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After its sold-out 2018 debut, the biennale MOVING BODY - MOVING IMAGE Festival, conceived and curated by the accomplished choreographer, dancer, teacher, and filmmaker Gabri Christa, returns to Barnard College.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will celebrate 44 years of trailblazing theatre and with an unforgettable evening inspired by the art and artists of our past, present and future. This phenomenal event will be emceed by esteemed ensemble member Gary Cole (Veep, The West Wing, Office Space), who will also tread the Steppenwolf boards for the first time in 20 years in this summer's production of Catch as Catch Can. A dynamic collaboration between artists and board members, Gala 2020 co-chairs include ensemble member Joan Allen; trustee Susan Berghoef; ensemble members Gary Cole and Sandra Marquez; and trustee Anne Phillips and Don Phillips. The Gala will take place at a new location, the stunningly renovated Old Post Office (415 S. Canal St., Chicago).

This season, Two River continues its commitment to produce all 10 plays of August Wilson's American Century Cycle with Brandon Dirden's production of 'Radio Golf,' the sixth play in the Cycle produced at the theater. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Carl Hendrick Louis who plays Harmond Wilks in the show.

The Board of the Museum of Performance + Design takes great pleasure in announcing that San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson will be presented with the 2020 San Francisco Arts Medallion for his outstanding leadership in the arts on April 23, 2020, at Saint Joseph's Arts Society in San Francisco. The San Francisco Arts Medallion was created in 2005 by the Museum of Performance + Design (MP+D) to recognize those individuals whose leadership, action, and generosity have benefited the cultural life of the San Francisco Bay Area. Proceeds from the event benefit the preservation and educational programs at MP+D.

Jan Vogler, the internationally acclaimed cellist extended his contract with the city of Dresden as Intendant of the Dresden Music Festival through 2026. The official agreement was made on January 31, 2020.

Since 2012, award-winning actor and director Brandon J. Dirden has made an artistic home at Two River Theater, appearing on the theater's Red Bank stage in five productions and making his directorial debut in 2015 with August Wilson's Seven Guitarsa?"a production that NJ Monthly raved a?oepoignantly captures the joys and sorrows that are the signatures of Wilson's work.a??

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will pay tribute to the work of outstanding business and community leaders at its Black History celebration on Tuesday, February 4th, 2020, at the Billie Holiday Theatre at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. The evening celebration begins with a Cocktail Hour at 6:00 p.m. followed by the Awards Ceremony at 7:15 p.m.

Take a look back on the life and career of Danny Aiello with a collection of photos we've snapped over the years. 

For the holiday season veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( The Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of the multiracial, non-Equity professional chamber theatre, The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and a classically-trained Los Angeles-based performer ) returned to his classical theatre experience ( he began his early professional stage career playing leading and featured roles with The 1982 National Shakespeare Company Tour of New York, The 1985 Indianapolis Shakespeare Festival and The 1989 Bristol Renaissance Faire of Kenosha, Wisconsin ) and reunited with talented editor, video-camerman and fellow actor Danny Belrose to record a less-than-perfect 'Street Theatre' rehearsal of the famed 'St. Crispin's Day Speech' as The King from William Shakespeare's 'Henry V' which Mr. Robinson presented upon the steps of The Entrance of LA's Historic Lincoln Heights Jail ( which he referred to as 'The Old Cypress Prison' ) on the afternoon of December 19, 2019 as part of a series of theatrical activities Mr. Robinson is sharing as part of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project.

Cast members gathered this week to celebrate the new Back to the Future Trilogy Exhibit at The Hollywood Museum.

Among the individuals from the three films in attendance were Bob Gale (co creator/producer/writer of all 3 films), Charles Fleischer (Terry, BTTF 2 / voice of Roger Rabbit), Don Fullilove (Mayor Gordy Wilson , BTTF 1 &2), Darlene Vogel (Spike, Griffs Gang BTTF 2), Richie Gaona (Stuntman/Back to the Future II) and Ricky Dean Logan (Data BTTF2, & needles gang BTTF 3).

El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) lamenta el deceso del tenor José Guadalupe Reyes, uno de los cantantes más destacados a nivel nacional e internacional, quien desarrolló una fructífera trayectoria desde su ingreso al Instituto en 1985, en el cual participó en numerosos conciertos al lado de músicos de renombre.

Compositor, músico y docente, Rodolfo Halffter Escriche (Madrid,30 octubre 1900-México,14 de octubre1987), fue uno de los refugiados de la guerra civil española que enriquecieron extraordinariamente la cultura, las artes y las ciencias de nuestro país.

En la conmemoración de su 50 aniversario, se inauguró en el Teatro de la Danza Guillermina Bravo la exposición Bitácora de viaje, una selección de 16 fotografías que dan cuenta de una buena parte de lo que ha sido, significado y sucedido en este recinto del Centro Cultural del Bosque, convertido en el espacio más importante de México para el arte del movimiento.

El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) llevará a cabo, en conmemoración de los sismos de 1985 y 2017, la charla especial Miro la tierra, el 19 de septiembre a las 19:00 horas en el Centro de Creación Literaria Xavier Villaurrutia, donde los escritores Edson Lechuga, Roberto López Moreno y Carmen Nozal hablarán de la profunda herida social que dejaron en la capital estos sucesos naturales, mediante de la poesía, el testimonio y la crónica.

En 1972, en una entrevista, un periodista le dijo al escritor argentino Jorge Luis Borges: “Es usted un genio”. Y él le contestó: “No crea eso, ésas son calumnias”. En otra ocasión dijo: “No creo en el valor de lo que escribo, pero sí en el placer de escribir”.

Javier Castellanos ha escrito su obra literaria en lengua zapoteca, animado por el escritor Andrés Henestrosa, quien lo hizo reflexionar sobre la importancia de escribir sobre lo propio en el idioma nativo. Para hablar de su acercamiento al mundo literario, Castellanos participará en el ciclo Protagonistas de la Literatura Mexicana este martes 20 de agosto a las 19:00 horas en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

With book by Zoe Bradford and Michael Hammond, and music and lyrics by Adam Brooks, PARAGON PARK: THE MUSICAL is a lovingly-crafted reflection of a moment in time that spans eight decades. There's more than enough small town politics, quirky characters, and human interest in the overstuffed book, but the music soars on the voices of an uber-talented ensemble and a 15-piece orchestra conducted by Musical Director Steve Bass.

Netflix showcased a slate of upcoming live action series and films at Netflix Originals Festival held in Tokyo, Japan on 25 June. Since launch in September 2015, Netflix has been growing its library of locally produced stories. Today, an ensemble of cast and creators from Japanese original series and film joined over 280 media attendees in the event which featured 30 upcoming original titles from both Japan and beyond.

La Secretaría de Cultura, a través del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, presentaFärg/Color. El racionalismo espontáneo de Waldemar Sjölander, exposición individual del artista sueco que llegó a México, en búsqueda del color, en 1946 y permaneció hasta el día de su muerte en 1988. La inauguración será el viernes 7 de junio a las 20:00 en el Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil. De manera previa, a las 19:00, se llevará a cabo una charla con Paula Duarte, curadora de la muestra, y la historiadora Ingrid Sjölander.

​​​​​​​Shaw Festival Board Chair Peter E.S. Jewett welcomed today two new ex officio members to the Shaw Festival Board of Trustees: Betty Disero, newly elected Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Laurie Harley, Shaw Guild president.

“Carlos Mérida es un artista completo: fue uno de los primeros a los que se le reconoció como abstracto; un artista innovador en técnicas que constantemente se renovaba; un pilar del arte guatemalteco, mexicano, americano y de todas las vanguardias del siglo XX; tenía su propia personalidad y un lugar específico dentro de los grandes. En México, él mismo decía, los artistas son grandes en tierra de gigantes”.    

En el marco del ciclo Conciertos de Bellas Artes, organizado por la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, el pianista Héctor Rojas iniciará el 2019 con dos conciertos en los que el público podrá escuchar obras de dos grandes compositores para piano: el mexicano Manuel M. Ponce y el polaco Frédéric Chopin.