• 12th Avenue Arts Makah Tribe win ArtPlace grants

  ArtPlace America, which distributes grants that ';accelerate creative placemaking across the country,'; has announced the 54 recipients for grants in 2013-14. Washington recipients are: –Capitol Hill Housing ...

• Dance Review Rennie Harris RHAW at the New Victory Theater

  They could almost be dancing for one another, these kids, on the street, in a club. Except that their circle is open at the front and they face outward, performing for spectators. Each gets a turn in the middle, and at first what they do ...

• European cinema in crisis

  The fizz has long come off the European Film industry, even if the champagne corks are popping in Cannes. The financial crisis of 2007 has hit the business hard, subsidies being cut, even in countries which previously feather bedded the industry. Spain for example has seen state aid go from 124 million euros down to just 55 million. It’s not just the present that is the concern. The ...

• Safe Haven marks Julianne Houghs first non-musical film lead

  TV personality Julianne Hough attends the People's Choice Awards 2013 at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles on January 9, 2013. UPI/Jim ...

• New Music The National Mike Pride and Hush Point Release Albums

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• Metropolitan Opera Disbands Its Ballet Corps

  The Metropolitan Opera has decided to disband its resident ballet company, whose roots date back to the ...

• How one theatre is guaranteeing audience satisfaction – or their money back

  Mnemonic Theatre Productions artistic director Caleb McMullen in the company's rehearsal space in Vancouver, May 16, 2013. (Jeff Vinnick for The Globe and ...

• Opinion Stage fright aside Kandie is a consummate professional

  Phyllis Kandie may, nay, will surprise many in the manner that she will execute her mandate as Secretary for Commerce, Tourism and East African ...

• Broadways biggest theater sold to British group

  FILE - This May 12, 2011 file photo shows the marquee for "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" outside the Foxwoods Theatre in New York. Ambassador Theatre Group said Monday, May 20, 2013, it has acquired The Foxwoods Theatre, the current home of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” The theater has about 2,000 ...

• Theater Review White Hot by Tommy Smith at the Flea Theater

  There are so many meant-to-shock moments in ...

• More love First Date Broadway casting announced

  First Date ,'; a 2012 co-production of the 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT. Producer Junkyard Dog was smitten, too; it was announced in March that the show would be heading to Broadway. Now, it’s time for casting news: Zachary Levi, of TV’s ';Chuck,'; will make his Broadway debut as Aaron, the male lead; Krysta Rodriguez (TV’s ';Smash,'; Broadway’s ...

• Sinbad files for bankruptcy again

  Comedian Sinbad has declared himself bankrupt with more than $10 million in debts, according to a U.S. report. The Jingle All The Way star, real name David Adkins, filed for bankruptcy last month, claiming he has just $131,000 in assets but owes $10.9 million to firms including American Express and Bank of America. According to legal documents, obtained by TMZ.com, Sinbad also has unpaid ...

• Patti LuPone Seth Rudetsky Set For Musical Show At Londons Leicester Square Theatre

  Despite a white-hot stage and screen career spanning more than four decades, Patti LuPone has no time for nostalgia -- and with good reason. The powerhouse performer is once again on a professional roll, having ...

• Critics Notebook Tertulia Concert Series at Hardings and Other Restaurants

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• Dance Review Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Joyce Theater

  Finding a balance between individual and group expression is important for any dance troupe. But for repertory companies, which lack the cohesive vision of a single choreographer, the challenge is especially acute. In the first of two programs that Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is performing at the Joyce Theater, four works by different choreographers explore this tension in ways both distinct ...

• Music Review Crash Ensemble at Carnegie Hall

  Early vocal music like Gregorian chant often uses a melismatic style, in which a single syllable of text is sung between successive notes. Arabic, fado, flamenco and Balkan genres are also rooted in melisma, as is sean-nos, which translates as ...

• Man survives fall onto Broadway theater marquee

  Broadway theater and landed on the facility's marquee. Fire officials said the man, whose name wasn't released, was at the Lyceum Theater to see "The Nance" ...

• Television Review The Ghost Army on PBS About the 23rd Headquarters

  World War II has provided an endless number of true stories in recent years, as ...

• Music Review Look and Listen at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery

  Look and Listen is the title of a festival of new music performed in art galleries that kicked off its 12th season with a concert at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery on Friday evening. But during a performance of Lewis ...

• Late night TV viewers dying off

  Back in the days when dinosaurs ruled the airwaves and the Internet was a toy for a few scientists and geeks, late night talk shows were big news. The change of every Tonight show host commanded the front page of newspapers, at a time before entertainment news was actually considered "news." And when David Letterman got stabbed in the back by NBC, and was passed over for Jay Leno as ...

• Bernie Taupin arrested for DUI

  Musician Bernie Taupin arrives for the opening night premiere of "The Union" during the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas ...

• Carol Burnett had her State Theatre crowd in stiches

  Carol Burnett was still such a rock star? The adoring fans who gobbled up tickets fast to the legendary TV comic’s sold-out appearance Friday at the State Theatre came bearing gifts and even wearing Irish green Scarlett O’Hara dresses (with curtain rods, no less!). They had a whole lot of stories to share with Burnett, too, many of which involved some kind of ailment or sad story ...

• Loudon Wainwright III On Mountain Stage

  in 1988 -- at that time, he was already regarded as one of America's finest singer-songwriters. Since that time, Wainwright's sardonic, poignant wit has helped him win armloads of awards and countless more fans. Wainwright describes his newest ...

• The Violet Hour at the Lobero Theatre

  T.S. Eliot referred to as "the violet hour." For her latest aerial dance production, the director of Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Arts, Ninette Paloma wanted to capture the beauty and suspense of that moment between day and night. Last Friday evening at the Lobero Theatre, her company La Petite Chouette presented The Violet Hour, a nuanced performance in three acts. Indigo lights ...

• Swons take TV stage again tonight

  May 20--Who are the Muskogee brothers who will perform on NBC's "The Voice" today? The Swon Brothers, Zach and Colton, who are now in the top 10 on the popular music competition television show, are much more than rising country music stars, their family, friends and fans say. The brothers took a few minutes before rehearsal late last week to talk about their early start as ...

• Its alive Cinema from the slums A love of cult movies has turned into a semi-regular night of great bad films

  By Tony Clayton-Lea It might be a tad ironic to have Slum Cinema as the umbrella title for an adventurous night of movie entertainment, but 24-year- old Canadian, Dublin-resident Anna Davies may just have hit a particularly hard and recession-driven nail on the head by doing so. Davies' love of cult movies was nurtured during her teenage years in her native Calgary, Alberta, as she soaked ...

• Cannes 2013 The musical side of the Coens Inside Llewyn Davis

  May 19--"He had to be believable as a musician, because this is not the kind of movie where you hear a few bars of a song; they play out in their entirety," Joel continues. "But the character is in every scene, so he has to be a very accomplished actor. It's not easy to find that in the same person, so we were very frustrated until Oscar walked in." "Now it weirdly ...

• Father and son team up to provide soundtrack for Graceland Steven Schoenberg has a long career of providing musical scores but nothing like his new effort.

  By RICHIE DAVIS The Recorder Father and son team up to provide soundtrack for 'Graceland' Steven Schoenberg has a long career of providing musical scores, but nothing like his new effort. By RICHIE DAVIS The Recorder NEW SALEM, Mass. - Say 'Schoenberg' and music together around these parts, and people tend to think less of atonal composing giant Arnold Schoenberg and more of ...

• Mars blasts off again

  Los Angeles rockers Thirty Seconds to Mars couldn't have anticipated just how high their new single, Up in the Air, would go. Literally. Would you believe the International Space Station as the first commercial copy of music ever to be sent into space? "I wanted to do something different, something special And what better way to do it then to put your music on a rocket and send ...

• Trek star Cumberbatch red hot

  LONDON - Benedict Cumberbatch is not the name of a character in an Oscar Wilde play -- nor is it "a fart in a bathtub" as he jokingly puts it. But it is the name of the U.K.'s hottest new leading man who's currently on screen menacing the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in Star Trek Into Darkness. Cumberbatch was kicking around British film and television for years before his ...

• Theatre company guarantees audience satisfaction – and here’s Proof

  Mnemonic Theatre Productions artistic director Caleb McMullen in the company's rehearsal space in Vancouver, May 16, 2013. (Jeff Vinnick for The Globe and ...

• Visconti claims the Giro dItalias snowy stage 15

  Gian Mattia D'Alberto/AP COL DU GALIBIER, France (AP) -- A superb solo ride up the grueling Col du Galibier gave Giovanni Visconti the victory in a weather-affected 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, while favorite Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall lead. Atrocious weather conditions once again altered the race course and heavy snow fell at the finish as ...

• Jennifer Lawrence fan jailed

  An overzealous Jennifer Lawrence fan has been jailed after showing up outside the actress' home in Kentucky and sending her brother a threatening message. Han Cong Zhao is being held at the Jefferson County Jail after turning up at The Hunger Games star's family home in Louisville on April 18. He is also accused of attempting to contact the actress' brother Blaine more than ...

• Muslima Muslim Womens Art Voices - in pictures

  Muslima is an online exhibition that gives voice to the varied experiences of Muslin women across the globe. Hosted by the International Museum of Women, it features interviews with leading Muslims, showcases the work of renowned artists and documents the lives of ordinary Muslims. Viewers can contribute their own thoughts ...

• Muslima exhibition interviews and art by Muslim women

  "The only woman it seems permissible to judge and even ridicule today is the Muslim woman," says Samina Ali. "What other woman faces as much scrutiny or is the target of random violence from both her own community and others?" An Indian-born Muslim who lives in San Francisco, Ali is the curator of Muslima: Muslim Women's Art & Voices, a new global online ...

• Maryland launches resource program for mid-stage startups

  A new state business program will focus on resources and strategic planning services for companies that have moved beyond the startup stage. Advance Maryland will offer business resources to second-stage companies that need help overcoming strategic growth challenges, such as developing new markets. The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore and the Maryland Department of Business and Economic ...

• Lisa Bonchek Adams In Sickness and in Health What Is It Like for a Mother to Read Her Daughters Blogs About Stage IV Cancer

  My mother, Dr. Rita Bonchek, is a psychologist who specializes in grief and loss. A career discussing death and dying, however, was insufficient preparation for hearing the words, "Mom, I have metastatic breast cancer." Mom and I have reacted very differently to the news of my stage IV cancer. I was online within days writing posts about the steps I was taking. I wrote immediately ...

• Danish designer finds inspiration in Ashanti empire

  In their pursuit of an African voice, designers are often left stuttering when it dawns on them that simply being drawn to the continent, without substance, isn't quite enough. The mass clamour about how "so-and-so was inspired by Africa", together with a confusion between east and west African cloths and the question of whether it is a country or a continent, only adds to the ...

• Van Gogh takes on DiCaprio

  painting style of the artist, so we don't just see photos harshly sutured on to paintings; in the portrait of Van Gogh as DiCaprio, the actor's face appears to have been painted in thick brushstrokes.This is the latest in an apparently boundless gallery - or, if you prefer, a bottomless pit - of online remakes of great art. You may remember ...

• Chapman brothers to film adaptation of The Marriage of Reason and Squalor

  Art of the new ...Jake and Dinos Chapman will fund their film of The Marriage of Reason and Squalor using art world sources. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the ...

• Amelia Earhart - picture of the day

  A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. On this day in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She had meant to fly to Paris but bad weather and mechanical problems forced her to land in a field near Londonderry, ...

• Chuck and Smash stars head to Broadway

  Levi, who will be in the film "Thor: The Dark World," follows fellow "Churck" alum Yvonne Strahovski to make his Broadway debut. She made a strong impression in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Clifford Odets' "Golden ...

• Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes

  reviewed last year , but there are less expensive options that could also be easier to install. That's where two-factor authentication services come into play. Years ago, vendors came out with hardware-based two-factor authentication: combining a password with a token that generates a one-time code. But toting around tokens means that they can get taken, and in a large enterprise, hard ...

• Game of Thrones live chat

  You got your "Game of Thrones" fix last night – but now you have questions or comments about the show. Starting at 12 PM ET, Game of Thrones ...

• Seattle Opera stages Wagner singalong on May 22

  Seattle Opera invites the public to celebrate composer Richard Wagner’s birthday (and get ready for the "Ring" cycle) with a singalong, a costume contest, cake and other fun on May 22, ...

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