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Kartemquin is proud to announce a collaboration with Al Jazeera America on Hard Earned, a six-part documentary series scheduled to air in early 2015. Production has already begun on the series, which will explore the lives of five American families striving to keep food on the table and their dignity intact despite the reality of high living expenses and low wages.

Five stories, located in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, and two in the Chicago area, will be intertwined into six one-hour episodes. The series will shed more light on an ever-growing sector of the American workforce. Directing the individual strands are Katy Chevigny (E-Team, Election Day), Maria Finitzo (Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita), Ruth Leitman (Tony and Janina

Brian Fallon Releases New Single 'I Don't Mind (If I'm With You)' Photo Brian Fallon Releases New Single 'I Don't Mind (If I'm With You)'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 21, 2020

Brian Fallon has released a stunning new song from his soon-to-be-released third solo album, LOCAL HONEY. 'I Don't Mind (If I'm With You),' a dreamy ballad about finding peace in love during difficult times of rejection and misunderstanding, is the latest from the Peter Katis (The National, Death Ca...


Interview with Natalie Bochenski | Speed: The Movie, The Play Photo Interview with Natalie Bochenski | Speed: The Movie, The Play
by Virag Dombay - February 16, 2020

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Intersectional Grassroots #ArtsHero Campaign Calls on Senate to Pass Emergency Arts & Photo Intersectional Grassroots #ArtsHero Campaign Calls on Senate to Pass Emergency Arts & Culture Funding
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 13, 2020

'Be An #ArtsHero,' an intersectional grassroots campaign to get the U.S. Senate to pass emergency Arts relief, calls on the 5.1 million Americans employed in the U.S. Arts & Culture sector to urge all 100 Senators to pass massive economic relief by August 1st....


Polly Gibbons' 3rd Resonance Records Release 'All I Can Do' is Out Now Photo Polly Gibbons' 3rd Resonance Records Release 'All I Can Do' is Out Now
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 19, 2019

Resonance Records discovery Polly Gibbons, a British-born star on the rise, has a sound and style that give off sparks. It's raw, raspy, and full of heat; it sputters and growls, carves out funky grooves, and wails into the skies. All I Can Do, her third Resonance release, the label's founder George...


Tove Lo Releases 'Really Don't Like U' Featuring Kylie Minogue Photo Tove Lo Releases 'Really Don't Like U' Featuring Kylie Minogue
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 06, 2019

Today, multi-platinum, Grammy Award-nominated artist Tove Lo released her highly anticipated collaboration with pop legend Kylie Minogue. 'Really don't like u' Feat. Kylie Minogue is out on all digital platforms and comes ahead of her fourth studio full-length, 'Sunshine Kitty' out September 20 on I...


Josiah Johnson Releases Debut Solo Album 'Every Feeling On A Loop' Photo Josiah Johnson Releases Debut Solo Album 'Every Feeling On A Loop'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 04, 2020

Five years ago when Josiah Johnson took a leave of absence from the acclaimed indie-folk band The Head and the Heart....


TAMARYN Announces Album 'Dreaming the Dark' and Shares First Single Photo TAMARYN Announces Album 'Dreaming the Dark' and Shares First Single
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 15, 2019

Tamaryn has been crafting gothic dreampop and soaring shoegaze records for the better part of a decade.  With each subsequent release she has both expanded her sonic palette and playfully deconstructed it, the project itself an iconoclastic exploration involving a variety of collaborators and genre-...


Brenda Wong Aoki Selected As Recipient Of Hewlett 50 Arts Commission For New Works In Photo Brenda Wong Aoki Selected As Recipient Of Hewlett 50 Arts Commission For New Works In Theater And Spoken Word
by Julie Musbach - December 17, 2018

Award-winning storyteller, playwright, and Bay Area local Brenda Wong Aoki is pleased to announce that she has been selected as a recipient of a Hewlett 50 Arts Commission, a program of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to commission new works by world-class artists. Wong Aoki, in collaborati...


Joseline Hernandez Joins the Cast of LOVE & HIP HOP: MIAMI Photo Joseline Hernandez Joins the Cast of LOVE & HIP HOP: MIAMI
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 11, 2019

VH1, in partnership with Mona Scott-Young's Monami Entertainment and MGM's Big Fish Entertainment, will give fans a double dose of the juggernaut 'Love & Hip Hop' franchise on Monday nights beginning in January....


BWW Interview: Justin Hamilton of THE BALLAD OF JOHN TILT ANIMUS at Melbourne Interna Photo BWW Interview: Justin Hamilton of THE BALLAD OF JOHN TILT ANIMUS at Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by Victoria Beal - April 10, 2019

BWW Interview: Justin Hamilton of THE BALLAD OF JOHN TILT ANIMUS at Melbourne International Comedy Festival...


Mosaic Theater Co Opens Season 5 With FABULATION OR, THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE Photo Mosaic Theater Co Opens Season 5 With FABULATION OR, THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE
by Julie Musbach - August 02, 2019

Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces its season opener, Fabulation Or, The Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage, starring Helen Hayes Award winner (and two time HHA host) Felicia Curry in the title role (see full bio below), with a stellar supporting cast including Roz White (Mosaic's Marie and ...


Tony Lucca Hits the Road in Support of New Album 'Ain't No Storm' Photo Tony Lucca Hits the Road in Support of New Album 'Ain't No Storm'
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 11, 2019

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Tony Lucca continues touring in support of his brand new album, Ain't No Storm (out March 29, 2019), with a number of tour dates that include stops at Bonnaroo, the Opelika Songwriters Festival, Pat McGee's Down the Hatch, and others (see tour schedule below for all...


Tamara Tunie, Blair Brown, Laura San Giacomo, Emily Mann and More Join OVER AND ABOVE Photo Tamara Tunie, Blair Brown, Laura San Giacomo, Emily Mann and More Join OVER AND ABOVE: WOMEN OVER 55 SPEAK
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 13, 2020

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote, Brooklyn's Brave New World Rep will present Over and Above: Women Over 55 Speak, August 26th, 7pm on Zoom. ...


Tove Lo Unveils Video For New Single 'Are U Gonna Tell Her?' Photo Tove Lo Unveils Video For New Single 'Are U Gonna Tell Her?'
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 31, 2020

This week, GRAMMY Award nominated artist Tove Lo unveils the music video for her latest single, 'Are U gonna tell her?' featuring Brazilian artist and rapper MC Zaac and taken from her fourth studio album, Sunshine Kitty. The video was directed by Brazilian duo, ALASKA and shot on location in São Pa...


Broken Nose Theatre Presents the Midwest Premiere of GIRL IN THE RED CORNER Photo Broken Nose Theatre Presents the Midwest Premiere of GIRL IN THE RED CORNER
by Julie Musbach - January 03, 2019

Broken Nose Theatre continues its seventh season with the Midwest premiere of Stephen Spotswood's drama GIRL IN THE RED CORNER, directed by Elizabeth Laidlaw, playing February 1 - March 2, 2019 at BNT's resident home, The Den Theatre...


BWW Review: March to see THE MUSIC MAN at SERVANT STAGE Photo BWW Review: March to see THE MUSIC MAN at SERVANT STAGE
by Marakay Rogers - September 20, 2019

I'm often asked if Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN is dated. Perhaps I should say yes, but I tend to say no. A production that can remind you that the underlying plot of the story isn't all sweetness and light and that it actually has what was once controversial material that we usually gloss over ...


The National Release HAIRPIN TURN Video, Plus Announce Short Film Screening Dates Photo The National Release HAIRPIN TURN Video, Plus Announce Short Film Screening Dates
by Tori Hartshorn - May 01, 2019

The National recently announced their eighth studio album I Am Easy To Find due out May 17th on 4AD, and the companion short film of the same name written by Academy Award-nominated director Mike Mills (20th Century Women, Beginners), and starring Academy Award Winner Alicia Vikander. Today, the ban...


Pure Bathing Culture Share Video for New Song, NIGHT PASS Out 4/26 on Infinite Compan Photo Pure Bathing Culture Share Video for New Song, NIGHT PASS Out 4/26 on Infinite Companion
by Tori Hartshorn - April 12, 2019

Pure Bathing Culture have shared the third and final single from their upcoming album Night Pass out April 26 on Infinite Companion. The video for 'All Night' follows an infectiously retro romance through glittering performances and nostalgic urban nightlife. The band elaborate, 'Night Pass is a rec...


Vantagepoint ai on The Cover of Beyond Business Top 10 Companies... Photo Vantagepoint ai on The Cover of Beyond Business Top 10 Companies...
by Robert Diamond - February 24, 2019

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BWW Review: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow Photo BWW Review: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Ceri Boyd - April 10, 2019

David Mamet's 'Glengarry Glen Ross' pulls no punches and draws the audience straight into the story of four struggling real estate salesmen in 1980's corporate Chicago....


I Am The Avalanche Unleashes New Album 'DIVE' Photo I Am The Avalanche Unleashes New Album 'DIVE'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 20, 2020

The wait is over for DIVE, the highly anticipated new album from revered New York Punk act I Am The Avalanche. ...


PlayMakers Repertory Company Has Announced Their 2020/21 Season ALL TOO HUMAN: THE AR Photo PlayMakers Repertory Company Has Announced Their 2020/21 Season ALL TOO HUMAN: THE ART OF COMEDY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 19, 2020

PlayMakers Repertory Company has announced its 2020/21 Season, All Too Human: The Art of Comedy. The season features nine productions that explore the gamut of human experience showcased in comedies both classic and new. The PlayMakers Mainstage season will feature a tribe of loving, zany Southern b...


Pony Bradshaw Practices 'Less Glamour, More Nutrients' On His New Album Calico Jim Photo Pony Bradshaw Practices 'Less Glamour, More Nutrients' On His New Album Calico Jim
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 13, 2020

“It was paramount that we practiced restraint, to not abandon tradition in the name of originality,” says singer and songwriter Pony Bradshaw of the recording process on his new album, Calico Jim. ...


Cast & Creative Team Announced for FABULATION at the Lyric Stage Photo Cast & Creative Team Announced for FABULATION at the Lyric Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 12, 2020

From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage (Intimate Apparel, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Sweat) comes the satirical tale of successful African-American publicist Undine, as she stumbles down the social ladder after her husband steals her hard-earned fortune....


Sam Moore and Mary Wilson Join RIAA in Applauding Hawaii's Enactment Of 'Truth In Mus Photo Sam Moore and Mary Wilson Join RIAA in Applauding Hawaii's Enactment Of 'Truth In Music Advertising' Act
by A.A. Cristi - September 11, 2020

Legendary recording artists Sam Moore and Mary Wilson, and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), together applaud Hawaii's enactment of the Truth in Music Advertising Act (TIMA) today. The TIMA legislation is designed to help protect the livelihood of legacy musical groups and artist...






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