Roots 2024

The Hennepin Arts Board of Directors appointed Kimberly Motes, former Executive Director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, as President and CEO. Motes brings over three decades of arts leadership experience to the Minneapolis-based performing arts organization.

Two New York City vocalists advanced to the finals of the 15th annual SARAH VAUGHAN International Jazz Vocal Competition at NJPAC, selected from over 360 entrants across 38 countries.

Blue Lights returns for season four as Blackthorn Station faces new Belfast challenges. Siân Brooke, Nathan Braniff, and Richard Dormer return November 12 on BritBox.

Doncaster's flagship theatre Cast has partnered with Club Doncaster's Club150 to expand cultural access across the borough and strengthen ties between the city's sporting and cultural communities.

Multi-Grammy winner Robert Cray addresses America's racial history and political divisions on ALL OVER AGAIN, produced by Steve Jordan and recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater shared a trailer for THE WINTER'S TALE, Shakespeare's romance moving from Sicilia to Bohemia, now in performances as part of the company's new Shakespeare Repertory. Watch the video!

Punk rock band MXPX announced their twelfth studio album LIVING IN THE CHAOS, arriving with new single Panic Attack. The trio has sold millions of records and earned RIAA Gold certification during their three-decade career.

Alternative rock band THE LOVE KILLS THEORY completed a four-city Japan tour in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Osaka, supporting its Xemu Records album HAPPY SUICIDE, JIM! with fellow label artists DEAD MEADOW.

The Asheville-based worldgrass trio TANASI will perform at Town Hall Theater's Anderson Studio, blending Appalachian roots with global influences through expressive harmonies and inventive dobro.

Austin Nation performs his autobiographical solo show about surviving HIV, crack addiction, and earning a PhD. P3 Theatre Company presents the production in West Hollywood, followed by audience Q&A and free HIV testing.

The Filigree Theatre launches its eighth season with Arthur Miller's post-WWII drama ALL MY SONS, directed by Elizabeth V. Newman at Ground Floor Theatre in Austin.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is coming to Grand Casino Arena this weekend, and Saint Paul native Daniel Butler will be part of the show. Circus has been a part of Daniel’s life since he was two years old, growing up at Circus Juventas, the youth circus school his parents founded in Saint Paul.

The Tom Petty Estate unveiled a music video for the extended, newly mixed version of 'Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)' directed by Alan Bibby and drawn from the band's 1978 BBC performance.

Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, The Black Crowes, and other artists will perform at a benefit concert celebrating Gram Parsons ahead of his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.

Hilary Gardner and the Lonesome Pines will perform at the Jazz Loft in Stony Brook and Birdland in New York City, featuring songs from the forthcoming album Trail Dreamin'.

Nashville singer-songwriter Kat Velasco released her full-length debut album COWGIRL COMPLEX, blending country, pop, rock, and Americana into what she calls Western Pop, featuring nine tracks drawn from three previous EPs.

Alt-country band 49 Winchester announced a headline tour kicking off February 5 at The Eastern in Atlanta and concluding May 8 at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, with stops across Charlotte, Los Angeles, Boston, and Austin. General ticket sales begin October 23.

Canada's Theatre Museum will open at Toronto's Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres, featuring exhibitions on Christopher Plummer, Bharatanatyam dance, and Canadian theatre history.

Artistic Director and Co-CEO Selina Cartmell has announced the programme for Royal Exchange Theatre, with a season of eight ambitious productions and the reopening of the theatre's Studio space.

Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose will perform a tribute to LGBTQ ally Dolly Parton at GLAAD's New York Gala, which will also honor producer Bruce Cohen with the Vito Russo Award.

Spanish-born trombonist Juanga Lakunza releases VISION, featuring drummer Jeff 'Tain' Watts, pianist David Kikoski, bassist John Benitez, and saxophonist Coleman Rose on the new album.

Composer and producer Stella Z released the single Mira Miruna ahead of her eight-track mini-album exploring lucid dreaming, surrealism, and the subconscious via CDR.

Initial casting has been announced for Warriors, the new musical with book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, coming to Broadway next year! Find out who is starring in the show here.

Wilmer Valderrama visits The Jennifer Hudson Show to talk fatherhood, his son's Top Gun birthday party, and teases big surprises coming on NCIS.

New Jersey rock band JACK'S MAZE released 'The Edge,' a progressive rock single addressing grief and lost bandmates. The track follows their 2024 debut album and precedes their second album due in 2027.