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Charlize Theron And Kweku Mandela Kick Off Nelson Mandela Celebration At The Geffen P Photo Charlize Theron And Kweku Mandela Kick Off Nelson Mandela Celebration At The Geffen Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - February 06, 2018

On the occasion of what would mark the 100th birthday of Nelson Mandela, Academy Award-winning actress and super-philanthropist Charlize Theron and House of Mandela Family Foundation Co-Founder Kweku Mandela will kick off a series of events in a yearlong celebration in his honor....


NYC-ARTS Spotlights 2017 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award-Winning Violinst Chad Hoopes Photo NYC-ARTS Spotlights 2017 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award-Winning Violinst Chad Hoopes
by Emily Bruno - September 14, 2017

NYC-ARTS, Thirteen's weekly arts and culture multi-platform showcase, brings arts lovers an all-access pass to the interesting, unusual and unique cultural offerings of the greater New York City region. Each year, the world-renowned Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts administers The Avery Fisher...


PBS and WNET Announce New Late-night Public Affairs Programming Photo PBS and WNET Announce New Late-night Public Affairs Programming
by Caryn Robbins - December 05, 2017

PBS and WNET have announcedthat the acclaimed nightly global affairs interview program Amanpour will be presented on an interim basis to PBS stations nationwide. Amanpour on PBS willair on THIRTEEN, New York's PBS station, beginning Monday, December 4...


Broadway's INDECENT Arrives on PBS Tonight Photo Broadway's INDECENT Arrives on PBS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2017

The Tony Award-winning play Indecent comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight, November 17, at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) as part of the fall Broadway's best lineup....


ROMEO ET JULIETTE To Premiere On Great Performances At The Met, 4/16
by Molly Tracy - March 21, 2017

The Met's new production by director Bartlett Sher also features Virginie Verrez as Stéphano, Elliot Madore as Mercutio, and Mikhail Petrenko as Frère Laurent. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the sumptuous score....


NYC-ARTS to Feature Juilliard's Dr. Joseph Polisi This Month Photo NYC-ARTS to Feature Juilliard's Dr. Joseph Polisi This Month
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2017

On October 26, NYC-ARTS will feature the program's co-host and New York Emmy winner Paula Zahn in conversation with Dr. Joseph Polisi, President of the Juilliard School....


Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit Announce 2018 Tour Dates in Support of New Album Photo Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit Announce 2018 Tour Dates in Support of New Album
by Caryn Robbins - October 09, 2017

Two-time Grammy Award winner Jason Isbell and his mighty band The 400 Unit have announced 2018 tour dates bringing them through the Midwest and Eastern U.S. in January and February....


Fifth Graders To Perform Their Own Songs 11/15 - 17 Photo Fifth Graders To Perform Their Own Songs 11/15 - 17
by A.A. Cristi - October 31, 2017

There are two pivotal moments during the Los Angeles Master Chorale's Voices Within education program when the reality of creating their own songs truly resonates with the fifth grade students taking part: the first is when they realize that they are expected to create the melody for their so...


NYC Book Party Events Announced for New Book About Infiltrating Trump America Photo NYC Book Party Events Announced for New Book About Infiltrating Trump America
by A.A. Cristi - January 02, 2018

On December 12th, 2017, 39 West Press released the new book Meet the Deplorables: Infiltrating Trump America, authored by legendary infiltration journalist Harmon Leon and ferocious political cartoonist Ted Rall to answer the question most of America has been asking: 'What the hell happened in 2016...


Diana Damrau & Vittorio Grigolo 'Sizzle' in 'Romeo et Juliette' on GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 4/14
by Caryn Robbins - March 20, 2017

Hailed by The New York Times for singing 'with white-hot sensuality and impassioned lyricism,' Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo star as the tragic lovers in Shakespeare's classic story. Gounod's Romo et Juliette airs on Great Performances at the Met Friday, April 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local l...


PBS First-Ever Broadcast of Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine 2/23 Photo PBS First-Ever Broadcast of Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine 2/23
by Tori Hartshorn - February 12, 2018

PBS First-Ever Broadcast of Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine...


Julie Taymor Chats THE LION KING Milestone on NYC-ARTS Today Photo Julie Taymor Chats THE LION KING Milestone on NYC-ARTS Today
by TV News Desk - November 16, 2017

NYC-ARTS, THIRTEEN's weekly arts and culture multi-platform showcase, brings artslovers an all-access pass to the interesting, unusual and unique cultural offerings of the greater New York City region. On November 16, the series will feature the program's co-host and New York Emmy winner Paula Zahn ...


Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit to Play Providence in February Photo Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit to Play Providence in February
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2017

Two-time Grammy Award winner Jason Isbell and his mighty band The 400 Unit have announced 2018 tour dates bringing them through the Midwest and Eastern U.S. in January and February with a tour stop at The VETS in Providence on February 2, 2018....


Norm Lewis Hosts TREASURES OF NEW YORK: THE DRAMA LEAGUE On WLIW 21 Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2017

The Drama League (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Executive Artistic Director), and WNET (America's flagship PBS station), present the broadcast premiere of the documentary "Treasures of New York: The Drama League" on Thursday, March 23 at 8:00 p.m. on WLIW21 and Sunday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m. on THIRTEEN....


NYC Book Party Events Announced for New Book About Infiltrating Trump America Photo NYC Book Party Events Announced for New Book About Infiltrating Trump America
by A.A. Cristi - January 02, 2018

On December 12th, 2017, 39 West Press released the new book Meet the Deplorables: Infiltrating Trump America, authored by legendary infiltration journalist Harmon Leon and ferocious political cartoonist Ted Rall to answer the question most of America has been asking: 'What the hell happened in 2016...


Peace Center Announces 2017-18 Peace Voices Program Photo Peace Center Announces 2017-18 Peace Voices Program
by A.A. Cristi - August 14, 2017

The Peace Center's 2017-2018 Peace Voices program features Poetic Conversations, master classes with visiting artists, teen and adult workshops, community readings and a poetry slam. With Poet-in-Residence Glenis Redmond at the helm, attendees are encouraged to tell unique personal stories, have imp...


PBS to Feature Lyric Opera's ORPHEE ET EURYDICE on GREAT PERFORMANCES Photo PBS to Feature Lyric Opera's ORPHEE ET EURYDICE on GREAT PERFORMANCES
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017

Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced that Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET New York has selected the world-renowned opera company's premiere production of the 1774 Paris version of Gluck's Orph e et Eurydice, created by the legendary choreographer John Neumeier and featuring The Joffrey Ballet, to ...


Women's Rights Explored in New Oratorio by Van Nuys High School Students Photo Women's Rights Explored in New Oratorio by Van Nuys High School Students
by Julie Musbach - January 09, 2018

Hear Our Voice: A Woman's Journey, a timely new oratorio written by Van Nuys High School students for the Los Angeles Master Chorale's Voices Within Oratorio Project, will be premiered by students and members of the Master Chorale on Friday, February 16 andSaturday, February 17 at the school's audit...


NYC-ARTS to Feature Juilliard's Dr. Joseph Polisi This Month Photo NYC-ARTS to Feature Juilliard's Dr. Joseph Polisi This Month
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2017

On October 26, NYC-ARTS will feature the program's co-host and New York Emmy winner Paula Zahn in conversation with Dr. Joseph Polisi, President of the Juilliard School....


Broadway's INDECENT to Arrive on PBS This Fall; PRINCE OF BROADWAY Pushed to 2018 Photo Broadway's INDECENT to Arrive on PBS This Fall; PRINCE OF BROADWAY Pushed to 2018
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2017

The Tony Award-winning play Indecent comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, November 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) as part of the fall Broadway's best lineup....


SHE LOVES ME to Kick Off 'Broadway's Best' Lineup This Friday on PBS Photo SHE LOVES ME to Kick Off 'Broadway's Best' Lineup This Friday on PBS
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2017

As previously announced, the critically-acclaimed Roundabout Theatre Company production of She Loves Me comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, October 20 at 9 p.m. (check local listings) as the opening presentation of PBS's fall Broadway's best lineup....


MAC To Honor Sharon McNight, Ruby Rims, and James Gavin Photo MAC To Honor Sharon McNight, Ruby Rims, and James Gavin
by Stephi Wild - January 22, 2018

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) will present Tony nominee SHARON McNIGHT and RUBY RIMS with its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 32nd Annual MAC Awards to be held Tuesday, March 27 at 7:00 pm at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City....


Fifth Graders to Perform Songs About Immigration 5/23 & 24
by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2017

The experience of traveling to a new country and making a home in Colonial America are the topics of songs written by fifth grade students at Betty Plasencia Elementary School in Los Angeles and Huntington Park Elementary School in Huntington Park as part of the Los Angeles Master Chorale's Voices W...


Fifth Graders to Perform Songs About Immigration 5/23 & 24
by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2017

The experience of traveling to a new country and making a home in Colonial America are the topics of songs written by fifth grade students at Betty Plasencia Elementary School in Los Angeles and Huntington Park Elementary School in Huntington Park as part of the Los Angeles Master Chorale's Voices W...


Ken Burns Launches UNUM – New Media Initiative to Present Issues and Spark Conversati Photo Ken Burns Launches UNUM – New Media Initiative to Present Issues and Spark Conversations
by Emily Bruno - November 17, 2017

Filmmaker Ken Burns today announced the launch of UNUM, a new digital destination where users can access clips from across Burns's films, explore themes that run through American history including Leadership, Race, Innovation, and War and relate them to issues of the present....






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