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The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, a hypnotic and immersive multichannel video installation of musicians performing in a historic mansion in New York's Hudson River Valley.

Concert tickets make wonderful holiday gifts and Live @ Benaroya Hall announces an exciting roster of performances for 2017 featuring artists and musicians from around the world.

Sono Luminus announces a new recording partnership with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. The first recording will be conducted by composer/conductor Daníel Bjarnason, and will feature music by Icelandic composers Daníel Bjarnason, Thurídur Jónsdóttir, María Huld Markan, Hlynur A. Vilmarsson, and Anna Thorvaldsdóttir. The sessions will take place from December 5-9, 2016 at Harpa in Reykjavik, Iceland, and an April 2017 release date is planned.

A startling, beautiful, humorous and polemic first play by two young women about the consequences of violence, injustice and beauty. Perhaps, Elsa is a seventeen-year-old girl for sale, perhaps she is a middle-aged prostitute, or a homeless old woman, maybe she is a 130-year-old Buddhist nun. Perhaps Karma for Birds is happening right here and now . . . the invisible but palpable repression of women. Performed at the Iceland National Theatre in 2013,Karma for Birds was nominated for the Griman, Iceland's theater award for best play of the year.?

The xx today announce details of their highly anticipated third album. Titled I See You, the ten song album will be released on January 13, 2017 via Young Turks.

MadKap Productions has announced that the 25th anniversary, national touring production of Rob Becker's historic comedy, Defending The Caveman will return to Skokie Theatre for four performances October 14 - 16, 2016.

World-renowned theremin virtuosa Carolina Eyck and American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) will release Fantasias for Theremin and String Quartet on October 14, 2016 via Butterscotch Records.

MadKap Productions has announced that the 25th anniversary, national touring production of Rob Becker's historic comedy, Defending The Caveman will return to Skokie Theatre for four performances October 14 - 16, 2016.

Officially announced today is Glaspy's opening slot on The Lumineers January 2017 tour also featuring Andrew Bird.

MadKap Productions  has announed that the 25th anniversary, national touring production of Rob Becker's historic comedy, Defending The Caveman will return to Skokie Theatre for four performances October 14 - 16, 2016. Friday at 8:00 pm, Saturday at 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $40 general admission and can be purchased online at SkokieTheatre.org or by calling 847-677-7761.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, a hypnotic and immersive multichannel video installation of musicians performing in a historic mansion in New York's Hudson River Valley.

Officially announced today is Glaspy's opening slot on The Lumineers January 2017 tour also featuring Andrew Bird.

Hull UK City of Culture 2017, details of which are announced today, is a 365 day programme of cultural events and creativity inspired by the city and told to the world. Divided into four seasons, this national celebration draws on the distinctive spirit of the city and the artists, writers, directors, musicians, revolutionaries and thinkers that have made such a significant contribution to the development of art and ideas.

Off Assignment, a magazine of literary travel writing, recently launched the first of its online content, answering the demand for authors to enhance their published work with compelling experiences and details left unsaid. Forged by today's top journalists, essayists, and travel writers, Off Assignment is a publication dedicated to candid storytelling. The magazine, which grew out of a grassroots series of live storytelling events featuring writers such as Gay Talese and Sloane Crosley, now publishes a weekly series called 'Letter to a Stranger,' short essays about memorable strangers from past journeys. In its first weeks, the series has featured contributors such as New York Times bestselling authors Leslie Jamison and Lauren Groff, as well as memoirist Howard Axelrod and National Book Award winner Julia Glass.

World-renowned theremin virtuosa Carolina Eyck and American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) will release Fantasias for Theremin and String Quartet on October 14, 2016 via Butterscotch Records.

After being named 'A Favorite New Artist of 2016 (So Far)' by NPR Music and a successful run of spring and summer shows including SXSW, Bonnaroo, Mountain Stage and more, Margaret Glaspy has revealed her new raw and powerful Tiny Desk set, filmed at NPR Music's DC headquarters.

Live @ Benaroya Hall announces their exciting fifth season with an eclectic mix of concerts featuring artists and musicians from around the world. Additional shows will be announced in the coming months.

After being named 'A Favorite New Artist of 2016 (So Far)' by NPR Music and a successful run of spring and summer shows including SXSW, Bonnaroo, Mountain Stage and more, Margaret Glaspy has announced new fall tour dates including sets with her ATO label mates Blind Pilot.

Warpaint extend their expansive fall tour with new dates today, including November 12 at Nashville's 3rd & Lindsey, November 17 at Austin's Emo's and November 22 at San Diego's Observatory North Park.

Heads Up, the highly anticipated third album from Los Angeles-based band Warpaint, is set for release September 23 via Rough Trade Records. The first song from the new album, “New Song,” premieres today.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the publication of The Health of Populations: Beyond Medicine by Jack James. This book provides a carefully constructed and thoroughly evidence-based critique of the limitations of conventional biomedical healthcare. Elsevier also introduced four new public health books published this year.

This summer, Elastic City, the pioneer of artist-led participatory walks, will present The Last Walks, its seventh and final festival.

PJ Harvey will release the new song 'Guilty' globally today, July 13, taken from the sessions that produced her current album, The Hope Six Demolition Project (Vagrant).

PJ Harvey will release the new song 'Guilty' globally this Wednesday, July 13, taken from the sessions that produced her current album, The Hope Six Demolition Project (Vagrant).

Taken from PJ Harvey's UK #1 album The Hope Six Demolition Project, released in April on Island Records. Video directed by award-winning photo-journalist and film-maker Seamus Murphy.