Birth Place: Jamestown, NY, USA
(Boston) Celebrity Series of Boston will present Bela Fleck's Banjo Summit on Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 7:30pm at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge.
This week at Joe's Pub at the Public, Sept. 9-15, includes performances by MIKE DAISEY, MICHAEL MITNICK, VALLELY BROTHERS, WAU WAU SISTERS, LIFE IN A BLENDER, LORA FAYE, BROWN GIRLS BURLESQUE, and NY THEREMIN SOCIETY.
The 2013-14 season of the Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series begins in November with the music of Turtle Island Quartet with Nellie McKay and a performance of sacred dance and music by Tibetan monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery.
The 2013 Grand Gala, one of the philanthropic highlights of Wilmington's social calendar, will feature Emmy-nominee Matthew Morrison from Glee as the featured performer. Morrison will perform on Saturday, December 7, accompanied by the Delaware Symphony Orchestra led by DSO Music Director David Amado. The annual event, now in its 37th year, raises money for The Grand's acclaimed educational outreach and other engagement programs.
FREE PROGRAMS AT THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM AT LINCOLN CENTER
Essence Goldman is performing a rock concert for families on Sunday, September 15 at 2:00 pm at The Jewish Museum. With a voice likened to Nelly Furtado and Gwen Stefani, Essence Goldman's infectious original songs and unique style appeal to parents and kids alike. Families will rock to original songs such as T Rexxxxx! and familiar favorites like You Are My Sunshine from her new album, A Dog Named Moo.
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its singer-songwriter/rock and roll/pop lineup for today, August 8-November 5, 2013. Featuring: Lindsay Katt, Kim Lenz, Freedy Johnston, Nick Garrie, Shrive Alive, Bill Kirchen & Texicalli, Johnette Napolitano, Vallely Brothers, Josh Rouse, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, Caroline Rose, Jean Rohe and Griffin House. Details below!
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its singer-songwriter/rock and roll/pop lineup for August 8-November 5, 2013. Featuring: Lindsay Katt, Kim Lenz, Freedy Johnston, Nick Garrie, Shrive Alive, Bill Kirchen & Texicalli, Johnette Napolitano, Vallely Brothers, Josh Rouse, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, Caroline Rose, Jean Rohe and Griffin House. Details below!
FilmBuff has just announced their slate for films set for VOD release this month. Check out details, trailers, and dates for the movies below!
Songwriter Peter Yanowitz (of the bands The Wallflowers and Morningwood) premieres his new multimedia song cycle WALKING IN SOHO at the New York Musical Theatre Festival on July 25 at the Studio Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center. The show will feature direction and multimedia projection design by Randy Blair (Fat Camp, Spidermusical, Perez Hilton Saves the Universe), and will play 2 performances (6:30 and 9:30).
Tonight, July 23, 2013, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc), Epicurean Group, and McNally Jackson Books will host a reception and book party at L'Apicio to celebrate an outdoor installation of designs from Mike Joyce's book SWISSTED: Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined. The reception will include light snacks from L'Apicio and a selection of specialty cocktails for $5 to benefit the public art project. Books will be available from McNally Jackson; all book purchases will include a free specialty cocktail. Joyce will be onsite for book signing and mingling.
Over her 30-year career, Natalie Merchant has earned a distinguished place among America's most respected recording artists. As lead vocalist and lyricist of pop music band 10,000 Maniacs, she released two platinum and four gold records. With her latest and highly acclaimed solo recording entitled, Leave Your Sleep, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 17, she embarks on a new artistic path, creating songs from literary inspiration which are composed for expanded musical ensembles and orchestra.
On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc), Epicurean Group, and McNally Jackson Books will host a reception and book party at L'Apicio to celebrate an outdoor installation of designs from Mike Joyce's bookSWISSTED: Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined. The reception will include light snacks from L'Apicio and a selection of specialty cocktails for $5 to benefit the public art project. Books will be available from McNally Jackson; all book purchases will include a free specialty cocktail. Joyce will be onsite for book signing and mingling.
Due to inclement weather, the Columbus Symphony was forced to cancel the Patriotic Pops concert on Saturday, June 29. Patriotic Pops tickets can be exchanged for any remaining concert on the 2013 Nationwide Insurance Picnic with the Pops schedule based on availability.
Hazmat Modine will kick off The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights series with tonight's June 27 concert beginning at 7:30 pm.
Over her 30-year career, Natalie Merchant has earned a distinguished place among America's most respected recording artists. As lead vocalist and lyricist of pop music band 10,000 Maniacs, she released two platinum and four gold records. With her latest and highly acclaimed solo recording entitled, Leave Your Sleep, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 17, she embarks on a new artistic path, creating songs from literary inspiration which are composed for expanded musical ensembles and orchestra.
Over 120 performances will be held on stage between July 2013 and June 2014. Highlights include a diverse theatre series featuring Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Tony-nominated BRING IT ON, Tony-Winning MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, ROCK OF AGES and Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT; contemporary performers such as Michael Bolton, Kenny Loggins, Michael W. Smith and Clint Black; classical artists including Sarah Chang and Itzhak Perlman, comedians including Drew Carey, Joan Rivers, Jason Alexander and Jim Belushi, and many more (see schedule below).
Hazmat Modine will kick off The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights series with a June 27 concert beginning at 7:30 pm. The band draws on American music of the 1920s and 30s through the 1950s and early 60s, blending elements of early blues, hokum, jug band, swing, klezmer, New Orleans R&B, and Jamaican rocksteady. This event also includes an open bar with wine and light refreshments. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.
On Sunday, June 16, from 1pm to 10pm, Bang on a Can returns to downtown Manhattan for its annual Bang on a Can Marathon, FREE for the public at Pace University's Schimmel Center for the Arts (3 Spruce Street), presented by River To River Festival and Bang on a Can, and co-presented by Pace University. The Marathon is part of the opening weekend of River To River Festival, kicking off the month-long celebration of free music, dance, film, and arts events. The extensive renovation of Brookfield Place temporarily impacts the presentation of large-scale events in the Winter Garden, where the Marathon has been held for several years. This year the Marathon will embrace the intimate Pace setting to present a few dramatically quiet and tender musical offerings before returning to the Winter Garden's wide-open spaces in 2014.
The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights program returns, with live music in a concert setting on three Thursdays in June and July. This cosmopolitan concert series presents critically acclaimed musicians offering innovative interpretations of music from all over the world. Hazmat Modine kicks off SummerNights on June 27, with high-energy blues, swing, and world-infused jazz. Other scheduled performers include Howard Fishman and his Band, with an exuberant blend of jazz, soul, country, blues, gospel and experimental music; and the all women's klezmer sextet, Isle of Klezbos, playing imaginative versions of eclectic Eastern European-rooted Jewish folk music, Yiddish swing and tango. Each event also features an open bar with beer and wine. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.
Videos
