Lucine Amara Announces Cast To Perform In NJ Association Verismo Opera's Debut Of TURANDOT
The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's Artistic Director, opera luminary Lucine Amara, announces the cast performing its debut of Giacomo Puccini's last opera, Turandot. Verismo Opera, the Bergen Performing Arts Center's (bergenPAC) house opera company, presents this dramatic opera set in ancient China on Sunday, April 22, 2018. The performance begins at 3:00 p.m. at the theatre, located at 30 North Van Brunt Street, in Englewood, New Jersey. Previously, Verismo Opera performed act three in concerts in 1997 and in 2009.
Little Rock Nine Members to Receive the 2015 Lincoln Leadership Prize, 5/18
CHICAGO, April 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation (ALPLF) announced today that it will award its prestigious Lincoln Leadership Prize to the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine schoolchildren whose attendance at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, marked the end of racial segregation in U.S. public schools. On September 25, 1957, the group received a federal troop escort by the 101 st Airborne Division as they integrated the school following the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954. Their actions that day, and since, have helped to define the civil rights movement.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation Announces the Little Rock Nine Members as Recipients of the 2015 Lincoln Leadership Prize
CHICAGO, April 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation (ALPLF) announced today that it will award its prestigious Lincoln Leadership Prize to the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine schoolchildren whose attendance at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, marked the end of racial segregation in U.S. public schools. On September 25, 1957, the group received a federal troop escort by the 101 st Airborne Division as they integrated the school following the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954. Their actions that day, and since, have helped to define the civil rights movement.
Tom Brokaw to Deliver Keynote Address at the 2015 BIO International Convention
Legendary television journalist and author Tom Brokaw will deliver a keynote address at the 2015 BIO International Convention, June 15-18 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Keynote Luncheon will take place on Tuesday, June 16 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT. The BIO International Convention regularly draws over 15,000 leaders from the biopharmaceutical industry, and offers targeted networking and business partnering opportunities and provides insights and inspiration on major trends affecting the industry.
Stephen Sondheim, Meryl Streep and More Honored With 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom Today
?President Barack Obama previously named nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The awards will be presented at the White House today, November 24th.
Mitt Romney Headed to MEET THE PRESS, 6/15
This Sunday on 'Meet the Press:' One year since the 2012 presidential election, David Gregory will talk exclusively with the former Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, about the rollout of Obamacare. What would a President Romney have done differently? Plus, from the government shutdown to national security, we'll get his view on where the U.S. is headed.
VIDEO: Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta on Biden vs. Clinton in 2016
Today's 'Meet the Press' featured a rare joint interview with outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey, with fill-in moderator Chuck Todd. In the clip below, Panetta weighs in on a potential Joe Biden versus Hillary Clinton Democratic Presidential bid in 2016. Check it out below!