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 Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) continues its Spring 2019 season on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 7:30pm with a performance by St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble +Adam Rosenblatt, percussionist, at BAC's Jerome Robbins Theater (450 W. 37th Street). Rosenblatt will perform Belgian composer Thierry de Mey's theatrical and dramatic piece Light Music, in which movements and gestures produce light and sound through interactive technology. This interdisciplinary solo performance will be bookended by Viennese classics - Joseph Haydn's festive Divertimento for Strings from 1754 and Joseph Lanner's charming 19th century waltzes, performed by the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. These virtuosic musicians make up the artistic core of the renowned Orchestra of St. Luke's - who share the performing arts complex with BAC at 450 W. 37th Street.

The return of the iconic Shakespearean tragedy Romeo & Juliet, as well as Nashville premieres of Christopher Bruce's Rolling Stones-inspired ballet Rooster and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's A Streetcar Named Desire are among the highlights of Nashville Ballet's 2019-20 season, announced today.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), announced today that Director James Blaszko has been named the 2019 Kurt Weill Fellowship recipient. With generous support from The Kurt Weill Foundation, Blaszko will serve as Assistant Director to SDC Member, Tony Award-winner, and Classic Stage Company's (CSC) Artistic Director John Doyle on his upcoming production of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock at CSC, opening on April 3, 2019.

Four Shillings Short is coming to town.  The Celtic/Folk/World music duo of  Aodh Og O'Tuama from Cork, Ireland and Christy Martin from California, perform Traditional and Original music from the Celtic lands, Medieval & Renaissance Europe, India and the Americas on a fantastic array of instruments (over 30) including Hammered & Mountain Dulcimer, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Recorders, Tinwhistles, Medieval and Renaissance Woodwinds, North Indian Sitar, Charango, Bowed Psaltery, Banjo, Native American Flutes, Bodhran, Guitar, Ukulele, Doumbek & Darbuka, Spoons, vocals and even a Krumhorn.  

Gustafer Yellowgold's Live show is a funny and touching multimedia performance of music, colored pencil animations and storytelling. The music and 'moving art' shows are performed by two-time Grammy nominated artist, Morgan Taylor. The upcoming family friendly Sketchfest performance will feature an abridged version of the new Audible Original, 2018 Kids Best Seller, I'm From the Sun: The Gustafer Yellowgold Story along with evergreen fan-favorites.

Grammy nominee Mark Hummel returns, kicking off the new year with the latest iteration of his all-star blues revue, the 2019 Southern Blues Harp Blowout. As always, his guests are stellar: Grammy Award-winner Bobby Rush is a ten-time Blues Music Award winner, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and Rolling Stone "King of the Chitlin' Circuit" winner. Alabama harpman James Harman- one of the great performers, writers and unique characters in the blues today - has employed some of the all-time great blues musicians in his bands. Kenny Neal is a second-generation southern Louisiana bluesman, 2017 Grammy nominee and winner of two Blues Music Awards for his Bloodline recording. And Jumpin' Johnny Sansone studied harmonica with Junior Wells and James Cotton; his former band Jumpin Johnny's Blues Party was the foundation of the New Orleans-based The Iguanas. Rounding out the good times is blues supergroup Golden State/Lone Star Blues Revue.

Xtra Mile recording artist Trapper Schoepp has announced today's premiere of 'Freight Train,' the latest track from the Wisconsin-based singer-songwriter's eagerly anticipated new album,PRIMETIME ILLUSION. Originally written and performed by San Francisco alt-rockers Sister Double Happiness, 'Freight Train' - which powerfully chronicles the grim realities faced by those suffering with AIDS - is joined by a new companion visual. PRIMETIME ILLUSION arrives worldwide via Xtra Mile Recordings on January 25; pre-orders are available now.

Tuomo & Markus have shared the live video for their cover of John Lennon's 'Beautiful Boy,' paying tribute to the music icon who will have passed 38 years ago tomorrow. Recorded in the band's hometown of Helsinki, Finland, they were joined by acclaimed Finnish jazz trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and Wilco's Glenn Kotche on drums.

As difficult as it may be to comprehend, Nashville's Nutcracker - Paul Vasterling's beautiful and evocative holiday gift to his adopted hometown - first debuted in 2008 and its return in 2018 only enhances the already stellar reputation of Nashville Ballet as the city's leading arts entity and adds more luster to the glittering resume of its artistic director, who this season celebrates his 20th anniversary leading the company.

Awakening Arlene, a short film written and directed by Brad Forenza (Breaking Points), with original songs by Julie Gold (Grammy-winner, 'From a Distance') recently wrapped production. The quest-oriented, later-life coming-of-age film stars Jo Walker and Vincent Pastore (SAG Award-winner, The Sopranos).

Xtra Mile Recordings is excited to announce that Wisconsin-based Trapper Schoepp's new album, Primetime Illusion, will be released worldwide on January 25, 2019. Produced in Milwaukee by Pat Sansone (Wilco, Robyn Hitchcock), Primetime Illusion sees Schoepp reaching for his own place in the canon with a truly remarkable collection of character-driven songs and stories, a carefully etched series of sonic snapshots in which people we all know struggle to fulfill their own American dream. The album also features a co-write with Bob Dylan called, 'On, Wisconsin.' Rolling Stone premiered the song today alongside a Q&A with Schoepp, and the state of Wisconsin shot a mini documentary about it.

It's a funny thing when a piece transcends its given medium and becomes ingrained in pop culture. People who have never seen a certain play/read the book/watched the movie find themselves familiar enough with the plot or the characters without ever really experiencing the piece in its entirety. For me, this has been the case for ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST a story that was first told via the acclaimed novel by Ken Kesey, then the adaptation for the stage by Dale Wasserman, then the Academy Award winning film by Milos Forman. I had some familiarity with the plot and characters, but somehow, I was never exposed to it completely, and so it was with a fairly blank slate (those pop culture staples notwithstanding) that I approached Playhouse on Park's latest production.

#iVoted, the massive voter turnout initiative founded by manager / entrepreneur Emily White, Pat Sansone of Wilco, and Madison House's Mike Luba, has activated 78 venues nationwide to reward fans who vote November 6th for fans who show a selfie from outside of their polling place with tickets and non-alcoholic drinks. More artists and venues have been adding their names to the list daily in the lead up to the elections.

Always finding unique ways to tell the stories of the world, the Nashville Ballet offered the SEVEN DEADLY SINS for the second year in a row, artistically exploring the darkest depths of our souls.

The Toronto International Film Festival® today unveiled the 36 short films that make up the International portion of this year's Short Cuts programme.

Max Hatt / Edda Glass's 'unique sound' (Larry Groce, NPR) and 'incomparable spook" (Nashville Scene) have taken them from playing the Montana restaurant scene to NPR Mountain Stage, New York City's Lincoln Center, D.C.'s The Kennedy Center, the Sundance Film Fest, and Wilco's Solid Sound Festival. Their story comes full circle this summer and fall, when they return to the West to play performing arts centers and venues in Missoula, Helena, Bozeman, Idaho Falls, and Cody, WY. Montanans may remember Max Hatt / Edda Glass as the Brazilian band Rio, featured on Montana-PBS's 11th and Grant Show with Eric Funk. To this tropical repertoire, Max Hatt / Edda Glass will add their award-winning original Jazz Americana, deeply rooted in the Western landscape, as well as their unique interpretations of pop and jazz standards. Seattle bass virtuoso Clipper Anderson, also hailing from Montana, rounds out the trio. See below for full tour schedule.

Featuring shows from around the world and shows from around the corner, the 2018-19 Season of Performing Arts at the Harris Center for the Arts are now on sale.

Wilcoworld Radio, the original live global streaming radio broadcast created by Wilco and dBpm Records, will launch its second installment Fri., June 15 at 6 pm CT and air worldwide, continuously throughout the weekend, via wilcoworld.net.

Two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated band The Milk Carton Kids have announced plans for a North American fall headline tour where they will be joined by special guests, The Barr Brothers. Additional dates will be added soon. Tickets for all newly announced dates go on sale this Friday, May 18. The Milk Carton Kids' upcoming schedule includes a number of additional summer headline shows as well as festival appearances at such gatherings as Pasadena, CA's Arroyo Seco Weekend, Calgary Folk Fest and Rocky Mountain Folks Fest in Lyons, CO. For updates and ticket information, please visitwww.themilkcartonkids.com.

ANTI- is proud to announce the release of ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO, the anticipated new album from 2x GRAMMY® Award-nominated acoustic band The Milk Carton Kids. The LP is available for pre-order beginning today. ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO arrives everywhere on Friday, June 29.

Superfly and A.C. Entertainment are pleased to announce plans for the world famous SuperJam at the 2018 BONNAROO Music and Arts Festival. An integral component of the festival's history, 2018's live all-star collaboration 'INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN - A SUPERJAM CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS' will pay tribute to the late, great Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (who memorably headlined BONNAROO in both 2006 and 2013). Set to feature more than 150 diverse musical artists, this year's edition of the world-renowned four-day multi-stage camping festival will take place June 7-10 on The Farm at Great Stage Park, the spectacular 700-acre event space located 60 miles southeast of NASHVILLE in Manchester, TN.

Some 90 captivating minutes of creative, imaginative movement, Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project features the superb dancers of Nashville Ballet at their finest, bringing to life history in such a way that left their audiences rapt, riveted to the smallest of moments and the largest of themes as they are conveyed onstage to a stunning, stirring musical score.

Berkshire Theatre Group will welcome Rev Tor's 7th Annual Dead of Winter Jam, featuring Rev Tor & Friends celebrating the music of The Grateful Dead, at The Garage (located in The Colonial Theatre lobby) on Thursday, February 15 at 8pm.

Following its Kennedy Center premiere in Washington, D.C., the acclaimed holiday production returns to its Kansas City home.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN runs through November 25 at the Bay Street Theatre, and the critics are weighing in!