Sundance Institute Announces 2020 New Frontier Story Lab Fellows
by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2020
Six projects and artist teams have been selected for the 2020 Sundance Institute New Frontier Story Lab, which supports independent artists working at the cutting-edge convergence of film, art, media, live performance, and technology.
Rover Presents 10-Minute Play Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 16, 2019
For the fifth consecutive year, Rover Dramawerks is pleased to present a festival of 10-minute comedies. Selected from over 300 plays submitted blind from playwrights all over the world, nine short plays will be presented July 25 - August 10. Performances are Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. at Rover Dramawerks, located in Ruisseau Village at 221 W. Parker Rd, Suite 580, at the northwest corner of Parker and 75.
Jean Butler Returns To Library For The Performing Arts For Irish Dance Residency
by A.A. Cristi - May 22, 2019
This June, renowned Irish dance practitioner and contemporary choreographer Jean Butler returns to The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for a second year with her ever-expanding project Our Steps, Our Story: An Irish Dance Legacy Archive. A collaboration between Butler's Our Steps Foundation (OSF) and the Library's Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Our Steps, Our Story: An Irish Dance Legacy Archive is the first archive solely dedicated to preserving the solo steps and stories of Irish dance master practitioners and style influencers from An Coimisiun Le Rinci Gaelacha. Butler's residency at the Library will take place from June 3 through June 13, 2019.
The Nash Presents PAPA, BIRDSEED, and More in August
by Sally Henry Fuller - Aug 2, 2015
August storms in to Phoenix with a blast of incredible jazz, as local and visiting artists fill the calendar at The Nash. BIRDSEED brings an all - Charlie Parker concert, the new funky band MR. PEOPLE hit the stage for First Friday, and PAPA DEFRANCESCO shows audiences where son Joey got his chops from.
NAPALM AND FILET MIGNON Reveals Author's Journey From Combat to Luxury
by Christina Mancuso - Oct 21, 2014
Ever hear of a soldier eating filet mignon and sipping fine French wine during his tour of duty in the Vietnam War? How about having dinner with the reigning Miss America and star athletes of the NFL during war? 'Napalm and Filet Mignon' consists of the author's contrasting journey from an army combat-infantry soldier on patrols and in firefights in the central highlands of Vietnam, to a waiter for the General's Mess Hall - serving the commanding officers gourmet meals of lobster and filet mignon. Documented by letters written and sent home to his mother and sister from 1969 to 1970, author John Jennings reflects on his time in service and the irony of war.
Excerpt from the book: 'How many of us at one time or another have dreamed of time travel? H.G. Wells wrote a famous book, 'The Time Machine', and Hollywood capitalized on a series of popular movies about time travel in Back to the Future. But how many of us can? I can, because I have a 'time machine' of my own in the form of letters that I wrote and sent home from Vietnam to my mother and my sister Ann so long ago. My sister saved all the letters and gave them to me upon my return. Now, some 40 plus years later, I can travel in time to a war and the uncertainty in my life through these letters I wrote in Vietnam. I can revisit my improbable contrasting journey, from a combat-infantry soldier fighting the Viet Cong, to a support soldier, waiting tables and serving the Army Generals. A journey that takes place in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, from living in muddy-foxholes with snakes and insects and eating C-Rations, to working in an air conditioned diner, sipping wine and eating filet mignon.'
This book is one of many to come from The War Writers' Campaign - a nonprofit publisher that aims to support veteran and family member programs. 100% of all proceeds, beyond a royalty to the authors, is utilized for transformative transitional programs in areas of mental health and reintegration of our military men and women and their families.
John's book and others published by The Campaign are available for a donation back to the cause online at Amazon.com and through other channels by The War Writers' Campaign, Inc.
About the Author
John Jennings was born and raised in Chicago's Northside near Wrigley Field. He was drafted into the Army at the age of 22 in the fall of 1968, attending basic and advanced infantry training at Ft. Knox and Ft. Polk. Louisiana. John was then shipped to Vietnam, where he was assigned to the Army's 4thDivision, Bravo Company, 1/14 Infantry. Today John is happily married to his wife, Mary and they have 4 grown children and 4 grandchildren.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter Performs with the New York Philharmonic, Now thru 3/1
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2014
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter will make her New York Philharmonic debut in Mary Chapin Carpenter with the New York Philharmonic
and Special Guests, a retrospective program featuring songs from throughout her career, some newly arranged for orchestra.
Mary Chapin Carpenter to Perform with the New York Philharmonic, 2/28-3/1
by BWW News Desk - Dec 12, 2013
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter will make her New York Philharmonic debut in Mary Chapin Carpenter with the New York Philharmonic
and Special Guests, a retrospective program featuring songs from throughout her career, some newly arranged for orchestra.
Photo Flash: Road Less Traveled Opens BUFFALO RISES Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Sep 13, 2013
Buffalo-based theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) kicks off its monumental tenth season tonight, September 13, 2013 with the world premiere of Buffalo Rises. Comprised of eight, ten-minute snapshots, Buffalo Rises honors what it is to be a Buffalonian through the exploration of our rising past, beautiful present, and hopeful future. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Road Less Traveled's BUFFALO RISES
by BWW News Desk - Sep 10, 2013
Buffalo-based theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) kicks off its monumental tenth season September 13, 2013 with the world premiere of Buffalo Rises. Comprised of eight, ten-minute snapshots, Buffalo Rises honors what it is to be a Buffalonian through the exploration of our rising past, beautiful present, and hopeful future. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below!
Road Less Traveled Productions to Open 10th Season with BUFFALO RISES, Begin. 9/13
by Tyler Peterson - Aug 12, 2013
Buffalo-based theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) kicks off its monumental tenth season September 13, 2013 with the world premiere of Buffalo Rises. Comprised of eight, ten-minute snapshots, Buffalo Rises honors what it is to be a Buffalonian through the exploration of our rising past, beautiful present, and hopeful future.