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Dance Brigade, Holly Near & Ferron Announce West Coast Tour Of A WOMAN'S SONG FOR PEACE in January

Krissy Keefer's Dance Brigade will kicks off its 50th Anniversary Season with a seven-city West Coast Tour January 9-19 of A Woman's Song for Peace, a new dance theater work featuring original live music and performances by iconic musician and activist Holly Near, seminal queer feminist singer-songwriter Ferron, and groundbreaking Afro-Caribbean jazz artist Christelle Durandy, intertwined with Dance Brigade's fierce, nuanced choreography.
Lincoln Center's Open House Returns to David Geffen Hall for Third Year

On Sunday, October 27, Lincoln Center’s third annual Open House will welcome kids, teens, and families for a day of interactive performances, workshops, art-making, installations, and more, entirely for free.
Britton and the Sting, John Cameron Mitchell & Amber Martin and More Set for Spiegeltent 2023 Programming

The Fisher Center at Bard, currently celebrating its 20th Anniversary Season: Breaking Ground, announced Spiegeltent programming for Bard SummerScape 2023.
The Apollo Season Features Jazz Commission And Hip-Hop Concerts, AFRICA NOW! Festival, And More

As The Apollo gears up for a historic 2023 with the opening of The Apollo's Victoria Theater and the renovation of the Historic Theater, the iconic Harlem nonprofit announced additional upcoming concerts, comedy shows, and educational programs for the winter and spring of 2023.
The Nash Announces Lineup for 10 Year Anniversary Weekend, October 27- 30

Since Wynton Marsalis played the first note at the Grand Opening on September 30, 2012, The Nash has become the epicenter for the greatest jazz moments in the Valley of the Sun. Virtually every top jazz artist has journeyed to Phoenix, from legends to rising stars, in order to perform at the downtown club named in honor of drummer Lewis Nash. 
The Apollo Theater Announces Fall/Winter 2022 Season Featuring Camille A. Brown, Fat Joe & More

The Apollo Theater has announced details of its fall/winter 2022 season titled The Next Movement. The Apollo has long been a place of dynamic energy and forward motion; this season, the theater honors that longstanding tradition through a series of performances and programs that look to the future.
Joe's Pub and Greenwich House Music School Present Virtual UNCHARTED Series

The annual Uncharted concert series at Greenwich House Music School was cancelled in 2021, after it had been fully booked, but the program maintained its commitment to many of its artists and is bringing them back to the stage - in partnership with Joe's Pub - this spring.
Virtual Theatre Today: Thursday, March 11- with Emily Skinner, Brandon Victor Dixon, and More!

Today (March 11) in live streaming: Emily Skinner visits Backstage Live, Brandon Victor Dixon joins Black Broadway Men, and more!
Capital One City Parks Foundation SumerStage Anywhere Presents FAMILY DAY Featuring Diddi Emah, Black Violin & More

Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage's SummerStage Anywhere digital series has announced the programming for SummerStage AnywhereDigital 'Family Day' 2020 presented by Disney. Taking place on Sunday, August 2, Family Day will include a number of family-friendly performances and workshops.
Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage Anywhere Announces Digital 'Family Day'

Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage's SummerStage Anywhere digital series is thrilled to announce the programming for SummerStage AnywhereDigital 'Family Day' 2020 presented by Disney.
Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage Announces Family Programming with SummerStage Studio: Digital

Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage is thrilled to announce the July and August programming for SummerStage Studio: Digital presented by Disney.
The Apollo Theater to Screen SHAFT with Live Score

The Apollo Theater announced today that it will screen the iconic MGM film Shaft (1971), as part of the Apollo Film series, on Saturday February 29th at 8:00 p.m. The screening will be accompanied by a live performance of Isaac Hayes' Academy Award® nominated score by Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, a sprawling band of musicians led by founder and cultural critic Greg Tate.
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER Comes to La MaMa

Theodora Skipitares has achieved renown for her large-scale puppetry epics on such topics as physics, genetics and medicine. An early American giant of science is the subject of her latest multi-media spectacle, 'The Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker.' It celebrates the life of the free black man who, living in Maryland from 1731 to 1806, became one of his era's most outstanding engineers and astronomers. La MaMa will present the world premiere of the piece January 23 to February 2 in its Ellen Stewart Theatre, at 66 East Fourth Street.
Crystal Beth Unleashes Her Debut Album PUSH THRU

Crystal Beth unleashes her first full-length studio record, PUSH THRU, a solo incarnation using wailing vocals, amplified clarinet, beat-boxing and electronics to weave a sonic universe all her own. The album will be released on Trey Gunn's 7D Media on October 18, 2019. Beth has been described as “world music from an imaginary planet..quite compelling & magical” (Seattle Times), “a supremely versatile and virtuosic maverick” (The Stranger), and “one of the most fearless and innovative musicians in the city…” (Earshot Jazz). Known for crafting aural rituals that encompass industrial chants, alien disco breaks, heart gushings, and robot love songs, Crystal Beth redefines the possibilities of the voice and clarinet in tight experimental pop songs and undulating, cathartic noise cries. Crafting moments that ricochet between meditation and a full body purge, she is an electric, adrenaline inducing performer voted Seattle's Best Classical Musician and nominated for NW Vocalist of the Year.
BRIC JazzFest Announces Pedrito Martinez Group for Outdoor Kickofff Concert

New Student Workshops For Elementary and Middle School Students to Engage with World-Class Jazz Artists and Educators A New EVIDENCE Community Dance Class by Master Artist/Choreographer Ronald K. Brown
BRIC JazzFest 2017 Announces Full Programming

BRIC is pleased to announce full programming for the 2017 BRIC JazzFest, the third annual edition of the celebrated Brooklyn jazz festival, conceived and curated by Jack Walsh, Lia Crockett and Brice Rosenbloom. As it expands even more in its third year, the Festival continues to deliver on the promise Nate Chinen suggested in The New York Times when he wrote, "Given what's still a limited infrastructure for jazz in Brooklyn, BRIC JazzFest could be an important force for good." The Festival takes place over the course of a week (October 14-21), featuring film, dance, panel discussion and student workshops, and culminates with a three-day concert marathon, with performances taking place simultaneously in the various spaces comprising BRIC House (647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn).
Jazz Drama Program Honors Jon Hendricks and Cobi Narita

Good Morning America news anchor and music fan Ron Claiborne will host a gala evening honoring vocalese original Jon Hendricks once dubbed the 'James Joyce of Jazz' by Time magazine, and producer Cobi Narita who founded and led both the Universal Jazz Coalition and New York Women's Jazz Festival for several decades.
Photo Flash: First Look at MultiStages Theatre's COMIDA DE PUTA (F%&KING LOUSY FOOD)

Now on its second week, MultiStages Theatre presents the world premiere of Desi Moreno-Penson's Comida de Puta (F%&king Lousy Food), directed by producing artistic director Lorca Peress. Comida de Puta (F%&king Lousy Food) plays a limited engagement at The West End Theatre (Church of St Paul and St Andrew at 263 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024). Performances continue through Sunday, April 26. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!
MultiStages' COMIDA DE PUTA Begins at The West Side Theatre Today

MULTISTAGES THEATRE presents the world premiere of Desi Moreno-Penson's Comida de Puta (F%&king Lousy Food), directed by producing artistic director Lorca Peress.
MultiStages to Present COMIDA DE PUTA (F%&KING LOUSY FOOD) at The West Side Theatre, 4/8-26

MULTISTAGES THEATRE is pleased to announce the world premiere of Desi Moreno-Penson's Comida de Puta (F%&king Lousy Food), directed by producing artistic director Lorca Peress. Comida de Puta (F%&king Lousy Food) will play a limited engagement at The West End Theatre (Church of St Paul and St Andrew at 263 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024). Performances begin Wednesday, April 8th and continue through Sunday, April 26th. Opening Night is Friday, April 10th at 8 p.m.

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