Royal Family Productions (Katie Avebe, Mary Bernardi, Chris Henry and Andy Theodorou, Founders; Michael Perreca, Executive Director) presents Rock and Roll Refugee, written and directed by Chris Henry, music and lyrics by Genya Ravan, with music direction, orchestrations and additional music by Daniel A. Weiss, and choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter and Liz Ramos. Rock and…
The Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 24th annual Academy Awards® Viewing Party Wonderful Crazy Night
The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) will present its 24th annual Academy Awards® Viewing Party Wonderful Crazy Night on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. Elton John and David Furnish will host the gala event. The Foundation is profoundly grateful to its Presenting Sponsors BVLGARI, M∙A∙C Cosmetics, and Neuro Drinks…
Queering Your Bookshelf: Spoiler Alert!
Greetings Bookworms, In the past, I’ve never much liked when people refer to characters who ‘happen to be queer’ in books or movies or television shows. I understand the desire to have queer characters who are more than their sexuality, but in our society, being a queer character in a book or movie or tv…
Looking Back is the New Forward
Looking Back is the New Forward explores the life and work of Carinthia West through her photographs. Carinthia’s upcoming exhibition Looking back is the New Forward curated by Renee Pappas, the first installment of a two part series will be held at KM Fine Arts (814 N La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069) taking…
New Acquisitions Featured in Newark Museum Galleries Devoted to Arts of Global Africa
The Newark Museum is preparing for the 2017 reinstallation of the arts of Global Africa collection in the Museum’s main gallery on the first floor, which coincides with the centennial of the collection. But in the meantime, there are new works to see in the current galleries located on the second floor, including recent acquisitions….
COMING SOON: Juliana
Award Winning Playwright, Vanda, presents a monthly stage performance of her soon to be released book, Juliana. The novel and live performance centers around LGBT life in New York City in the 1940’s. The performances are directed by Ray Fritz. Every month actors dress in period pieces and perform chapters from the novel. Incorporating singing…
COMING SOON: Letter of Marque Theater Company
Letter of Marque Theater Company, the young ensemble theater company known for staging the President’s Execution of Edward Snowden, an ongoing series of underground performance parties, and offering all of its work at little or no cost to their audiences, is presenting DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, directed by Andrew Borthwick-Leslie. First published in 1727 by Lewis Theobald,…
New Shows at PBS
In fall 2016, PBS KIDS will premiere SPLASH (w.t.), a new animated series that dives into marine biology and ocean science. The series was created by John Tartaglia (“Imaginocean,” “John and the Sprites”) and produced by The Jim Henson Company (DINOSAUR TRAIN, SID THE SCIENCE KID) and Herschend Enterprises (Dollywood, Harlem Globetrotters). SPLASH (w.t.) dives…
Rewriting History: paper gowns & photographs
The Harlem School of Arts Visual Arts Department Emerging & Teaching Artists Exhibition is pleased to present Rewriting History: paper gowns & photographs, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based Haitian artist Fabiola Jean-Louis. This collection of new and recent works will be her first solo show featuring an installment of photography and display of 15-19th century-inspired…
2016 at The PAC
THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, PURCHASE COLLEGE (The PAC) is gearing up for an exciting and entertaining line-up for Spring 2016. It all begins when Lincoln Center comes to Westchester on Saturday, January 23 with THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER, it’s jazzed up for the MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR on Saturday, February 13,…