chicago Avenue) Friday, March 20 at 7:30 PM, Saturday, March 21 at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM, Sunday, March 22 at 2:00 PM. Tickets for Winning Works are $30 and available for purchase at joffrey.org/winningworks.
The Chocolate Factory Theater (chocolatefactorytheater.org) has announced the premiere of Good Day God Damn, a new performance by Stephanie Acosta. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased in advance at (212) 352-3101 or chocolatefactorytheater.org.
Los Angeles-based artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph makes his BAM artistic debut with the groundbreaking exhibition BLKNWSa?"a mesmerizing news-creation machine that redefines the genre of the news broadcast. The public exhibition generates a plurality of editorial voices that approach reportage through a distinctly Black lens. Rejuvenating what news can be, BLKNWS combines appropriated news and social media with originally produced, anchored segments to create a continuously updated broadcast that is as much a news service as it is a portal to an elevated state of awareness. The public exhibition will run through Mar 23a?"Jun 21.
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is currently presenting a?oeAlice Rahon: Poetic Invocationsa?? a?" through March 29, 2020. To commemorate the exhibition, the museum will host MOCA Moving Images: After the Magician on Wednesday, Feb. 26, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. The screening is free and open to the public.
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is celebrating Black History Month with singer and violinist, Nicole Yarling, as part of its monthly 'Jazz at MOCA' series on Friday, Feb. 28. Yarling is a rising star in the jazz community with her velvet voice, high technical skills and energetic personality.
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is currently presenting two exhibitions - 'Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen' and 'Alice Rahon: Poetic Invocations' - through March 29, 2020.
Chapter NY is pleased to announce the third part of O u t, a rotating exhibition of works on paper by Patrick Berran on view in the gallery's office. The gallery will present three of Berran's recent drawings, on view for one week.
The works of Dai Fujikura are performed with regularity by conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel and by some of the most acclaimed orchestras and ensembles in the world.
A new courtroom installation and performance series created by artist Courtney McClellan will open at the University of Michigan Museum of Art Feb. 15.
La MaMa in association with Allied Productions Inc. presents GENERATOR: Pestilence Part 1, the first of a three-part cycle and the most ambitious live art creation in the 35-year partnership of Jack Waters and Peter Cramer. Known for their challenging and innovative interventions in art and politics, GENERATOR is a homecoming, a return to Waters' and Cramer's theatrical roots at La MaMa where two of their earliest performance works premiered in 1987.
Kokandy Productions is pleased to announce casting for the Chicago premiere of the bold new musical Hundred Days, featuring music and lyrics by The Bengsons, and book by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher.
