Woodrow Wilson News

The Michigan Premiere production of MY OCCASION OF SIN by Monica Bauer will have a Grand Champagne Opening on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the Detroit Repertory Theatre at 8:30 PM. As is the tradition for Opening Nights at the Rep, a free Champagne Reception will follow the performance with the cast, crew, and playwright who will be flying in to see her play. Tickets for Opening Night as well as all performances through March 16, 2014 are $17 advance, and may be purchased by phone with no extra fees, or $20 day of performance. The Detroit Repertory Theatre is located in the center of the City, easily accessible from all major freeways at 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit, MI 48238. More information about Michigan's oldest, professional, non-profit theatre may be found at www.detroitreptheatre.com

The Public Theater announced that Tony Award winner Cynthia Nixon has joined the December Public Forum Drama Club event, The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder, on Tuesday, December 10 at 7:00 p.m. at Joe's Pub. In Public Forum Drama Club, authors, musicians, journalists, scholars, and actors come together to give onstage readings of one-act plays that have some special resonance in our lives today. Each reading concludes with a discussion of the hard questions that the play raises about our politics, our culture, and the way we live now.

Africa. The second largest and second most populous Continent in the world. Throughout history, many have been fascinated by the vast array of cultures and cultural practices of this great Continent. Hoping to share valuable insight, appreciation, and awareness of endangered African sign and symbols systems specifically Nigeria's Uli practice, Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders publishes a new book, titled The Legendary Uli Women of Nigeria.

Seniors disobey in the Midwest Premiere Comedy of A FACILITY FOR LIVING by Katie Forgette at the Detroit Repertory Theatre opening on Thursday evening, November 07, 2013. This raucous and relevant comedy is sponsored by Quicken Loans and will be the first production of the 57th Season of Michigan's longest running, professional, non-profit Theatre. The Celebration begins with the 8:30 PM opening of the Curtain. A free Champagne Afterglow with the cast and crew of the play follows the performance. Tickets for the Champagne Opening and every performance until December 29, 2013 remain the lowest for professional theatre in the region at $17 advance, $20 day of performance and may be reserved by calling the Box Office at (313) 868-1347. More information may be found at www.detroitreptheatre.com The Detroit Rep is located in the center of the City, easily accessible from all major freeways, at 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit, MI 48238. Parking is attended and free.

Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company announce the upcoming Atlanta Premiere of David Mamet's Race directed by John Dillon. Race will run from February 25 - March 23, 2014 at Fulton County's Southwest Arts Center located at 915 New Hope Road, Atlanta, GA 30331.

The St. Louis County Library Foundation's 'Buzz' Westfall Favorite Author Series presents bestselling historian A. Scott Berg for a discussion and signing of his new biography 'Wilson' today, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Library Headquarters (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.) The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from Barnes & Noble.

The New-York Historical Society ha just announced events for November 2013. For more information, contact the Communications Office at (212) 485-9263. All programs are presented at the New-York Historical Society unless otherwise noted. Sign up for our RSS feeds at http://www.nyhistory.org/rss-feeds.

Michigan's longest running, award winning, non-profit, professional theatre, the Detroit Repertory Theatre, will hold its Annual Black Tie Awards Night and Homecoming Celebration on Saturday Evening, November 16, 2013 at 6:30 PM. The Annual Black Tie Awards Night is the Annual Major Fundraiser for the Detroit Repertory Theatre.

In Richie's Fantastic Five: Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu, Yanagimachi & Kore-eda, Japan Society's Film Program honors Richie's legacy, presenting five timeless classics and hard-to-see gems over five months in glorious 35mm presentations. Curated by Hirano, a former Japan Society Film Program Director, the series highlights five seminal Japanese directors, who first became known throughout the world through Richie's work. Co-presented with The Japan Foundation, the series launches with Akira Kurosawa's High and Low (October 18); continuing with Kenji Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu(November 16); Yasujiro Ozu's Equinox Flower (December 12), screening on Ozu's birthday and the 50th anniversary of his death; Mitsuo Yanagimachi's Himatsuri (January 24), unavailable on DVD; and Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life (February 19), marking the one-year anniversary of Richie's death.

Seniors disobey in the Midwest Premiere Comedy of A FACILITY FOR LIVING by Katie Forgette at the Detroit Repertory Theatre opening on Thursday evening, November 07, 2013. This raucous and relevant comedy is sponsored by Quicken Loans and will be the first production of the 57th Season of Michigan's longest running, professional, non-profit Theatre. The Celebration begins with the 8:30 PM opening of the Curtain. A free Champagne Afterglow with the cast and crew of the play follows the performance. Tickets for the Champagne Opening and every performance until December 29, 2013 remain the lowest for professional theatre in the region at $17 advance, $20 day of performance and may be reserved by calling the Box Office at (313) 868-1347. More information may be found at www.detroitreptheatre.com The Detroit Rep is located in the center of the City, easily accessible from all major freeways, at 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit, MI 48238. Parking is attended and free.

PHOENIX, Oct. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ In 1913 America fell under the spell of an addictive European collectivist ideology called Progressivism that took our nation on a 100-year detour away from the sound money and values of America's Framers.

Today, October 15, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will debut on Blu-ray The Untold History of the United States, a ten-part Showtime Original Series from three-time Academy Award-winning writer and director Oliver Stone.

The St. Louis County Library Foundation's 'Buzz' Westfall Favorite Author Series is pleased to present bestselling historian A. Scott Berg for a discussion and signing of his new biography 'Wilson' on Monday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Library Headquarters (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.) The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from Barnes & Noble.

In Richie's Fantastic Five: Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu, Yanagimachi & Kore-eda, Japan Society's Film Program honors Richie's legacy, presenting five timeless classics and hard-to-see gems over five months in glorious 35mm presentations. Curated by Hirano, a former Japan Society Film Program Director, the series highlights five seminal Japanese directors, who first became known throughout the world through Richie's work. Co-presented with The Japan Foundation, the series launches with Akira Kurosawa's High and Low (October 18); continuing with Kenji Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu(November 16); Yasujiro Ozu's Equinox Flower (December 12), screening on Ozu's birthday and the 50th anniversary of his death; Mitsuo Yanagimachi's Himatsuri (January 24), unavailable on DVD; and Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life (February 19), marking the one-year anniversary of Richie's death.

This year's African Creative Economy Conference (ACEC) takes place in ten days- and some of the world's most incisive, creative and thought-provoking strategists, academics, entrepreneurs and artists will shortly debate how to unlock the potential of the creative economies. This year, speakers and panellists at Cape Town's City Hall (6-9 October) will focus on the continent's creative industries as economic drivers, highlighting their potential contribution to the eradication of poverty and underpinning of democracy and human rights. Scroll down for photos of the speakers!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, DiCaprio, who's just coming off of Baz Luhrmaan's THE GREAT GATSBY, is set to produce and star in the film adaptation of Peter Berg's recently released biography, titled WILSON. Variety first reported the rumor yesterday, but THR has confirmed that DiCaprio's deal is done, and that the film will move forward once Warner Bros. signs on.

Variety reports that Leonardo DiCaprio might star in Warner Bros. upcoming Woodrow Wilson biopic WILSON, adapted from A. Scott Berg's biography, out last week.

'Meet the Press' was the most-watched Sunday morning public affairs program on August 18, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast drew 2.460 million viewers, topping This Week by +174,000, The Face the Nation hour by +655,000, and Fox News Sunday by +1,571,000.

Today's “Meet the Press with David Gregory” featured a discussion on “stop and frisk” with New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, and his reaction to the practice being ruled unconstitional. Kelly said, 'The stark reality is that violence is happening disproportionately in minority communities…” and “we're doing something right to save lives.”

On October 15, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will debut on Blu-ray The Untold History of the United States, a ten-part Showtime Original Series from three-time Academy Award-winning writer and director Oliver Stone.