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On the weekend of April 13th, Mohegan Sun held its 8th Annual Sun Whiskey Union in the Earth Expo & Convention Center. The spacious room was packed with whisky enthusiasts and distiller representatives showcasing some of the best top-shelf whisky, scotch, bourbon, and rye.

The cast has been announced for Jimmy J's genre-bending adaptation of Ovid's 1st century poem coming to The Cockpit from 16th May - 1st June 2024, reclaiming the transgender narratives that underpin so much of Greco-Roman mythology.

Open-Door Playhouse will continue to present short plays in podcast form. Its upcoming play Mothers and Other Strangers will debut online in May. Learn where you can listen!

In the midst of reflecting on his long and varied career for his acclaimed memoir Chasing the Masters: First Takes of a Modern Drumming Artist, drummer/composer Phil Haynes lingered on revisiting the music he’d made with his audacious quintet 4 Horns & What? during the early 1990s

Highly acclaimed indie rock collective October Drift have released their brand new single ‘Blame The Young’. The visceral rock track premiered on April 17th on Chris Hawkins’ BBC 6Music show, where Chris described it as “The anthemic new one by a band very much in the zone and on the rise”. ‘Blame The Young’ is about standing up against denial, be that on a personal level or seen in the wider spectrum of society. Listen to the song here!

Chicano playwright David A. Tucker II wins the 2023 National Latine Playwrights Award for his black comedy, The Nude. He will be featured at the inaugural National Latine Playwrights Festival in June 2024, hosted by the Arizona Theatre Company.

Comedian MIKE GLAZER (Comedy Central, High Guys) has released his debut comedy album 'LIFE RULES! MIXTAPE VOL. 1' on ASPECIALTHING RECORDS.

Experience the timeless hits of CREED in a new format as their multi-platinum-selling 'Greatest Hits' album makes its wide debut on vinyl. A must-have for music enthusiasts and CREED fans alike. The LP features such chart-topping singles as “Higher,” “One Last Breath,” “With Arms Wide Open,” and “My Sacrifice.”

Open-Door Playhouse continues to present short plays in podcast form, and beginning May 1, 2024 they will be presenting plays that celebrate motherhood and all it entails.

Discover Cody Jinks' latest album, CHANGE THE GAME, now available through Late August Records. Dive into the new sounds and tracks from this celebrated artist. In celebration of the release, Jinks will perform on “Fox & Friends” tomorrow morning and also serve as Grand Marshal for the Focused Health 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race tomorrow.

Atlantic Theater Company will present their 2024 Gala on Monday, April 29, 2024 at The Plaza. See who is taking part and learn how to purchase tickets.

Alexia Alexander's award-winning one-woman play, ROBIN FLY, will premiere in Los Angeles at the Eastwood Performance Arts Center. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Los Angeles rocker Billy Tibbals unveiled his newest single + video, “Dream Away.” The rock & roll ballad is the latest track off his Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes) produced sophomore EP Nightlife Stories. Next month, Billy Tibbals will be embarking on tour in support of The Black Crowes, with tickets and dates available now.

Join Luke Combs for an immersive music vacation at Miramar Beach, Florida, presented by Topeka. His debut Bootleggers Bonfire, scheduled for October 10-12, is sold out but a waitlist is open. The event provides a special give back opportunity for Teachers, First Responders and Military members.

Cody Jinks will serve as Grand Marshal for the Focused Health 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race this Saturday, March 23 at Circuit of The Americas outside Austin, TX. Additionally, the #15 Ford car, driven by Hailie Deegan, will feature Cody Jinks graphics. Check out upcoming tour dates!

The Courtauld has announced two new appointments as part of its ongoing strategy to expand its curatorial and academic expertise. Beginning in May, Dr Elena Crippa will join the institution as its first Curator of Contemporary Art: Exhibitions and Projects and Professor Lynda Nead FBA will become a new Visiting Professor, starting in the autumn. 

Experience the magic of ALICE: DREAMING OF WONDERLAND at Midwest Trust Center on April 11.

Casting has been announced for Cassie and the Lights, coming to Southwark Playhouse Borough this spring. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!

It’s easy to understand why Blue garnered excellent reviews and a Fringe First Award for their run in Edinburgh last year. It’s an intense, alarming, carefully eloquent, and raw achievement. It’s a reactive and reactionary piece of theatre, real and terrible, relevant and urgent. If all that doesn’t entice you to book for this exquisite sociopolitical debate, it’s only 60 minutes long and the perfect prologue to an evening of discussion at a bar.

YOASOBI: A unit consisting of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura, known for turning novels into music. Their debut song “Into the Night' reached an unprecedented 1 billion cumulative streaming plays, and their representative song “Idol,' the theme song for “【OSHI NO KO】” surpassed 500 million plays, setting a record as the fastest in history. From 2020, they consecutively appeared on NHK's “Kohaku Uta Gassen（紅白歌合戦）” for three years, and in 2023, they conducted an Asia tour in five countries. Their first solo tour in the U.S., scheduled for April this year, sold out immediately, resonating their name worldwide. Here, we bring you the atmosphere of the first day of the ZEPP tour in Osaka, which started in January. 

The Public Theater has revealed the complete cast for the world premiere of JORDANS written by Ife Olujobi and directed by Obie Award winner Whitney White. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Catch Carrie Underwood back on stage at Resorts World Las Vegas in March 2024. Celebrate the superstar's birthday with limited-time property-wide activations presented by AEG. Underwood will return to the stage at Resorts World Theatre with six shows in March 2024 and 24 shows in 2024 following the extension of REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency.

Lorelei Ensemble will release the world premiere recording of Christopher Cerrone's Beaufort Scales on Friday, May 17, 2024 on the Cold Blue Music record label. Learn more about the album!

The cast has been set for the world première of Harry McDonald's Foam at Finborough Theatre. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Last year was an ambitious time of music for country hitmaker Craig Campbell, releasing the 16-song The Lost Files: Exhibit A and the 17-song Exhibit B, the second of which landed on the first ballot of the ACM Awards. The six songs represent the core influences who helped mold his desire to pursue a career as an artist and songwriter.