BWW Recap: The Arrow and The Canary Team Up on The CW's ARROWNovember 7, 2013Last week on ARROW, we learned that Oliver's ex-fling and Laurel's sister, Sara, is 1) alive and 2) the Canary, or that masked blonde hero with impressive fighting skills who has been mysteriously showing up everywhere the Arrow goes.
Opera on Tap Brings SMASHED to Brooklyn, 11/14November 6, 2013On November 14th, Brooklyn-based company Opera on Tap will bring its hit opera SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story by composer James Barry and librettist Timothy Braun to Freddy's Bar and Backroom in a new fully-immersive production.
BWW Interview: Composer Elliot Goldenthal Talks A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMNovember 6, 2013Elliot Goldenthal has an impressive stage biography; has created music for the stage, orchestra, ballet, opera, and the big screen. His most recent work can be found in the Julie Taymor directed production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which opened November 2 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn. I had the opportunity to speak with is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning composer and here's what he had to say about Midsummer, Julie Taymor, and his upcoming work.
BWW RECAP: The Headless Horseman Returns in Ep. 6 of FOX's SLEEPY HOLLOWNovember 5, 2013This week's episode opens with our heroes, Abbie and Ichabod, in the stands of a baseball game. Strangely normal, right? But we have to say we're digging it. They exchange some cute banter about the point of the sport and the merits of heckling the referee. You know, All-American things like that.
University Musical Society Announces December 2013 EventsNovember 4, 2013The University Musical Society (UMS) presents two incredible events this December, starting with the beloved community tradition of Handel's Messiah (Saturday-Sunday, December 7-8). December also ushers in the first-ever high definition delayed cinema broadcast from the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Michigan Theater; the company performs Richard II, starring David Tennant and directed by Gregory Doran (Sunday, December 8 and Wednesday, December 11).
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Presents COMFORT WOMEN WANTED, Now thru 12/1November 1, 2013The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced the opening of Comfort Women Wanted, an exhibition by Korean-born, New York-based visual artist Chang-Jin Lee. The exhibition is on view at Wood Street Galleries, third floor, tonight, November 1-December 1, 2013. The opening night event, 5:30-8 p.m., features an artist talk with Chang-Jin Lee at 6:30 p.m.
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off Nov 2013 Chamber, Main Stage, & Family ConcertsNovember 1, 2013Join your A2SO musicians today, November 1 at 1:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor for a delightful hour-long chamber music recital featuring A2SO's Woodwind Quintet and a variety of beautiful musical selections from around the world. Single tickets are $10 and are available online at a2so.com or at the door. Arrive early to mingle with this wonderful community of likeminded friends and enjoy a complimentary dessert reception at 1:00 p.m.
Oakland East Bay Symphony Presents Non-Traditional Holiday Tradition, 12/5October 30, 2013Celebrating holiday musical traditions in the most festive and non-traditional way has been a year-end hallmark of the 25-year-old Oakland East Bay Symphony and Music Director Michael Morgan since 1992, and this year's edition of Let Us Break Bread Together promises seasonal sizzle Sunday, December 15, at 4 pm at the Paramount Theatre.
Max Hawthorne Releases MEMOIRS OF A GYM RATOctober 28, 2013Not since the 1985 movie Perfect, starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis, have fitness clubs been exposed to the degree of Memoirs of a Gym Rat: One man's 20-year journey through the bowels of the health club industry, by Max Hawthorne.
Colt Coeur's Play Hotel Series Presents Two Staged Readings TodayOctober 28, 2013Colt Coeur's Play Hotel series presents staged readings of a boy put this girl in a cage with a dog and the dog killed the girl by Clare Barron, directed by Stella Powell-Jones & Umma Lappa Soon by Claire Kiechel, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt. Today, October 28th, 6pm (Barron play) & 8pm (Kiechel play). Guests are welcome to attend one or both readings. There will be a reception between readings. Bernie B. Jacobs room 234 W. 44th Street, 11th Floor.
Leon & Lulu Presents Books & Authors Event TodayOctober 27, 2013Book it to Leon & Lulu today, October 27 from 11 to 5 p.m. for the fourth-annual, award-winning Books & Authors event. Celebrate the written word and those who put pen to paper with this free event, which benefits the Detroit Free Press' Gift of Reading Program.
Ann Arbor Symphony Presents AUTUMN CELLOBRATION TonightOctober 19, 2013Join Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra as they return to Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater, tonight, October 19 at 8 p.m. to celebrate autumn with Autumn Cellobration and special guests Julie Albers and Aaron Berofsky.
Met Museum and SFMOMA Jointly Acquire Major William Kentridge InstallationOctober 17, 2013Marking a major collaboration between two leading U.S. museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today the joint acquisition of South African artist William Kentridge's major multimedia installation The Refusal of Time (2012).