Guide for the Arts News
Boston
Louis C.K. in Wilbur Theatre (Boston), 20/02/2012 19:00 - stand-up comedy - Sun, 19 Feb 2012
Wilbur Theatre Boston (Massachusetts) 20/02/2012
East Taunton man turns beer can collection into home museum - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
To most people, beer cans are nothing but trash to be exchanged for 5 cents apiece at a local redemption center. But for Taunton’s Kevin Logan, they are a passion. Some are parts of history and many are pieces of art. Logan is the founder and curator of a little-known museum in East Taunton, a hidden gem in the Silver City since 1996 that has recently received international attention for its ...
Photos: Boston Symphony Orchestra & Claremont Trio - Wed, 25 Jan 2012
Good musical news The Claremont Trio inaugurated the Gardner Museum’s new Calderwood Hall, and John Harbison's Symphony No. 6 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of David Zinman. The Claremont Trio inaugurated the Gardner Museum’s new Calderwood Hall. READ : " Some good musical news in troubled musical times " by Lloyd Schwartz Read more
BLO keeps a light on for the less traditional - Thu, 09 Feb 2012
A consistent highlight of recent Boston Lyric Opera seasons has been its Opera Annex series, offering a single production annually of more adventurous repertoire in a location outside the company’s home in the acoustically challenged Shubert Theatre. This year’s selection, “The Lighthouse’’ by Peter Maxwell Davies, opened last night at the John F. Kennedy Library and it is another clear success ...
Boston Ballet's 'Simply Sublime' - Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Road to the city Boston Ballet's "Simply Sublime" (at the Opera House through February 19) traverses 20th-century ballet's arc from Russian romance to a robust and confident neoclassicism. PLEASURE PRINCIPLE When it comes to Balanchine, there's nothing like the real thing — and Boston Ballet has benefited by its familiarity with Symphony in Three Movements. Boston Ballet's "Simply Sublime" (at ...
New York City
Neighbors in stockyards district salute Bill Brady gallery opening - Tue, 14 Feb 2012
New York art dealer Bill Brady’s decision to open a gallery in Kansas City has been the talk of the art world for months. On Friday, the project comes to fruition with the opening of the inaugural show at the Bill Brady Gallery at 1505 Genessee St., marking a new chapter in the evolution of the stockyards district in the West Bottoms as a cultural destination.
Ellen Fisch Captures Wall Street with New Exhibition - Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Fine art architectural photographer Ellen Fisch celebrates the marvels of the Gilded Age of architecture and the history of the Wall Street area with her stunning black and white and sepia-toned photographs currently exhibited at Jadite Galleries in New York City.New York City, NY (PRWEB) February 21, 2012 Ellen Fisch’s current Wall Street fine art architecture photography exhibition at Jadite ...
Dan Monroe examines future of art museums - Sun, 19 Feb 2012
The Association of Art Museum Directors met in San Francisco in mid-January. Few people outside the field noticed, but discussions that took place at the convocation may affect the experiences that art museums offer...
Goings on About Town: Dance - Sun, 19 Feb 2012
goatTitle--NEW YORK CITY BALLET The season draws to a close with two final performances of Alexei Ratmansky’s “Russian Seasons,” a suite of dances that encapsulate the choreographer’s sophisticated humor and imaginative use of stage space. On Feb. 25, the operatic high spirits . . .
Wainwright's 'Prima Donna' given US premiere by New York City Opera at Brooklyn Academy - Mon, 20 Feb 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Rufus Wainwright's "Prima Donna" took an unusual path to its United States premiere, switching companies and sopranos.
The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, featuring Michael Tilson Thomas and the New ... - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Broadway's Judy Blazer and Shuler Hensley topline affectionate re-creation of the early Yiddish Theater NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, a celebration of Yiddish theater...
NYMF to Stage A Letter to Harvey Milk, Prison Dancer, Flambé Dreams, Rio and More - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced that A Letter to Harvey Milk, Prison Dancer: The Musical and Living With Henry are among the musicals selected for the 2012 Next Link Project.
Washington D.C.
Ballet dancers teach you how to groove - Fri, 17 Feb 2012
The Washington Ballet is mounting an all -Twyla Tharp program at the Kennedy Center beginning Wednesday. The performances consist of “Nine Sinatra Songs,” combining the Rat Packer’s tracks with sensual ballroom dancing; “Surfer at the River Styx,” featuring six dancers and an original score by Donald Knaack; and “Push Comes to Shove,” Tharp’s famous crossover ballet created for Mikhail ...
Bring On The Laughter: Stages of Healing welcomes Washington Improv Theater - Thu, 16 Feb 2012
To promote healing through the performing arts, the Stages of Healing (SOH) series at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) welcomed the Washington Improv Theater (WIT) group to the hospital for a performance Feb. 8.
Cast Announced for Village Theatre's It Shoulda Been You - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
It Shoulda Been You, the new musical about the perfect wedding that quickly unravels, will play Washington's Village Theatre beginning March 14.
Obama calls black museum symbol for all Americans - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political and cultural figures joined to break ground for a new museum celebrating black Americans on Wednesday, with President Barack Obama calling it a symbol of Americans' shared history. The $500 million National Museum of African American History and Culture will be the only national museum devoted solely to black life, art, history and culture. The site is scheduled ...
Smithsonian's black history museum to break ground in DC with help from Obama, Laura Bush - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
WASHINGTON - A new national museum telling the history of black life, art, and culture will soon begin taking shape as the 19th museum in the Smithsonian Institution to explore stories that have sometimes been left out on the National Mall.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles museum is shrine to Grammy history - Sat, 11 Feb 2012
Even the casual listener, one who can't tell Kid Cudi from Kid Rock, will find plenty of interest here.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, announces MOCA TV: A global video channel - Fri, 27 Jan 2012
MOCA is the first contemporary art museum to associate with a major media company in an online video-programming venture of this scale. Photo: Marissa Roth.
'Cupcake Wars' takes on Los Angeles Opera's 'La Boheme' - Tue, 14 Feb 2012
The Food Network’s competition show “Cupcake Wars” on Sunday night had four bakers compete for a $10,000 prize and a chance to showcase their treats at a gala celebration of the Los Angeles Opera’s revival of “La Boheme.”
Placido Domingo to open Los Angeles Opera season in Verdi's 'Due Foscari' - Thu, 09 Feb 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Placido Domingo will take on another baritone role when the Los Angeles Opera presents its first performances of the Verdi rarity "I Due Foscari" to open its 2012-13 season.
Los Angeles Readies for Its First Citywide Convention of the Year with the Arrival of the College Art Association’s ... - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Los Angeles welcomes its first citywide convention of 2012 when the College Art Association (CAA), founded in 1911 to advocate excellence in scholarship and teaching of the visual arts, hosts its centennial conference February 22-25. The four-day gathering is expected to draw more than 5,000 attendees resulting in nearly 7,458 total room nights shared among the JW ...
Los Angeles May Render Art is not a Crime with a New Mural Ordinance. - Tue, 14 Feb 2012
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A decade-old ban on murals may be headed for change with the crafting of a number of new mural ordinances that would preserve existing murals while creating opportunities ...
