David Paterson

On Wednesday, May 24, the Museum of the City of New York held its  CENTENNIAL GALA -- an evening of dinner, dancing, and the unveiling of its new exhibition, This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture. 

On February 16, Edward W. Hardy, Noele E. Phillips, Jeff Redd, Peterwane, and the Nate Lucas Allstars Jazz Band performed at a Black History Month Celebratory Event & Inauguration for residents of Harlem and NYS government officials. Check out the photos from the event!

The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) celebrates Ausmusic Month in a big way this November with a slew of new releases and live performances championing Australian composers. 

There are 89 Oscar nominees, including 25 winners, among the invitees.

Today we learn all about Alvin Ailey- a dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who is perhaps best known for founding the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). His work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with black vernacular, creating hope-fueled choreography that continues to spread global awareness of black life in America.

The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) invites the public to contribute to its Encore project (until 1 June 2020) with a crowdfunding campaign to ensure that more local composers can be commissioned.

The cast has been announced for the Australian premiere production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

All-Out Arts and the acclaimed Fresh Fruit Festival will celebrate notable selections from last year's Fresh Fruit Festival. 'It was a very powerful season,' said Louis Lopardi, the executive producer of the festival. 'It's fitting for our 15th year. So many amazing works,' he continued. 'And looking forward to one of most exiting seasons to come!' he concluded.

Moms-in-Film, an organization founded to energize the careers of mothers in film and television by providing community, funding and advocacy, is celebrating its one-year anniversary at The Players on April 18, 2017 at 7pm. The Bi-coastal organization is honoring filmmaker (and mother) Marielle Heller, whose upcoming film CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME stars Melissa McCarthy. Entertainment will include songs from rising Broadway star Kat Cunning and special remarks from Emily Bergl (SHAMELESS, SOUTHLAND, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), David Paterson (BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA) and Ana Asensio (SXSW jury award winner: MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND). 

The 2016 Gold Coast International Film Festival announces an exciting slate of films for this year's Festival taking place November 9 - 15, 2016 in venues throughout the north shore of Long Island, and once again - everyone's invited to join us in an exciting week of films, parties, filmmaker Q&As, and glamour!

A feisty foster kid's outrageous scheme to be reunited with her birth mother has unintended consequences in The Great Gilly Hopkins, an entertaining film for the entire family. Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Mamie Trotter's (Kathy Bates) endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.

A feisty foster kid's outrageous scheme to be reunited with her birth mother has unintended consequences in The Great Gilly Hopkins, an entertaining film for the entire family. Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Mamie Trotter's (Kathy Bates) endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.

On Wednesday, September 21, Four Freedoms Park Conservancy honored Irene Sankoff & David Hein (COME FROM AWAY playwrights) and Dr. Alfredo Quinones Hinojosa (Johns Hopkins Hospital Neurosurgeon, Director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory and Author of the autobiography 'Becoming Dr Q') with 'Good Neighbor Awards' at the fourth annual Sunset Garden Party, an event celebrating the strong North American bonds forged between Mexico, Canada, and The United States.

The New York City Mission Society honored Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) Founder and Artistic Director and multiple Grammy Award-winner Arturo O'Farrill at its annual Champions for Children Gala on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Throughout 2015, Heineken has been helping musician James Murphy introduce New Yorkers and the world to his vision for a more melodic, inviting and beautiful New York City: Subway Symphony, an immersive new musical technology that turns the sound of subway turnstiles from harsh electronic buzzes into shimmering pieces of music.

Rejoice! This morning the U.S Supreme Court ruled that Same-Sex Marriage is now legal in all 50 states. The new ruling states that refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples violates the Constitution.

IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Picturehouse previously announced that Metallica Through the Never, filmmaker Nimrod Antal's captivating 3D movie featuring one of music's most enduring and iconic bands, would be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX 3D format and released wide in North America exclusively into IMAX theatres for a one-week engagement starting today, Sept. 27. The film will expand into additional theatres on Oct. 4.

Picturehouse announced today the iconic band, Metallica, will appear for the first time ever at Comic-Con in San Diego with special live performance and Hall H Panel tonight, July 19 in support of the groundbreaking 3D feature film, Metallica Through The Never. The band will perform an intimate private concert at a secret location in San Diego.

IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Picturehouse today announced that Metallica Through the Never, filmmaker Nimród Antal's captivating 3D movie featuring one of music's most enduring and iconic bands, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX 3D format and released wide in North America

Production & Celebrity Entertainment, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, has announced a one-night-only reading of "8," a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black.