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Beginning its 42nd season, Theatre for Young America is offering an varied season of plays:: two Kansas City premieres; a world premiere; some traditional favorites; and a Halloween night-time presentation. The 2015-16 season begins with a Siamese cat's imaginative excursion to Mexico, and ends with a boy's magical encounter with a giant. Six of the presentations are based directly upon children's literature. The season runs from October 13, 2015 through June 24, 2016. All productions will be presented on the H&R Block City Stage, located on level B in Union Station Kansas City. Union Station is located at 30 West Pershing Road, Kansas City, Missouri.

IMG/Poe Boy/Atlantic international recording artist Flo Rida has announced the release of his eagerly anticipated new EP. 'MY HOUSE' arrives everywhere today, April 7th.

Every once in a while a theatre production emerges that defies the standard board of fare to which we've grown accustomed. MBS Productions upcoming World Premiere of the latest original work by playwright Bretton B. Holmes titled Hotel California is one such example.

The cast of the award winning West End musical Jersey Boys showed off their toe-tapping skills to encourage people across London to take part in the first ever Comic Relief Danceathon which will be sweeping the nation this Sunday 8th March.

IMG/Poe Boy/Atlantic international recording artist Flo Rida has announced the release of his eagerly anticipated new EP. 'MY HOUSE' arrives everywhere on April 7th.

Every once in a while a theatre production emerges that defies the standard board of fare to which we've grown accustomed. MBS Productions upcoming World Premiere of the latest original work by playwright Bretton B. Holmes titled Hotel California is one such example.

Theatre for Young America, in partnership with Kansas City Kansas Public Schools and Arts Partners (a division of Kansas City Young Audiences) will tour The Toughest Kid in the World 2015 to all eight Kansas City, Kansas middle schools from January 26, 2015 through February 3, 2015. The play will be presented to 6th graders in the school system.

Theatre for Young America presents The Toughest Kid in the World 2015 from January 20ththrough January 24, 2015 on the H & R Block City Stage. The H&R Block City Stage is on level B in Union Station, which is located at 30 W. Pershing Road in Kansas City, Missouri.

This large-format deluxe hardback book features the amazing artwork of thousands of disco record cover designs from the 1970s up to the mid-1980s. Together, the record cover designs gathered here create a unique visual history of disco culture. Featuring more than 2,000 album cover designs (including hundreds of full-size covers) as well as over 700 12-inch sleeves, this book is truly an encyclopedic document of disco music and the industry and culture attending it. In addition to the visual documents from the era, the book includes interviews with a number of important disco figures such as Mel Cheren (West End Records), Henry Stone (TK Records), Ken Cayre (Salsoul), Marvin Schlachter (Prelude) and Tom Moulton, as well as histories, biographies and discographies of all the major disco record companies, plus sections on roller disco sleeves, disco instruction albums, 12-inch sleeves and a scrapbook of disco ads. Among the many musicians featured here are Bohannon, James Brown, Jocelyn Brown, Cerrone, Dennis Coffey, Donna Summer, Chic, Fatback Band, Gino Soccio, Giorgio Moroder, Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, Isaac Hayes, Kool and the Gang, DC LaRue, Loleatta Holloway, MFSB, Ohio Players, Salsoul Orchestra and The Trammps. This is the latest volume in Soul Jazz's deluxe series of books featuring full-size reproductions of record cover art designs. It is compiled and edited by Disco Patrick and Patrick Vogt, editors of the book Disco Patrick Presents: The Bootleg Guide to Disco Acetates, Funk, Rap and Disco Medleys.

Marty Thomas and Marissa Rosen once again join forces to throw a Halloween soiree with live concert tonight in the atrium of New World Stages. Tired of over crowded bars, with lines spilling into the streets, overpriced drinks and bathroom lines around the block? Start a new Halloween tradition!

IMG/Poe Boy/Atlantic recording artist Flo Rida has announced an array of activity surrounding his hot new single. 'G.D.F.R. (Feat. Sage the Gemini & Lookas)' is available now at all DSP's http://smarturl.it/GDFR.

This fall, Carnegie Hall launches UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa, a month-long festival from October 8 to November 5, 2014, featuring an exciting array of events to be presented at Carnegie Hall and partner venues throughout New York City, inviting audiences to explore the incredibly dynamic and diverse culture of South Africa. Single tickets for all festival events at Carnegie Hall will go on sale to the general public on Monday, August 25 at 8:00 a.m.

Having already set a hugely impressive precedent so far in 2014, scooping three consecutive Beatport #1 successes with a trio of meticulously worked, club-focused tracks including Shot Me Down and Bad, as well as announcing a host of coveted Ibiza residencies and festival appearances, David Guetta is back with news of an eagerly awaited summer single. 'Lovers On The Sun', featuring a standout vocal from rising star Sam Martin, is a testament to how Guetta's sound has continued to evolve since the release of landmark, Grammy-nominated albums 'One Love' and 'Nothing But The Beat' and is sure to make a make a big impression on the charts this summer. Watch the video below!

David Guetta is back with news of an eagerly awaited summer single. 'Lovers On The Sun,'

Can you feel it, coming in the air? No, it's not weeks and weeks of more terrible weather (though that's coming, too). Coach House's spring titles are nearly here! We're champing at the bit to show you our new 2014 titles - like Andre Alexis's Pastoral and Brecken Hancock's Broom Broom - but before that happens, there's a wheelbarrow full of book goodness happening this March. From Sina Queyras's launches for MxT to the must-be-seen-to-be-believed Eunoia dance performances and the brand-new Pages Festival, March is a reader's winter wonderland. So huddle under some blankets and warm yourself by the glow of our March mailbot.

Black Violin returns to the Orpheum Theatre tonight, February 28th at 6:30 PM. Virtuoso violinists Kev and Wil B will inspire audiences once again as they prove that their hearts are as big and soulful as their sound.

When the Harlem Renaissance was in vogue at the dawn of the 20th Century, the jazz clubs around Jungle Alley, between Lenox and Seventh Avenue - The Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, Minton's Playhouse, Clark Monroe's Uptown House, The Ubangi Club, Park Palace, Connie's Inn, and others - were the place to be. These immortal nightclubs, concert halls, cabarets, speakeasies and ballrooms, will be channeled and showcased May 4 - 10 at the Fourth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival.

Canton Jones-the Grammy, Stellar and Dove Award nominee-will release his new mixtape Lust, Drugs & Gospel as a free download starting Tuesday, February 18th. Additionally, this project will be distributed by Syntax Creative making it available at all major digital service providers, and available for pre-order on iTunes today. This full length release will serve as an appetizer while fans wait for God City, USA to be released this Spring.

Welcome to the shortest month of the year! But you know what they say: good things come in small packages. Like Reese Peanut Butter Cups or Small Wonder. At Coach House, we've packed this short month with Margaret Christakos and Matthew Heiti events in Ontario's 'Near North,' participation at the AWP Conference and our brand-new Kaffeeklatsch seminars.