Patti Smith News

DIRECTV CINEMA is giving customers exclusive access to experience the birth of American punk rock music with the film CBGB, directed by Randall Miller and starring Alan Rickman (Harry Potter franchise), Malin Akerman (Watchmen), Ashley Greene (Twilight franchise) and Rupert Grint (Harry Potterfranchise). The film will premiere on DIRECTV CINEMA Thursday, Sept. 5 and air through Oct. 2, prior to its theatrical release on October 11, 2013.

Stage and screen legend Liza Minnelli along with recent Broadway THE NANCE star Stephen DeRosa join with music stars of all varieties, as well as some truly tremendous musicians, for the second volume soundtrack for HBO's hit period-set se

Morrison Hotel Gallery is thrilled to partner exclusively with Antiquorum Auctioneers on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, delving deep into the photo archives of the gallery and offering one of the most complete photography auctions ever presented to the international community, presenting over 300 iconic images and unique items.

The jukebox musical of Ellie Greenwich hits closes the 2013 season for Totem Pole with the roar of motorcycles and the harmonies of the Shirelles

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.

This evening, 16th August, the Book Lounge is happy to have Sannie Fox in the Basement getting our feet tapping.

With her timeless vocals and vivid black and white elegance, Brooklyn-based songwriter Lora Faye is releasing an EP of smoldering emotionality called Waltzes on August 15.

Click below for a first listen to Broadway legend Liza Minnelli singing 'You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)' on the new soundtrack for BOARDWALK EMPIRE: VOLUME 2! The BOARDWALK EMPRIE: VOLUME 2 soundtrack is out September 3 and the series returns on September 8.

Mick Jones of The Clash once said that punk in its purest form only lasted 100 days. So too will PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE, the spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art which closes after 100 days today, August 14.

The major motion picture CBGB will have its US festival premiere at this year's CBGB Music & Film Festival the five-day festival/conference that will take place in New York City from Wednesday, October 9 to Sunday, October 13. Based on the renowned New York club, credited as being the birthplace of American indie & punk, CBGB will kick off this year's festival. The Landmark Sunshine Theater on E. Houston St. will serve as the conference and film festival hub.

As major productions by artists from countries from France to America, and Scotland to Korea get set to open this weekend across Edinburgh's major theatres and concert halls, audiences from around 70 nations are expected to join in Scotland's capital to enjoy, what remains, one of the world's greatest arts Festivals.

An official trailer has been released for CBGB, Randall Miller's film chronicling the rise of New York's famed punk rock music venue. The film will arrive in theaters on October 11, 2013. Get a first look below!

The 2013 Edinburgh International Festival invites you to embark upon a journey inspired by the way technology seizes and shifts our perceptions of a world, translated by such visionaries as J S Bach, Samuel Beckett or Richard Burton, John Cage, Jean Cocteau or Francois Couperin, Leonardo da Vinci or Allen Ginsberg, Sergei Prokofiev or Nam June Paik, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis or Frank Zappa. Scroll down for a sneak peek at some of the shows and artists that are a part of the 2013 festival!

Living legend Liza Minnelli and Broadway regular Stephen DeRosa appear on the new soundtrack for BOARDWALK EMPIRE: VOLUME 2, out later this month, according to the new track-listing just revealed for the HBO hit as it enters its fourth season.

Tonight, August 8, 2013 at 8:00 p.m., Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars bring their uplifting live show to the Skirball Cultural Center as part of this year's Sunset Concerts.

Mick Jones of The Clash once said that punk in its purest form only lasted 100 days. So too will PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE, the spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art which closes after 100 days on Wednesday, August 14.

On Friday evening, 16th August, the Book Lounge is happy to have Sannie Fox in the Basement getting our feet tapping.

NewSong Music has recently announced the launch of its 12th annual Mountain Stage NewSong Contest - one of North America's premier showcases of emerging performing songwriters that spans an array of genres, and includes Regional rounds.

On Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 8:00 p.m., Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars bring their uplifting live show to the Skirball Cultural Center as part of this year's Sunset Concerts.

After the success of last year's award winning At Swim Two Boys, Earthfall Dance Company's latest production, Chelsea Hotel takes you across the water to New York City and this infamous building, the bohemian artist mecca. Chelsea Hotel will tour from 1st October - 5th December 2013.