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The New York Philharmonic will present its tenth season of Summertime Classics, July 3-7, 2013, featuring five themed concerts with Bramwell Tovey, who has been the host and conductor of the series since its founding in 2004.

The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College presents the Vienna Boys Choir exclusive holiday show Christmas in Vienna for one night only tonight, December 15, 2012 at 7:30 pm at the Colden Auditorium at Queens College.

Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925, on view at MoMA from December 23, 2012, to April 15, 2013, explores the advent of abstraction as both a historical idea and an emergent artistic practice.

The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College presents the Vienna Boys Choir exclusive holiday show Christmas in Vienna for one night only on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 7:30 pm at the Colden Auditorium at Queens College.

Culture at the crossroads in Belle Époque France will be explored at the ninth annual Bard SummerScape festival, which once again features a sumptuous tapestry of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, keyed to the theme of the 23rd annual Bard Music Festival.

Today REDCAT, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts and culture, announces its Fall 2012 events and previews major projects scheduled for early 2013. The wide-ranging program introduces Los Angeles audiences to influential artists and ensembles from around the world who are blurring traditional artistic boundaries and developing new forms. Tickets for most events will go on sale Tuesday, August 14, 2012.

Marian S. Heiskell, chairman of the Board of The New 42nd Street since its founding in 1990, has relinquished her post and been named Honorary Chair, Cora Cahan, President of The New 42nd Street announced today. Ms. Heiskell has been succeeded as Chairman by Fiona Howe Rudin, who joined the Board in 2004, and has served as a Vice Chair since 2008.

Culture at the crossroads in Belle Époque France will be explored at the ninth annual Bard SummerScape festival, which once again features a sumptuous tapestry of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, keyed to the theme of the 23rd annual Bard Music Festival.

Aliza Barzilay, Executive Director of the Westside Center for Independent Living (WCIL), said the organization's Associates raised $8,000 at a recent Literary Tea and Membership Party with Guest Author and Speaker, SUSAN ORLEAN, the New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Orchid Thief and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. Orlean talked about and signed copies of her latest book, Rin Tin Tin, The Life and The Legend, at the Beverly Hills home of WCIL Associates founder and member, Betty Deutsch on Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Pianist Jeff Lass provided musical entertainment. The function was catered by Susan Kraft.

SUSAN ORLEAN, New York Times Best-Selling Author (The Orchid Thief) and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, will appear as the Guest Speaker at the Westside Center for Independent Living's Associates' (WCIL's) Annual Literary Tea to be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at a private home in Beverly Hills, CA, at which time Orlean will talk about and sign copies of her latest critically acclaimed book, Rin Tin Tin, The Life and the Legend.

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM has announced CONCERTS for DECEMBER 2011 including Patti Smith and Friends , New York Philharmonic's CONTACT!, Homayun Sakhi, and Afghan Rubab Virtuoso. Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert Begins Its Ninth Season. Judy Collins, Paul Winter, Anonymous 4, Vienna Boys Choir, Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, and More Perform Christmas Concerts.

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM has announced CONCERTS for DECEMBER 2011 including Patti Smith and Friends , New York Philharmonic's CONTACT!, Homayun Sakhi, and Afghan Rubab Virtuoso. Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert Begins Its Ninth Season. Judy Collins, Paul Winter, Anonymous 4, Vienna Boys Choir, Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, and More Perform Christmas Concerts.

The American Gold Star Mothers, Northfork Chapter, held their first fundraiser in 30 years at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport on Sunday, July 31, 2011.

Tony Award-winning director Garry Hynes returns to New York on July 24, 2011 with the Druid Theatre Company's production of Seán O'Casey's The Silver Tassie, a searing drama set during and after World War I.

Gary Naylor finds that not a great deal has changed in 79 years.

Tony Award-winning director Garry Hynes returns to New York on July 24, 2011 with the Druid Theatre Company's production of Seán O'Casey's The Silver Tassie, a searing drama set during and after World War I.

Theater for the New City proudly presents the world premiere of Birds on Fire, a historical musical drama written and directed by Barbara Kahn.

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria during the early decades of the 20th century.

Theater for the New City proudly presents the world premiere of Birds on Fire, a historical musical drama written and directed by Barbara Kahn.

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria during the early decades of the 20th century.

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria during the early decades of the 20th century.

Broadway chaperone Beatrice Louise Dickman Swarm passed away on February 13 at the age of 92. She died in her home in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania surrounded by family. 'Mrs. Bea,' as she was commonly referred to by theatre colleagues, worked backstage as an educational consultant at MISS SAIGON for many years.

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria during the early decades of the 20th century.

Indiana University and The Cleveland Orchestra announced details today (Dec. 16) of the Orchestra's first IU residency, to take place Jan. 24-26, 2011.

The Sheldon Art Galleries presents two new exhibits by painter Max Lazarus in the Bellwether Gallery of St. Louis Artists and Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture. Join us for an opening reception on Friday, February 18 from 5-8 p.m.! Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Noon - 8 p.m.; Wednesdays - Fridays, Noon - 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission. Admission is free. For more information on exhibitions, visit the galleries' website at www.thesheldon.org/galleries.asp.