Yoko Ono News

Marking its 40th anniversary, Lincoln Center Out of Doors continues its schedule of FREE performances on the plazas of Lincoln Center. The 40th annual edition of the festival presents a wide range of music and dance events by dozens of international, U.S. and local artists. Coming up on July 31 and August 1 is the annual Roots of American Music festival. Detailed descriptions of the performances, and a complete schedule, follow.

Marking its 40th anniversary, Lincoln Center Out of Doors continues its schedule of FREE performances on the plazas of Lincoln Center. The 40th annual edition of the festival presents a wide range of music and dance events by dozens of international, U.S. and local artists. Coming up on July 31 and August 1 is the annual Roots of American Music festival. Detailed descriptions of the performances, and a complete schedule, follow.

Time capsules containing John Lennon's music will be stored at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 9, contactmusic.com reports. The capsules are being created in honor of what would have been Lennon's seventieth birthday and will be opened in 2040 in honor of the hundredth anniversary of his birth.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors (LCOOD) will present three weeks of FREE music and dance on the plazas of Lincoln Center from July 28 to August 15 in the 40th annual edition of the popular outdoor summer festival.

Marking its 40th anniversary, Lincoln Center Out of Doors continues its schedule of FREE performances on the plazas of Lincoln Center. The 40th annual edition of the festival presents a wide range of music and dance events by dozens of international, U.S. and local artists. Coming up on July 31 and August 1 is the annual Roots of American Music festival. Detailed descriptions of the performances, and a complete schedule, follow.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors (LCOOD) will present three weeks of FREE music and dance on the plazas of Lincoln Center from July 28 to August 15 in the 40th annual edition of the popular outdoor summer festival.

Ringo Starr's All Starr Band performed at New York's Radio City Music Hall on July 7 on the occasion of Starr's seventieth birthday, contactmusic.com reports. Starr closed the concert with a singalong performance of 'With a Little Help From My Friends,' for which he was joined by former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.

Miracle Theatre Group and Staged! Portland's Musical Theatre Series present a collaborative production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Yesterday, June 29, artist Yoko Ono attended the opening reception for the re-installation of contemporary art from the collection at MoMA in New York City. Yoko Ono's 'Voice Piece for Soprano' will be a part of the collection until November 29, 2010. Ono's 'Wishing Tree' will also be included. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below.

Contemporary Art from the Collection, a complete reinstallation of The Museum of Modern Art's 14,740-square-foot galleries for contemporary art, offers a focused examination of artistic practice since the late 1960s and how current events from the last 40 years have shaped artists' work.

Grammy-nominated British group Goldfrapp debuts at the Hollywood Bowl in support of Head First, their 80s-inspired album enthusiastically received by critics. '...you should welcome Head First like the first sun of spring, know it inside out by the time the band are slaying festival crowds mid-summer and possibly buying copies to give to close friends and family at Christmas.

After a brief hiatus from any major productions, STAGED! Portland's Musical Theatre Series is back with an ambitious summer line-up. STAGED! is presenting an in-depth look at one of the most dynamic musical theatre composers working today, Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown.

After a two-decade absence from the stage, former Saturday Night Live writer, Paul Barrosse and his wife, Victoria Zielinski, will perform in The Vic & Paul Show, an original two-person comedy revue with music that will play for three weeks this June at PUSH Lounge in Woodland Hills.

Contemporary Art from the Collection, a complete reinstallation of The Museum of Modern Art's 14,740-square-foot galleries for contemporary art, offers a focused examination of artistic practice since the late 1960s and how current events from the last 40 years have shaped artists' work.

Grammy-nominated British group Goldfrapp debuts at the Hollywood Bowl in support of Head First, their 80s-inspired album enthusiastically received by critics. '...you should welcome Head First like the first sun of spring, know it inside out by the time the band are slaying festival crowds mid-summer and possibly buying copies to give to close friends and family at Christmas.

On September 25th at legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City, The Fab Faux will present ‘A Night In The Life - A John Lennon 70th Birthday Celebration.' The special event will feature two sets of John Lennon's greatest music from The Beatles and his solo career.

Ovation, the only U.S. television network dedicated to art and contemporary culture, begins a brand new entertainment event, 'Art Out Loud,' on Sunday, June 20 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT with the U.S. premiere of the trailblazing U.K. television series, Queer As Folk.

Miracle Theatre Group and Staged! Portland's Musical Theatre Series present a collaborative production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Al Pacino, currently starring in the Public Theater's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, has been named the first-ever recipient of Oxford Shakespeare Company's Oxford Prize. The award will be presented to Pacino later this summer, along with an Al Pacino Scholarship to OSC student Frank Franconeri.

On June 14, 2010, four of today's best and brightest young Broadway performers will share the stage with students who represent the next generation of artists, in recognition of the 40th Anniversary of Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, a division of Boys & Girls Harbor and the only multi-disciplinary performing arts school serving East Harlem.