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The Little Italy Merchants Association will be presenting 'Michael Dutra & The Strictly Sinatra Bank' tonight, August 30th from 6:30-9:30 to celebrate Memorial Day.

The Little Italy Merchants Association will be presenting 'Michael Dutra & The Strictly Sinatra Bank' on August 30th from 6:30-9:30 to celebrate Memorial Day.

To focus on expanding creative storytelling beyond traditional content areas, ESPN is forming Exit 31

Sundance Institute last evening announced the Jury, Audience, NEXT <=> and other special awards of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Park City, Utah.

Sundance Institute announced today 19 members of five juries awarding prizes at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Short Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony on January 22 at Park City's Jupiter Bowl, with feature film awards announced at a separate ceremony on January 26.

Film Comment's annual end-of-the-year survey of film critics, journalists, film section editors, and past and present contributors was released today with Leos Carax's HOLY MOTORS, Paul Thomas Anderson's THE MASTER and Wes Andreson's MOONRISE KINGDOM taking the top spots among films released in 2012. Among films that made appearances at film festivals or special screenings worldwide, but haven't been picked up for stateside distribution as of yet, Joachim Lafosse's OUR CHILDREN, Song Fang's MEMORIES LOOK AT ME and Alan Berliner's FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED received the top rankings.

Tonight, Oct 4, Six-Word Memoirs returns to 92YTribeca with a new show with a six-word title and wonderful theme: 'Let Me in You Narrative Whore' -- A Six-Word Memoir Story Show on the Creative Life. Six performers will each start with a Six-Word Memoir about the creative life and then open it up into a six-minute backstory. You'll hear true tales about the creation moment of the smash fiction series and Broadway musical "Wicked" from its creator, Gregory Maguire and more!

On Oct 4, Six-Word Memoirs returns to 92YTribeca with a new show with a six-word title and wonderful theme: 'Let Me in You Narrative Whore' -- A Six-Word Memoir Story Show on the Creative Life. Six performers will each start with a Six-Word Memoir about the creative life and then open it up into a six-minute backstory. You'll hear true tales about the creation moment of the smash fiction series and Broadway musical "Wicked" from its creator, Gregory Maguire and more!

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced nominations this morning for the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Eva Mendes and Jeremy Renner served as presenters and 2011 Spirit Awards host Joel McHale was also on hand. Nominees for Best Feature include 127 Hours, Black Swan, Greenberg, The Kids Are All Right and Winter's Bone.