Steve Smith News

NBA TV announced today a six-part original series entitled Open Court, which will feature NBA and basketball stories, opinions and colorful commentary from a cross section of elite NBA announcers, featuring NBA Champions, NBA All-Stars and Olympic Gold Medalists.

Miller Theatre at Columbia Universaity School of the Arts opens their 2011-12 season of its Early Music series with Songs of Mary: A Christmas Celebration.

Groundbreaking playwright Enrique Urueta's Learn To Be Latina is an uproarious romantic comedy that uses humor to explore issues of gender, race and identity, popular culture and fame. Performances begin November 11, 2011.

The Dallas Opera will present the first production of the 2011-2012 'Tragic Obsessions' Season: Gaetano Donizetti's passionate bel canto opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, opening Friday, October 21, 2011 in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dallas.

At this time in history, more than 50% of the world's population lives in cities. Thus, an understanding of urban areas and their quality of life is essential to an understanding of the ecology of the world as a whole.

At this time in history, more than 50% of the world's population lives in cities. Thus, an understanding of urban areas and their quality of life is essential to an understanding of the ecology of the world as a whole.

The Dallas Opera will present the first production of the 2011-2012 'Tragic Obsessions' Season: Gaetano Donizetti's passionate bel canto opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, opening Friday, October 21, 2011 in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dallas.

GREATEST HITS VOL. 2, a brand-new collection of original recordings by the mega-platinum band Journey will be available as a single CD, digital download, and special gatefold double-vinyl edition (which includes a code for a free digital download of the vinyl remastered album), available starting November 1, 2011.

American Opera Projects and Opera on Tap, in association with the Brooklyn Book Festival, present Opera Grows in BOOKlyn! Music based on the works of contemporary Brooklyn writers

The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival, three-time winner of the JazzTimes Readers poll for 'World's Best Jazz Festival' takes place September 16 - 18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, home to the Festival for 54 consecutive years.

The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival, three-time winner of the JazzTimes Readers poll for 'World's Best Jazz Festival' takes place September 16 - 18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, home to the Festival for 54 consecutive years.

Richard Baird returns to San Diego to direct the largest Diversionary Theatre production to date - 14 fantastic actors playing numerous roles in an intense account of the struggle between passion and responsibility.

Richard Baird returns to San Diego to direct the largest Diversionary Theatre production to date - 15 fantastic actors playing numerous roles in an intense account of the struggle between passion and responsibility. Baird had this to say about the production: 'It is wonderful to return home to San Diego to fulfill a dream to stage this play with Diversionary Theatre. With their support - and an incredibly talented team - we have been able to create a big, rich and exhilarating production that is so powerful in such an intimate space.'

American Opera Projects and Opera on Tap, in association with the Brooklyn Book Festival, present Opera Grows in BOOKlyn! Music based on the works of contemporary Brooklyn writers

Richard Baird returns to San Diego to direct the largest Diversionary Theatre production to date - 14 fantastic actors playing numerous roles in an intense account of the struggle between passion and responsibility.

On Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 8pm the Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer and Julie Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; and Gregory Beaver, cello) will perform at Trinity Wall Street Church (Broadway at Wall Street, NYC).

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) New York, NY 10036

Hailed as an 'alto sax virtuoso' and 'master musician' by Downbeat Magazine, Jim Snidero has been a highly-respected bandleader and recording artist for over a quarter century.

Two Brooklyn opera companies, AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS (AOP) and OPERA ON TAP (OOT), will present Opera Grows in Brooklyn: Opera of Color, featuring a collection of contemporary opera and song from African Americans, in the next installment of Opera Grows in Brooklyn.

JANE IRA BLOOM Trio live at Cornelia Street Café Sun, May 22 at 8:30 pm