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Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Porgy and Bess
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On October 31, 2021, the Metropolitan Opera premiered this season's Gershwins' Porgy and Bess series. This revival of James Robinson's acclaimed 2019 production saw almost the entire cast return to…
Decoded: what is the dark web and is it really such a bad place to be?
From doing search engine research to ordering food, reading the news and booking taxis, we use web services every day. But do you know the web as we know it, it is only a fraction of the actual web space. Yes, and that's why…
“EVE Online” players play the role of Covid-19 researchers
They know everything on saving fictional worlds, but players are now called by researchers to lend a hand to one of humanity's greatest crises, the Covid-19 pandemic. So far, they have risen to the task and delivered the equivalent of…
Planet-killing ghost ship shakes Apple TV + sci-fi
Apple TV + Space Opera Foundation deals with all kinds of ghosts in this week's thrilling episode. Haunted ships with death wishes, old friends back from the dead, and new powers discovered in the darkest hour.Brother Day makes a reckless…
Star Trek Prodigy TV review
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Ground: A group of lawless teens exiled to a mining colony outside Federation space discover an abandoned Starfleet ship. Dal must muster an unlikely crew for their new ship if they are to…
Cowboy Bebop poster gives new take on live-action stars
Netflix is ââunveiling a new poster for its live-action Cowboy Bebop starring all three lead actors ahead of the series' debut in November.…
Oxfam and Barnardos win Festival grand prizes for creative showcases
Two charity shops, Oxfam and Barnardos, were voted winners of this year's festival showcase competition in the town of…
Newberry City Council Appoints Two to CPST Commission
NEWBERRY - As part of the actions taken after the executive session, Newberry City Council has appointed Alison Johnson and Cornelius Cromer to the Investment…
West Side Rag »Lincoln Square reopens accelerate, with the return of 5 restaurants
Posted on October 23, 2021 at 8:06 am by Carol Tannenhauser
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The Lincoln Square section of the Upper West Side, spanning West 59th to West 72nd, from park to park, is arguably New York's arts…
Exhibition of San Quentin artists at the San Francisco Opera
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) - Prison and opera are two words you don't often hear together, but the two worlds faced off for a stage production at the San Francisco Opera this month.
The opera is set in a prison, so real inmates…
Single tickets are on sale for the second half of the 2021-22 season at Michigan Opera Theater
The intermission is officially over; opera and dancing are on the way back to the Detroit Opera House.Single tickets for Michigan Opera TheaterThe spring season goes on sale to the public Thursday, October 21 at noon ET. Tickets can be…
Inspired by their eerie and possibly haunted nature, the Stanly couple marry at Albemarle’s…
When most people think about their dream wedding, it usually involves getting married in a church, hotel, or even a banquet hall. Some even envision exotic destinations like a white sand beach in the Caribbean.
But…
Take a look behind the scenes at Opera North after its £ 18million redevelopment
Opera North chief executive Richard Mantle pictured in the new atrium, as part of the £ 18million redevelopment. (Simon Hulme).The first opera performed in the city was The Beggar's Wedding, in 1729, when English ballads were…
Q&A: Michelle DeYoung on performing with the San Diego Symphony, Mahler, and the Rady Shell
On October 16, Michelle DeYoung will make her San Diego Symphony debut singing Mahler's âLieder eines fahrenden Gesellenâ.
But the debut will be very special as the concert will take place…
10 worst friends in movies, ranked
Backstabbing, betrayals and outright lies, Hollywood has traditionally used the most expensive deceiver as a storytelling…
K. Leigh’s latest novel Reformat provides a satisfying and resounding finish to the…
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES, October 12, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ - One of the most unique and engaging voices in science fiction today, K. Leigh, brings a rowdy but empowering conclusion to…
Hocking Hills Music Festival features Appalachian and small business artists
From Friday afternoon through Saturday twilight, musicians and performers from the Appalachians entertained audiences at the Hocking Hills Music Festival in Rockbridge.
Hosted by…
“The Expanse”: Amazon Releases Trailer, Announces Release Date For Final Season Of Space…
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Amazon released the first trailer for the sixth and final season of The extent, one of the best sci-fi series of recent years, which will conclude as planned between the end of this year and the start of the next.…
10 movie franchises where every slice looks like a whole different series
One of the best ways to maintain a long-standing movie franchise is to switch genres. While this may result in a sequel…
The Cleveland Orchestra receives historic $ 50 million donation from the Jack, Joseph and Morton…
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that it has received $ 50 million from the Cleveland-based Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel…
A new era begins | MSU Today
The MSU College of Music has officially made a dream come true by cutting the ribbon on the Billman Music Pavilion - a state-of-the-art facility, specially designed for musical study, practice and performance. On Friday…
NYC Restaurant News: Nami Nori launches into Williamsburg space
HeadliningNami noriTwo years ago, chefs Taka Sakaeda and Jihan Lee, along with their partner, COO Lisa Limb, established a branch of this restaurant in the West Village, a pale and stylish space specializing in temaki, small open breads.…
Reed’s renovation brings new restaurants, shops and flair to downtown Salem
The newly renovated building of the Reed Opera House is close to the ensemble with restaurants, shops and a more organized space for the enjoyment of the Salemites.
The Reed Opera House had a smooth opening on October…
Chris Crenshaw presented the Themis Award for his contributions to Southern Miss Symphony –…
Dr. Chris Crenshaw, Senior Associate Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), received the Themis Award at the opening concert of the Symphony Orchestra's 102nd…
The healing power of music returns to concert halls across the region
Finally, live concerts will be back in October for several classical music and dance series. The idea is to aim for a normal season, at least as much as possible, with each site having their own social protocols. The following list is…
Morrisons buyout bidding battle ends in £ 7bn offer from private equity giant
Morrisons shareholders to vote on final offer later this month (PA) (PA Wire)The battle to buy a supermarket Morrisons ended with private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) outbid Fortress in a dramatic auction…
Best FPS Mobile Games – The Clare People
Shooting games, action subgenres, are some of the most popular in the industry, divided into several categories and, within these, FPS (First person shooter) stands. Titles like Doom and Quake have had a huge influence on…
No time to die, Dune, the Green Knight among October’s must-see movies
Although Auckland cinemas are still closed, there is a wide range of options for moviegoers across the rest of the country this month. Some of the titles hitting the big screen in the next four weeks include the drama Kiwi Juniper…
Machine Robo, Japan’s Coolest Gobots, Comes to America
Machine Robo was the franchise Tonka used to create Gobots, but her Revenge of Cronos anime was night and day compared to the Hanna-Barbera cartoon.…
Opera Las Vegas Hosts West Coast Premiere of “Ghosts of Gatsby”
How does an opera company stand out when they don't have the budget to produce big extravagances? Looking to the future. Opera Las Vegas forges its artistic identity at the cutting edge of creation. In a genre often stereotyped as an…
Guerilla Opera’s ‘ELLIS’ tells stories of immigrants
The multicultural cast of five will perform original compositions by Vanoni and a libretto by Ewa Chrusciel at the Old South Meeting House - but they won't be alone on stage. Vanoni incorporated recorded interviews with immigrants from…
Jenůfa, Royal Opera – Janáček scours the soul in compelling new take
These are roles for great singer-songwriters, who need space and the support of a discerning director and conductor. In Asmik Grigorian as an intelligent, serious and truthful daughter and Karita Mattila, once the main performer of the…
How Jaws’ scene in Back to the Future Part 2 predicted modern blockbusters
And yet, the appeal to most moviegoers and the brilliance of Marvel's marketing strategy is that they all look the same to an indiscriminate eye. And even for the most discerning, there's a certain familiarity with the formula,…
Thor and Loki elevator scene looks a lot like a ‘Star Wars’ tribute
For many MCU fans, Thor: Ragnarok is one of the best of the 20+ movies released in the franchise. He took the theme of Thor's solo releases in a very different direction than his first two films, thanks in large part to the…
Madame Butterfly review – brutal realities overtake romance in new staging WNO | Opera
Welsh National Opera has gone from iconic to deliberately iconoclastic. Joachim Hertz's 1978 long-running staging of Madame Butterfly has been replaced by Lindy HumeThe new production of, in which Japan and Japonism is abandoned in favor…
Wheeler money vote campaign being formed
A campaign is brewing to promote the passage of Voting Measure 2A, which asks Aspen voters to reallocate a portion of the property transfer tax revenue spent on the!-->…
Guardians of the Galaxy channel mass effect in the best possible way
From the moment it was revealed, it was as if the Guardians of the Galaxy were taking inspiration from BioWare's iconic space opera, Mass Effect. While the inspiration wasn't exactly…
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Grimes is a visionary artist, and her highly anticipated sixth studio album is shaping up to be an exciting new era in her discography. Already in 2018, two years before the release of his disc Miss Anthropocene, Grimes was dream music,…
What We Played # 517 – The Artful Escape, Chorus, Sable & Death Stranding
How long does Friday seem to roll in here. There's definitely a pinch of fall in the air, and we all know what that means, right? Each game is set to release in the next eight weeks! At least with a little chill outside, we can…
The Force is strong with the Arizona Cardinals.
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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray shakes hands with Minnesota Vikings cornerback Cameron Dantzler after the…
Google to spend $ 2.1 billion on Manhattan office building
As a result, large employers like Condé Nast and JPMorgan Chase have given up on chunks of office space, contributing nearly 19% of Manhattan office space available for rent, according to Newmark, a real estate services…
Original Star Wars publisher slams new Star Wars movies
Marcia Lucas, who was editor on the original Star wars trilogy, and also the first wife of George Lucas, criticized recent reboots of space opera and rounded up director JJ Abrams for killing Luke Skywalker and Han Solo.
Lucas…
LA Opera triumphantly opens the season with ‘Il Trovatore’
For 35 years, the Los Angeles Opera's opening night, with its black-tie festivities, has, with one exception, heralded the fall season, regardless of the weather. No one needed to remember Saturday night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion…
Summon the Force to talk about Blackfulla stuff
Anthropologists and others seem to have gleaned the benchmark for their surveys and reports along the way. There's nothing offensive about Whitefullas rolling with it, but he does have a slightly dissonant sound about it.You know what?…
Babylon 5 Future could include an animated film series
| Recently, Bleeding Cool reported a very vague and possible match of J Michael Straczynski on a sequel to his classic space opera TV show Babylon 5, when asked, simply saying, "Who knows ... this dream might not be as crazy as it…
Bialystok. Art spaces, i.e. spaces for education and the development of dance
âArt Spacesâ is a program run by the Warsaw Theater Institute. Zbigniew Raszewski and the National Conservatory of Music and Dance come under the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and!-->…
Dune Review: Darking Arthouse Opera Room and Multiplex Create Another Global Achievement of Epic…
Dune reminds us of what could be a Hollywood blockbuster. The message has been implicitly written in the sand over and over again. Deni Villeneuve's fantasy epic tells us that low-budget spectacular shows shouldn't be boring or…
In “Sun & Sea”, econihilism goes to the beach
Sun & Sea, at BAM.
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Watching someone…
Belmont Vision – Belmont dedicates $ 180 million to the Fisher Center for Performing Arts
Belmont on Tuesday opened the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in a groundbreaking ceremony, an event that has lasted four years and nine days.
The center, a premier venue built to world-class specifications, spans four…
“Dune” and “The Matrix” show how science fiction has gone astray
When politics or the economy don't give much cause for celebration, Americans turn to the screen. The 1930s demanded effervescent shows that made us laugh during the Depression. The 1970s gave rise to a new genre of thriller that…
opera day on the beach evokes a climate crisis | WGN 720 radio
New York (AP) - How do I make my Brooklyn show space a day on the beach? Answer: 21 tons of New Jersey sand are packed in a 50 lb bag, trucked in and dumped on the ground. There are 840 in total. In this way, the Brooklyn Academy of…
Struggling with a painful story – and adding some glam
âOur task was to tackle the layered history of space,â Garza said, âand because it was such an underutilized space, to revitalize it as an asset to the community.âThe…
Programming and recommendations for the 2021 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
The Philly theater community is in desperate need of performing and their excitement for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival is palpable. Over 1,000 performances are scheduled for 170 shows in more than 70 locations across the region from…
ORFEO ED EURIDICE / ZANETTO, Arcole Exterior
Orfeo succumbs to the temptation and turns to kiss his wife, Euridice, and so the gods demand their price for his failure to keep his end of the bargain, as she dies and he despairs.Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo and Euridice is a…
Trinity Church Wall Street announces 2021-22 season
Trinity Church Wall Street has announced its 2021-22 season.
The first will be "Vigil Psalms: A Service of Prayer, Readings & Music", conducted by Julian Wachner and featuring the Trinity Wall Street Choir.
Date of…
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2021 gives adversity two fingers with striking lineup
Who would have thought a year ago that we would now be in the middle of a second round of annual art festivals severely curtailed by Covid. There was a quiet, unknown for this time of year, in the…
The performing careers of Dover, NH’s John Boyle, and Charles E. Cronin
DOVER - There was a different kind of show presented at the Opera, an almost annual tradition which, after 1936, continued in the current auditorium of the Town Hall. It was the âIrishâ show, sponsored…
COVID-19 survey of theater audiences: a parody
Illustration for Janiak Column on theater questionnaires.
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Thank you for purchasing a ticket once and thus for receiving weekly emails from us for the rest of your life. Could you help us get back to in-person indoor…
What is the best science fiction book? Browse our summer playlist – Film Daily
Who knows what awaits us in the future? Science fiction hopes to explore many potential futures, but the best science fiction books reflect the issues and concerns of their time through a dark mirror. The future is…
The future of Houston’s art scene – Houston Public Media
Khori Dastoor, Managing Director and CEO of Houston Grand Opera (as of January 2022); Janice Bond, deputy director of the Houston Museum of Contemporary Art; Juraj Valcuha, Music Director of the Houston Symphony (from fall 2022)…
Everest-A Graphic Novel Opera Review: From Life and Death
"Everest", an opera by Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer, made a strong impression when it premiered at the Dallas Opera in 2015. A tense and captivating portrayal of a truly ill-fated expedition to the summit of Mount…
Everything you need to know about the animation studios behind the project
Disney + Star Wars: Visions is a new project…
No new Star Wars game at EA Play Live, but news announced for 2022
Electronic Arts today revealed via Twitter that it will not be announcing a new Star Wars game at EA Play Live, Electronic Arts' all-digital game showcase. The company told players to stay tuned for more information next…
Christina Erskine joins Warner Music as SVP Marketing & Promotions Australasia
Christina Erskine joined Warner Music as SVP Marketing & Promotions Australasia.With over 17 years of experience in the entertainment industry in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, Erskine most recently served as Director of Engagement…
Loki from Disney Plus and the influence of Peter David
The suicide squadthe last trailer of opens with Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) discussing the Bloodsport supervillain (Idris Elba), who is in jail for "putting Superman in the ICU wie a bullet of kryptonite. The trailer for Titans season!-->…
Mel Hilario, Lauren Davis, Katie Longua, OGN Cupcake Auction Agent
| Mel Hilario, Lauren Davis, and Katie Longua, the team behind Debian Perl, digital detective, auctioned off their latest graphic novel, Agent Cupcake, won by Grace Scheipeter at Oni Press. Agent Cupcake is a mid-level graphic novel…
Delphi Opera House appoints new director to launch 6th season | New
DELPHI - With a long and distinguished career as a cellist, ethnomusicologist, and leader in arts and…
Patty Jenkin’s Rogue squad soars to production, she says – film stories
The script for the next Star Wars movie is nearing completion and the director is putting together a crew to make this December 2023 release date.
Normally, a movie that goes through pre-production to the point…
The Royal Ballet School meets on stage
LONDON - When the students of the Royal Ballet School dispersed at home across the world during the first UK lockdown last spring, classes went virtual and at first proved to be quite tricky.It wasn't just about jet lag, with students from…
REVIEW: Ordinary Gods # 1 is epically stellar
Ordinary Gods # 1 is an outstanding start to a series featuring a war of immortals spanning Earth history, with excellent art and compelling writing.…
NYC opens, but there’s always entertainment to stay at
Stage for outs & ins
If New York isn't wide open yet, it's at least that it's blinking. Yesterday evening, places were reserved in the park. For the opera. Followed by a dinner on Fifth Avenue for the first…
Hogfish Regenerative Arts celebrates a magical launch
Throughout the long, dark days of the pandemic, artists around the world have dreamed of the day when they could once again shine a light on their creativity and share with their audiences a celebration of joy, upliftment and healing.…
Qmmunity: House of Lepore Strikes a Pose: Ballroom Arrives at Coconut Club, Austin Trans Picnic, and…
Lepore House Mortal combat-inspired looks (Photo by Manuel Frayre)…
F9 go to space, come home
Cinema is alive.
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Studios…