Sheila E. News

VH1's popular franchise 'VH1 Divas' announced today that British star Paloma Faith will be joining this year's LIVE dance music tribute. In addition Elisha Cuthbert , Sheila E, Kat Graham, Ellie Kemper, LA Reid and Amber Riley will make an appearance and join the 'VH1 Divas' dance party LIVE at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, December 16 at 9PM/8c on VH1.

Grammy-nominated saxman Dave Koz's contribution to our community this year will surpass his usual stellar holiday entertainment via the 15th Annual Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour. Today, December 6, 2012, Koz joins PlayhouseSquare and UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital to ask his fans to bring new toys or books to his 7:30 PM Palace Theatre concert. Collected items will be distributed to the hospital's patients. Also, Koz is donating $1 from each of his CDs sold at the concert to Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour, a high-energy holiday tradition celebrating its 15th anniversary, returns to Santa Barbara for one show only, presented as part of the Granada Theatre Concert Series on Thursday, December 20 at 8 p.m. at the Granada Theatre.

Tomorrow, Friday, November 30, The Sherman Playhouse will open an original production for the whole family, the classic fairy tale, CINDERELLA. The show opens at 8:00 p.m. for a five-week run. Check out the latest production photos below!

This year, Sarasota will help Dave Koz and Friends celebrate the 15th Anniversary of his Christmas Tour. The legendary saxophonist's tour will debut at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on November 23, 2012. The Christmas Tour 2012 follows in the success of his Grammy-nominated album, "Hello Tomorrow," and features songs from his four classic Christmas Albums.

This year, Sarasota will help Dave Koz and Friends celebrate the 15th Anniversary of his Christmas Tour. The legendary saxophonist's tour will debut at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on November 23, 2012. The Christmas Tour 2012 follows in the success of his Grammy-nominated album, "Hello Tomorrow," and features songs from his four classic Christmas Albums.

On Friday, November 30, The Sherman Playhouse will open an original production for the whole family, the classic fairy tale, CINDERELLA. The show opens at 8:00 p.m. for a five-week run. Get a first look at the show in the photos below!

Grammy-nominated saxman Dave Koz's contribution to our community this year will surpass his usual stellar holiday entertainment via the 15th Annual Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour. On December 6, 2012, Koz joins PlayhouseSquare and UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital to ask his fans to bring new toys or books to his 7:30 PM Palace Theatre concert. Collected items will be distributed to the hospital's patients. Also, Koz is donating $1 from each of his CDs sold at the concert to Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.

In the midst of holiday festivities and welcomed cooler weather, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is celebrating the season with a special gift to the people of Las Vegas. On Dec. 9 at 6 p.m., The Smith Center will host a holiday concert with singer and famed Broadway actress Linda Eder in Symphony Park.

The Smith Center has announced the following events for December.

"What's up, San Francisco? Are you ready to have a good time?" asks timbales player and band leader Pete Escovedo at the beginning of Live From Stern Grove Festival, his terrific new album that captures a live show he played earlier this year at the legendary 75-year-old San Francisco cultural venue and institution.

On his superb new debut recording, 'Steppin' Back,' Behrman and his band express those essential jazz values in a program of elegant originals interspersed with compositions by Ellington, Armstrong, and Joe Henderson.

Beautifully crafted, wonderfully funny and charmingly English, the play marked Ayckbourn's breakthrough West End hit and this production will be its first West End revival since it played at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1967, when the critics hailed the arrival of a great new comic talent.

On his superb new debut recording, 'Steppin' Back,' Behrman and his band express those essential jazz values in a program of elegant originals interspersed with compositions by Ellington, Armstrong, and Joe Henderson.

In celebration of National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 25, The Voter Participation Center joins with Balcony Films for a release of a new music video and original song, 'L.O.V.E. (Let One Voice Emerge),' urging women and other unregistered voters to head to the ballot box on November 6.

"What's up, San Francisco? Are you ready to have a good time?" asks timbales player and band leader Pete Escovedo at the beginning of Live From Stern Grove Festival, his terrific new album that captures a live show he played earlier this year at the legendary 75-year-old San Francisco cultural venue and institution. Escovedo and his band then swing into a breezy rendition of the Tito Puente classic "Picadillo Jam," and from that moment it's readily apparent the band can deliver on Escovedo's promise. Live From Stern Grove Festival is set for digital release today, September 25, 2012 on Concord Picante/Stiletto Flats Inc. (There will be a physical release in 2013.)

In celebration of National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 25, The Voter Participation Center joins with Balcony Films for a release of a new music video and original song, 'L.O.V.E. (Let One Voice Emerge),' urging women and other unregistered voters to head to the ballot box on November 6. 'Let one voice emerge, let your voice be heard' at the voting booth, the song reminds voters. Unmarried women, persons of color and young people - the Rising American Electorate - comprise 53 percent of the voting eligible population, and yet represent 63 percent of all unregistered citizens.

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour, a high-energy holiday tradition celebrating its 15th anniversary, will perform at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas on Dec. 18. Tickets go on sale Sept. 28 at 10 a.m. and are available at The Smith Center box office, www.TheSmithCenter.com, or by calling 702-749-2000. Ticket prices start at $29.

A longstanding member of the Santana band, Bill Ortiz presents his new full-length release titled Highest Wish. A follow up to his "Winter in America" EP released earlier this year, this new album project features conscious emcees such as Casual, The Grouch, Zumbi (of Zion I) and K-Maxx, as well as fellow Santana member (and 11-time Grammy Award Winner) Tony Lindsey, and iconic poet/vocalist Linda Tillery, featured with a spoken word performance of Dr. Martin Luther King's Nobel Peace Prize speech.

A longstanding member of the Santana band, Bill Ortiz presents his new full-length release titled Highest Wish. A follow up to his "Winter in America" EP released earlier this year, this new album project features conscious emcees such as Casual, The Grouch, Zumbi (of Zion I) and K-Maxx, as well as fellow Santana member (and 11-time Grammy Award Winner) Tony Lindsey, and iconic poet/vocalist Linda Tillery, featured with a spoken word performance of Dr. Martin Luther King's Nobel Peace Prize speech.