As the state of Florida continues to lead the nation in new rates of HIV diagnosis, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the world's largest HIV/AIDS service organization, with a strong presence in South Florida, will once again host the Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival - an annual 5K walk to raise funds for HIV/AIDS services throughout Florida. With an estimated attendance of over 2,000 participants from across the region, this annual event will raise over $1 million dollars to support 10 local non-profit organizations that are working to address the increasing HIV/AIDS epidemic plaguing South Florida. Scheduled for Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 10:00am on beautiful Fort Lauderdale Beach, the event will kick-off with a very special musical presentation of the national anthem by students from Stoneman Douglas High School, the South Florida high school that recently experienced mass tragedy due to gun violence and will culminate with a high energy concert from the Deep Fried Funk Band and the internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist, Flo Rida. Presented by Wells Fargo and AHF Pharmacy, the Florida AIDS walk, now one of the regions highly anticipated outdoor events, is aimed at increasing South Florida's awareness, prevention, and treatment efforts against the spread of HIV.
Madison Square Park Conservancy is proud to announce the opening of its thirty-fifth exhibition, Whiteout by artist Erwin Redl. The project features a luminous white carpet of LED lights across Madison Square Park's central Oval Lawn, on view from November 16, 2017 through March 25, 2018.
Austin-based director Tyson Culver and fellow Austinite, author Robert Bryce, announce a documentary project entitled, 'Juice: How Electricity Explains The World.' The film, based on Bryce's forthcoming book of the same name, has taken them to several continents to interview people about electricity, the world's most-important and fastest-growing form of energy. They talked to a Nobel-prize winning economist, a California gubernatorial candidate, cryptocurrency miners, a video-game pioneer and dozens of others. They have been to India, Lebanon, Iceland and several U.S. states. Puerto Rico and South Korea are next. 'Juice' is in the final stages of production and will be released in tandem with 'Juice' (the book) in early 2019. Check out the sizzle reel here. For more information on the movie, please see www.juicethemovie.com.
Art New York announced today that the Joe Namath Foundation and the Hope for Depression Research Foundation will be co-beneficiaries of the prestigious art fair's VIP Preview on May 3, 2018 from 2PM-5PM at Pier 94 (711 12th Ave, NY, NY 10019.)
Disney Theatrical Productions and Frozen have partnered with The Actors Fund to celebrate International Women's Day with two special events: 'Women's Day on Broadway: Celebrating Stories By, For & About Women,' a free symposium that took place this week at The St. James Theatre and a special performance of Frozen to benefit The Actors Fund and its Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative.
The 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced its lineup of 55 diverse and engaging short films in competition, including 29 world premieres. The selected shorts include a cross-section of international and U.S. filmmakers and were curated from a record 4,754 submissions. For the second year running, 40% of the selections are directed by female filmmakers. The short films will be presented in 10 distinct competition programs, which consist of five narrative, three documentary, one animation, and one hybrid program. The program will also include special screenings and the 12th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, sponsored by Mohegan Sun. The Shorts Film program, sponsored by Nutella®, runs throughout the Festival, April 18-29.
Wheelhouse Theater Company and its Founding Members, Matt Harrington, David Kenner, Michael Schantz, and Jeffrey Wise, announced today that the company will stage Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s rarely produced HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE April 7 - April 28, 2018 at the Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street in Manhattan.
Following a chance encounter with an escaped convict, orphan Pip is given an unexpected opportunity to visit the reclusive Miss Havisham. In the decay and faded grandeur of her house, Pip falls in love with her adopted daughter Estella and helped by an anonymous benefactor, he moves to London to attempt to become a gentleman and win the hard heart of Estella.
If you have never been to Springboro to visit La Comedia Dinner Theatre, now is the time. Their current production of THE COLOR PURPLE is phenomenal and not to be missed.
Royal Family Productions, a non-profit theatre company known for its innovative productions and development of new original work, will present a benefit staging of a new series of monologues entitled WOMEN ON FIRE: Stories from the Frontlines, written, curated, and directed by Royal Family artistic director Chris Henry from stories told to her by a group of anonymous women, with choreography from Lorna Ventura. The one-night- only event will take place on Sunday, March 18 at 6:30pm at the Royal Family Performing Arts Space (145 West 46th Street, 3rd Floor). A limited amount of tickets are available for $35, with all other tickets set at $100-$250, and can be purchased by clicking www.RoyalFamilyProductions.org
For the past thirty years, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has been a vital part of the theatre community, and Tom Viola has been around to nurture its growth since the organization's inception in 1988.
Matiss Kaza's feature-length documentary One Ticket Please was honored at New York City's 7th annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival, taking home the prestigious New York Perspectives Award. This award celebrates the festival film that best showcases the creativity and excitement of New York City - the most New York film at the most New York festival in the greatest city in the world!
Best friends Alexa and Katie can't wait for their first year of high school, even though Alexa is dealing with a secret with Katie by her side. New original series Alexa & Katie launches March 23, 2018.
Following her 2015 GRAMMY®-winning Made in Brazil and 2017's Latin GRAMMY®-winning Dance of Time, Eliane Elias returns with Music from Man of La Mancha, set for release on April 13, 2018, via Concord Jazz. Recorded with two different trios—one that finds the piano virtuoso accompanied by bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette and the other featuring Marc Johnson on bass with Satoshi Takeishi on drums, with Manolo Badrena joining on percussion—the nine-track collection is a unique all-instrumental reinterpretation of songs from the legendary Broadway musical.
Actress Kerry Cahill of the Oscar nominated film Mudbound and The Walking Dead is to host the 2018 AMVETS Silver Helmet awards in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 2018.
The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY), in collaboration with New York based period ensemble New Vintage Baroque,presents the New York City Premiere of Piramo e Tisbe at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, NYC, from March 22-25, 2018, with performances on Thursday through Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $35 and are available at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/35006. Based upon the story of Pyramus and Thisbe from Ovid's Metamorphoses with a libretto by Marco Coltellini, Piramo e Tisbe is byJohann Adolph Hasse, a pivotal opera composer of the 18th Century celebrated for his sweet and tender melodies. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Meet Nationally touring Recovery Comedian Dick Satori and discover the show Young People in Recovery founder Justin Luke Riley calls, 'filled with humor, heart, and hope!' Satori, an East Coast based Storyteller, Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, and Clown, has developed his fifth (and by far most personal) solo comedy show, 'Monkey Off Back - Circus Still In Town!', which he initially created largely thru stand-up and comedy variety circus arts.
UNIT 102 ACTORS COMPANY Unit 102 Actors Company is proud to announce its production of THERAC 25 by Toronto playwright, Adam Pettle. This brand-new production continues Unit102's commitment to producing the best in indie theatre. With new revisions to the award-winning script and a multi-disciplinary production team, this production of THERAC 25 promises to be a radiant and sensory experience.
