Bushwick Film Festival Celebrated 11th Anniversary
The Bushwick Film Festival (BFF) celebrated its 11th anniversary last month, with nearly 100 films, a dozen panels and events, and over 3,500 attendees! Follow this link to see Best of Photos. Five exceptional filmmakers were chosen by BFF's jury to accept awards for Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Web Series/New Media. Winners, Runner-Ups and Programmer's Choice awards included:
Kevin Hart's NIGHT SCHOOL to Make New York Premiere at Urbanworld Film Festival
The 22nd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by AT&T's The Humanity of Connection along with founding partner HBO, presented its 2018 festival slate today. The slate of 69 official selections and 7 spotlight selections represent inclusion beyond ethnicity. The annual showcase of diverse culture and sensibility will be experienced in Manhattan September 19-23, 2018 at AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.
Kevin Hart's NIGHT SCHOOL to Make New York Premiere at Urbanworld Film Festival
The 22nd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by AT&T's The Humanity of Connection along with founding partner HBO, presented its 2018 festival slate today. The slate of 69 official selections and 7 spotlight selections represent inclusion beyond ethnicity. The annual showcase of diverse culture and sensibility will be experienced in Manhattan September 19-23, 2018 at AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.
Iowa Performers Get Big-Time Welcome To National Stage
The only 'National' festival taking place in the State of Iowa, that focuses on Iowa's traditional pioneer music has taken a step forward this year, in welcoming Iowa performers of the early 'covered wagon music' that came to the state in it's earliest days of settlement.
BRIC Announces Fall 2016 Programming
In its award-winning arts center in downtown brooklyn, BRIC presents and incubates fresh work by artists and media-makers reflecting NYC's diversity.
XLrator's FIVE STAR Comedy to DVD 9/1
XLrator Media presents FIVE STAR, available on DVD: September 1, 2015. Directed and written by Keith Miller, the film stars James 'Primo' Grant, and John Diaz.
El Teatro Presents BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES: THE OPERA, October 9-10th 2015
The very first theatrical adaptation of Tom Wolfe's era-defining novel hits the stage this October 9th and 10th at New York's El Teatro at El Museo del Barrio! With music by Stefania de Kenessey and a libretto and direction by Michael Bergmann, this new opera, as large in scope as New York itself, takes on the universal socioeconomic tensions of the island that is home to both Wall Street and Harlem.
Rooftop Films Lineup for the Week of June 23
Fortunately, Rooftop Films is here to help by screening two completely free shows this coming week: Rob Reiner's 1989 classic WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (presented simultaneously in all five boroughs thanks to AT&T and Tribeca Film Festival) and FIVE STAR, Keith Miller's award-winning tale of a Brooklyn teen contemplating the gang life.
BWW Reviews: TWO BOYS Conjoined by Internet Chat Rooms - Nico Muhly's New Opera Makes Its American Debut at the Met
It's not everyday that you watch the interconnectivity of two separate people communicating via Internet chat room. Let alone, how about five people's conversations over several weeks with an entire chorus of “chaters” behind them. It adds up to quite the stack of transcripts. The idea, while seeming passé, remains a relevant topic to discuss and bring forward on the Met's stage. The usually very formal performance space was filled with internet lingo such as PWOS, A/S/L, LOL, WTF, and any abbreviationyou could think of. Nico Muhly's “Two Boys” is a new and innovative work that has extremely dark overtones both in the production as well as the musical aspects of the piece. “Two Boys,” with a libretto by Craig Lucas tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who is convinced by unknown people he has met through Internet chat rooms to attempt murder on his 13-year-old 'friend'.