Mayor Bill de Blasio and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Cynthia López will today present the 2014 “Made in NY” Awards, celebrating excellence in the New York City creative community and recognizing the achievements of individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the City's entertainment and digital media industries.
Today, President Barack Obama named nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The awards will be presented at the White House on November 24th.
With a Song in My Heart, the debut solo album by Anthony Kearns, a world-renowned tenor and member of the PBS super-group, The Irish Tenors, is under consideration for a 57th Annual GRAMMY Award nomination in four categories – including 'Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.,' announced Kearns' agent and publicist Kirsten A. Fedewa.
YouTube star Tyler Oakley will appear at The VETS in Providence on Wednesday, December 10th at 7:30pm.
Six-time Tony Award winner and Musical America's 2014 Musician of the Year Audra McDonald, returns to Carnegie Hall on Friday, December 12 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.
Tonight, November 1 at 7/6c, USA Network will air 'Do The Right Thing,' a Spike Lee film, that sparked a national dialogue more than two decades ago about racial tension in America and which still remains relevant today.
Beyond the bright lights of Broadway - the electric signage that led to its moniker as 'The Great White Way' - exists another world: Off-Broadway, a varied and rich wellspring of creativity and innovation.
Multi-platinum rock band Daughtry just wrapped up spending a week with airmen, sailors, Marines and their families stationed in Japan as part of their second performance-filled USO tour Oct. 17 - 23.
Beyond the bright lights of Broadway - the electric signage that led to its moniker as "The Great White Way" - exists another world: Off-Broadway, a varied and rich wellspring of creativity and innovation.
Tonight, October 23rd is opening night for Radd Theatre Co.'s first off-broadway production, Out of the Basement, beginning 7:00pm at the American Theater for Actors. Writer and artistic director, Danny Coates-Finke, describes the play as 'A scary, sometimes funny, always exciting journey down the rabbit-hole of masculinity and its consequences'. Show has limited run, today, October 23rd - October 26th.
The Vineyard Theatre today announced that their 2015 Gala will honor Tony Award-winning producer Margo Lion. The annual Gala Fundraiser will take place on Monday, March 30th, 2015, beginning at 6:30pm, at Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). John Waters (Hairspray, Cry Baby) will host the Gala show.
October 23rd is opening night for Radd Theatre Co.'s first off-broadway production, Out of the Basement, beginning 7:00pm at the American Theater for Actors. Writer and artistic director, Danny Coates-Finke, describes the play as "A scary, sometimes funny, always exciting journey down the rabbit-hole of masculinity and its consequences". Show has limited run, October 23rd - October 26th.
Action sports brand Teton Gravity Research (TGR) and Jeremy Jones announce the New York City premiere of the feature length film 'Higher,' presented by Subaru, tonight, October 16 at 8:00pm at the Best Buy Theatre in Times Square. Co-directed by Jeremy Jones and his brothers, TGR co-founders Todd and Steve Jones, Higher traces the origins and pinnacle achievements of Jeremy Jones, one of the greatest big mountain snowboarders of our time.
Kimmel Center brings the nationally recognized It Gets Better Project to Philadelphia, sharing the inspiring message of hope in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth who have experienced and survived bullying. Through a weeklong residency of the It Gets Better Project, which begins on November 4, youth led panel discussions and free community events relay the message of hope and perseverance to LGBT youth who have been harassed in their schools and communities. The weeklong residency culminates with a ticketed event of It Gets Better live on stage - a transformative concert, video and narrative experience featuring the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles in Perelman Theater on Saturday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Action sports brand Teton Gravity Research (TGR) and Jeremy Jones announce the New York City premiere of the feature length film 'Higher,' presented by Subaru, October 16 at 8:00pm at the Best Buy Theatre in Times Square. Co-directed by Jeremy Jones and his brothers, TGR co-founders Todd and Steve Jones, Higher traces the origins and pinnacle achievements of Jeremy Jones, one of the greatest big mountain snowboarders of our time.
On Tuesday, October 21, internationally-renowned political insider Dick Morris will join Phil Cannella, Joann Small and Crash Proof Retirement at the Springfield Country Club for a Crash Proof Retirement educational event.
After garnering a response of 100,000 signatures on its petition, the three-time Emmy award-winning, critically-acclaimed and nationally-syndicatedThe Dr. Oz Showis calling on President Barack Obama to block approval of the highly toxic herbicide Enlist Duo 2,4-D.
The birth of the modern LGBT-rights movement is largely thought to have originated at New York City's Stonewall Inn in 1969. But, what few realize is that four years previously, a group of LGBT and gender-nonconforming people converged on a lunch counter at a Philadelphia diner called Dewey's - demanding fair treatment of sexual and gender minorities, in what could be one of the nation's earliest LGBT-rights demonstrations.
The five-time Grammy Award winning San Francisco Girls Chorus will open its first season of concerts curated under the artistic directorship of Lisa Bielawawith guest pianist Jon Nakamatsu in a program of Romantic Lieder arranged for treble voices and other works this weekend, October 4 and 5 in San Francisco and Berkeley.
Grammy award-winning violinist, producer and humanitarian Miri Ben-Ari will headline a special invite only concert opening the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at Cape Town City Hall on October 13th.
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