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Filmed in Los Angeles over a school year, this groundbreaking social experiment features a diverse group of LA teens who open up their lives and phones to offer an intimate glimpse into how social media has reshaped childhood.

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Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park Receives Grant from Carolyn Watson Foundation
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2017

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park (OSP) is pleased to announce it has received a $15,000.00 grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation and its Community Grant program.  The grant will be used to assist in funding the Short Shakespeare touring program, which will allow Oklahoma ...


Ailey Celebrates Black History Month Across The United States
by Molly Tracy - February 02, 2017

As Black History Month launches, Ailey continues to inspire, enlighten and educate all people with national tours by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, classes for aspiring dancers and the general public, and the launch of a new Arts In Education residency program for elementary school...


VCHR and Virginia professors push back against questionable textbook changes by Israe Photo VCHR and Virginia professors push back against questionable textbook changes by Israel advocacy organizations
by Robert Diamond - June 05, 2018

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New Book Charts Tale of Unlikely Hero who Saves his Planet from Peril Photo New Book Charts Tale of Unlikely Hero who Saves his Planet from Peril
by Robert Diamond - June 12, 2018

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BWW Review: SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! JR. Brings Back Fond Memories Photo BWW Review: SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! JR. Brings Back Fond Memories
by Anton Anderssen - September 29, 2017

Remember those educational cartoons when you were a little kid, like Conjunction Junction, I'm just a Bill, and Interjection? Now is your chance to hear all of those timeless tunes in one setting, at Spotlight Players in Canton, where director John Sartor works his unique brand of magic bringing out...


PROMETHEUS PROJECT Education Concert Opens The Cleveland Orchestra's 100th Season Photo PROMETHEUS PROJECT Education Concert Opens The Cleveland Orchestra's 100th Season
by A.A. Cristi - August 24, 2017

On September 22 a collaborative education project with Cleveland Orchestra musicians and Cleveland School of the Arts (CSA) students centered around the music of Beethoven will culminate when the Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Most perform a special Education Concert, "Beethoven & Prometh...


Ailey Celebrates Black History Month Across The United States
by Molly Tracy - February 02, 2017

As Black History Month launches, Ailey continues to inspire, enlighten and educate all people with national tours by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, classes for aspiring dancers and the general public, and the launch of a new Arts In Education residency program for elementary school...


Chicago High School Students to Compete in August Wilson Monologue Competition Photo Chicago High School Students to Compete in August Wilson Monologue Competition
by Julie Musbach - February 22, 2018

Twenty-one Chicago high school students will once again compete in the finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition for a chance to represent Chicago in the National Competition at the August Wilson Theatre in New York City. Hundreds of students competed across the city in preliminary rounds. T...


Trap Door Theatre presents THE LOCKETEER Photo Trap Door Theatre presents THE LOCKETEER
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2018

THE TRAP DOOR THEATRE is proud to present The Locketeer Adapted from The Numbered by Elias Canetti, Adapted and Directed by Catherine Sullivan...


Outstanding Student Productions Showcased at the 52nd Annual California Student Media Photo Outstanding Student Productions Showcased at the 52nd Annual California Student Media Festival
by Macon Prickett - June 04, 2018

Top student producers, and their teachers and schools were celebrated at the 52nd Annual California Student Media Festival (CSMF) awards Saturday, June 2 at Harmony Gold Preview House in Los Angeles. The festival, a partnership between PBS SoCal and CUE, is the oldest student media festival in the c...


HEAVY SKETCHES is Released
by Christina Mancuso - March 01, 2017

ASHEVILLE, N.C., March 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ Getting kids to pay attention has always been a challenge for teachers. But this is even more true today when most students own multiple devices that entertain, offer them instant gratification, and divert their attention from traditional book learning. Te...


Pushcart Players to Perform at Rutgers-Camden Photo Pushcart Players to Perform at Rutgers-Camden
by Julie Musbach - February 21, 2018

Pushcart Players, New Jersey's Emmy nominated and award-winning touring theater for young audiences presents "Stone Soup…and other stories" at 10:00 am at the Gordon Theater, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts....


BWW Featured Studio: BALLET TECH Photo BWW Featured Studio: BALLET TECH
by Caryn Cooper - July 25, 2017

Ballet Tech is a unique partnership between the Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. and the New York City Department of Education. Here students beginning in grade 4 have the opportunity to combine professional tuition-free arts instruction with a public school education. With approximately 180 students en...


National Reading Month Kicks Off With Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration
by Christina Mancuso - February 01, 2017

TEANECK, N.J., Feb. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ As Dr. Seuss once said'The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.' Every year at the beginning of March, children across the country kick-off National Reading Month by celebrating the birthday of...


AMONG THE FURIES Wins New York Summerfest Theater Festival; Full List! Photo AMONG THE FURIES Wins New York Summerfest Theater Festival; Full List!
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2017

AMONG THE FURIES, written & directed by DAVID SCALA, took home the top playwriting prize Tuesday night at New York City's Hudson Guild Theatre, during the New York Summerfest Theater Festival's closing night award ceremony. The play also won Best Actress for Claire Ganshert, and Best Set Design by A...


Koffler Presents FRAN LEBOWITZ: In Conversation April 22, 2018 Photo Koffler Presents FRAN LEBOWITZ: In Conversation April 22, 2018
by Stephi Wild - December 01, 2017

The Koffler Centre of the Arts is thrilled to present an afternoon with author, raconteur, cultural satirist, and American cultural icon Fran Lebowitz, on Sunday April 22 at 4 PM at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. Tickets are available though the Koffler Centre of the Arts by calling 647-925-0643 or onl...


Pushcart Players Awarded Grant for 'Readers Theater' Project in Passaic
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2017

Pushcart Players, the renowned touring theater for young audiences celebrating its 43rd year, has been awarded the contract for Non-Profit Arts Partner of "Readers Theater - AIM to Achieve Project" at Martin Luther King School No. 6 in Passaic New Jersey....


Jacques d'Amboise's National Dance Institute Shares The Power of Movement with Millions
by Christina Pandolfi - May 25, 2017

It's May 8, 2017 and I'm sitting in the National Dance Institute Center for Learning & the Arts' quaint auditorium in Upper Manhattan, waiting for the students to take the stage. As part of the celebrated Art Nest series, this evening's mixed medium program centers on the loneliest woman in mytholog...


Ailey Celebrates Black History Month Across The United States
by Molly Tracy - February 02, 2017

As Black History Month launches, Ailey continues to inspire, enlighten and educate all people with national tours by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, classes for aspiring dancers and the general public, and the launch of a new Arts In Education residency program for elementary school...


New Show THE LOCKETEER Come to Trap Door Photo New Show THE LOCKETEER Come to Trap Door
by Julie Musbach - December 26, 2017

The Locketeer is an adaptation of Elias Canetti's play from 1956, The Numbered wherein a nameless future state claims its power by imposing life spans on its citizens. This competition for status causes social paranoia and a tragicomic refusal of facts. The adaptation will be devised with the ensemb...


Northfield Bank Funds Two Playwriting Residences
by Molly Tracy - March 15, 2017

Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, recently completed two playwriting residencies in the Rahway School District, graciously funded by The Northfield Bank Foundation....


CLYBOURNE PARK Coming to Centaur Theatre This April
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2017

Centaur Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, written by American playwright, Bruce Norris, from April 4 to 30, 2017....


Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Photo Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Youth Season
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts Theatre for Youth Program has announced its 23rd season of excellent performing arts and educational theatre opportunities for children on the Space Coast....


The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium Photo The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018

The Music Center today announced its first Arts Integration Symposium for K-12 educators to be held at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from July 18-20, 2018.  This new program features a first-ever collaboration with both The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts whe...


Trap Door Theatre presents THE LOCKETEER Photo Trap Door Theatre presents THE LOCKETEER
by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2018

THE TRAP DOOR THEATRE is proud to present The Locketeer Adapted from The Numbered by Elias Canetti, Adapted and Directed by Catherine Sullivan...






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