Guitarist Miles Okazaki's MINIATURE AMERICA Out This July
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2024
Guitarist Miles Okazaki releases 'Miniature America' on July 19, featuring 22 vignettes that explore the wonder of chance encounters and 'found' compositions. Discover the unique soundscapes created.
Virginia Repertory Theatre Announces WAITRESS, FAT HAM, And More for 2024-2025 SEASON
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 5, 2024
Virginia Rep has announced the 2024-2025 Season: an exciting line-up of musicals, plays, and special presentations at all three locations, including the Signature Season at the November Theatre downtown, the Barksdale Season at Hanover Tavern, and the Family Season in the Jessie Bogese Theatre at the Virginia Rep Center for Arts and Education. Partner productions in the Theatre Gym and additional community partnerships will be announced at a later time.
Review: OUR TOWN at Syracuse Stage
by Dan and Julie Izzo - Apr 4, 2023
What did our critic think of OUR TOWN at Syracuse Stage? The Syracuse Stage production of Our Town celebrates the 125th anniversary of the birth of Thornton Wilder. One might think a play written in 1938 would be irrelevant for an audience in the 21st century. But it is important to remember that the world at that time faced a severe worldwide economic downturn, the danger of impending war, strong political division, rising nationalism and rapid technological advancement. Given that these problems plague us today, Our Town is especially meaningful in our time.
Citizens Rally to Save Rutherford's Historic William Carlos Williams Performing Arts Center and Newman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 30, 2021
A group of Rutherford residents are making a last-ditch effort to raise awareness of the auction of the Williams Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts, including starting an online petition which has garnered over 2,000 signatures. Bergen County, who has owned the building since 1987, has decided to give up on maintaining the costs for this building, which happens to sit on the most coveted piece of real estate in the center of this NJ town.
Jaime Augusto Shelley, Poeta De Las Causas Sociales
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 30, 2020
Considerado por Octavio Paz “como uno de los poetas más complejos”, el escritor mexicano Jaime Augusto Shelley falleció este día en la Ciudad de México a los 83 años de edad.
NYC Children's Theater Comes Back With CREATIVE CLUBHOUSE
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2020
NYCCT recently launched a new online digital program for families called Creative Clubhouse. While most of the programming is available to all free of charge, they are offering essential workers as well as any family that has been deeply affected by this crisis to have free access to all paid content.
POETRY IN AMERICA Returns to Public Television for Season Two
by Kaitlin Milligan - Feb 13, 2020
Eight new half-hour episodes of Poetry in America will begin airing on public television stations nationwide (check local listings) and on the World Channel starting this April and continuing through the spring and summer. Also in April, which is National Poetry Month, the series will be available to stream on pbs.org and individual episodes will be available on poetryinamerica.org.
2020 Adelaide Writers' Week Announces First Round Of Authors And Programs
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2019
In 2020, Adelaide Writers' Week the second from Director Jo Dyer, contemplates one of the few things that incontrovertibly unites us all: Being Human. Running from Saturday 29 February to Thursday 5 March as part of the 60th anniversary Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Writers' Week will explore how humans engage with each other, with technology, and with the natural world.
Bookworks, The City Of Albuquerque, And WordCraft Circle Present Joy Harjo
by Julie Musbach - Oct 18, 2019
Bookworks, the City of Albuquerque Cultural Services, and WordCraft Circle present Joy Harjo, United States Poet Laureate, on December 7 at the KiMo Theater. The event will be free and open to the public, but requires registration. The reading starts at 8 pm, with a signing to follow.
Reconocen la amplia ruta literaria de Pura López Colomé con el Premio Bellas Artes de Literatura Inés Arredondo 2019
by Julie Musbach - Sep 20, 2019
Por su sólida trayectoria literaria, la traductora, poeta y escritora Pura López Colomé es reconocida con el Premio Bellas Artes de Literatura Inés Arredondo 2019, el cual le otorgó la Secretaría de Cultura, conjuntamente con el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Literatura, la Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa y el Gobierno del Estado por medio del Instituto Sinaloense de Cultura.
PALM BEACH POETRY FESTIVAL Returns To Delray Beach
by Julie Musbach - Jul 30, 2019
Susan R. Williamson, Director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival (PBPF), today announced that the 16th annual festival is returning to Old School Square for six days of literary workshops and public events, including readings, talks, interviews, panel discussions and more, January 20-25, 2020.