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Ida Mae will be performing at the Newport Folk Festival, which will take place July 23 - 26 in Newport, RI.

Art House Productions, Jersey City's home for the performing and visual arts for the past 20 years, has announced a transition of the leadership of its board of trustees. The board has unanimously appointed Robinson Holloway to succeed Gibson as President.

This legendary live album was released in July 1977 and would prove to be the band’s most successful album, peaking at number 10 in the UK charts.

On June 18-20, 2021, Conejo Players Theatre presents Backwards Broadway Drive-in Theatre, a drive-in show, with a twist! This is a unique and exciting show you won't want to miss! Plus, on Sunday, June 20th, BBQ and dessert trucks will be on site to make sure Fathers Day is complete!

Nova Frontier Film Festival and Lab, The Billie Holiday Theater and Laurel Channel TV have once again joined forces to present the 2021 virtual edition of the Nova Frontier Film Festival during Juneteenth weekend from Thursday, June 17th – June 20th. Now in its 4th year, the Festival will feature films from across the African Diaspora, The Middle East, and Latin America, as well as a robust suite of events, all free and accessible to the public.

This weekend, the Kauffman Center's eighth annual Future Stages Festival showcased more than 500 youth artists virtually through the Kauffman Center's digital and social media channels. The festival highlighted video performances, including some from the Kauffman Center's stages, and family-friendly activities.

Brooklyn Film Festival's 24th edition: The Clearing, which was staged both in person at Windmill Studios and online, wrapped up Sunday, June 13th, and has announced the winners of the festival's awards.

Live music, line dancing lessons and bull riding return to Gilley's Saloon. Daredevils can take a ride on the Gilley's bull starting at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and starting June 14, line dancing lessons will be offered from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. 

Created by PYO Music Institute in 2014, the award recognizes inspiration and outstanding leadership in music education. There have been hundreds of nominees over the years, which demonstrates the respect and dedication students have for their music teachers in the Delaware Valley, who not only successfully teach music to their students, but also instill confidence in them.

For Molly explores the extraordinary four-decade relationship between the poet Mary Oliver and the photographer Molly Malone Cook. Between the East Village and Provincetown, through memories and photographs, the piece offers a portrait of Mary and Molly's romance. The narrative is brought to life in the blurred lines between dream and reality. 

A rare open-access event was announced today by Quadio, the ground-breaking college creative network, with all proceeds going to The Ally Coalition's work with Youth BreakOUT, an organization that seeks to end the criminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to build a safer and more just New Orleans.

Rosé wines are perfect for summer sips, but they offer so much more for the wine lover. Rosé selections pair beautifully with food and they are a wonderful wine for toasting your most special occasions.

While the number of COVID cases continue to drop every day, two extraordinary musicians from Boca Raton—Deborah  Silver, #1 Billboard jazz vocalist, and Dennis Lambert, the 12-time GRAMMY nominated songwriter—are also celebrating the success of their inspirational COVID-19 BLUES.

Although Jenkins started recording new music in 2019, and finished it by summer 2020, he held off putting it out during the pandemic, and holding onto the album has been “kind of a life vest of music,” he says.

Made with producer Andrew Wells (Young the Giant, Halsey, Fitz and the Tantrums), ‘My Own Monster’ unfolds as a seductive and surreal piece of storytelling, examining themes of alienation, emotional risk, and the desire to break free from pain.

Anthony McDonald, Executive Director of the Shubert Theatre, announced the lineup of the 2021-2022 Broadway Series shows for the theatre’s 107th Anniversary Season.

A tribute to a transformative artist whose caustic social observation, radical formal innovation, and uncompromising vision established a new cinematic model for Black creative independence.

National New Play Network will host its second fully virtual Annual Conference this Friday June 11 and Saturday June 12. The event - free and open to the public - is hosted on the Hopin event platform.

The album cover offers a painting of the road the artist and her family retreated to during the beginning of the pandemic (in Bristol County, Massachusetts). 

Each year a new class, comprised of one to two MFA Playwrights, will be given a commission through the partnership. Playwrights awarded The Finish Line Commission will be given a week-long workshop culminating in a public reading, a financial reward, and an assurance that the play will have an opportunity for a world premiere production at Cygnet.