11th Annual NEWPORT BEACH JAZZ PARTY, 2/17-20January 23, 2011Presidents' Day Weekend, February 17-20, 2011, will again be the time for mainstream jazz lovers from around the country (& world) to arrive in Newport Beach for 'Right Down The Middle And Straight Ahead' Jazz at the Marriott Newport Beach Hotel & Spa. The party will again center on a large stage nightly at 7:00pm (Thursday at 8:00pm) with reserved seating providing a near perfect mix of concert conditions and intimacy of a club setting, all in the Grand Pacific Ballroom.
Photo Flash: Adam Lambert & Bradley Whitford Visit HAIRJanuary 23, 2011On Saturday, January 22nd, L.A. Theatre Audiences received a REAL treat when American Idol's (and WICKED Los Angeles Alum) Adam Lambert and The West Wing's Bradley Whitford visited backstage after a rousing performance of the critically acclaimed and publicly lauded Smash Hit HAIR, currently celebrating its Los Angeles Premiere.
Chamber Music America Presents Adrian Ellis in Next Tuesdays Session, 2/1January 23, 2011In the last decade, almost every aspect of the musician's world-from the transformation of the recording industry to the general economic climate affecting the arts-has changed fundamentally. Adrian Ellis will share his perspective on the new relationship connecting artist, arts organizations, and the community-and discuss what the artist needs to know to adapt and lead.
STAGE TUBE: Jackman, Urban, Newton-John et al. Sing 'I Still Call Australia Home'January 23, 2011Oprah's 'Australia: The Grand Finale' took place at the Sydney Opera House with Hugh Jackman, U2's Bono, Olivia Newton-John, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. Click below to see the finale, with Hugh Jackman, Keith Urban, Olivia Newton-John, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe singing "I Still Call Australia Home" together.
Photo Flash: Signal Ensemble Theatre Opens ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST, 2/14January 24, 2011Signal Ensemble Theatre announces the third production in their 2010-2011, eighth anniversary season, Dario Fo's 'Accidental Death of An Anarchist,' directed by ensemble member Anthony Ingram. A bomb blast in a bank kills dozens and injures over a hundred, and the police pick up a professed anarchist for questioning. While being interrogated, he 'accidentally' falls out of a fourth floor window.
STAGE TUBE: Hugh Jackman on Oprah's Grand Finale ShowJanuary 22, 2011Oprah's 'Australia: The Grand Finale' took place at the Sydney Opera House with U2's Bono, Olivia Newton-John, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. Click below to see Hugh Jackman's headline-making entrance and more.
Amity's Foundation Board Honors Lisa Fogle as Newest MemberJanuary 22, 2011Amity Foundation is honored to announce that Dr. Lisa Fogle, a local Tucson Dentist in private practice for over 25 years, long-time Tucson philanthropist, and advocate for at-risk youth, has joined Amity's, Foundation Board of Directors, known as 'Dragonfly.'