Pacific Opera Victoria To Present Puccini's La Boheme
by Alan Henry - January 31, 2018 A cast of exciting and familiar voices returns to Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) for Puccini's La Boheme, a bittersweet tale of young, impoverished artists experiencing friendship, love and loss. La Boheme is presented February 15 to 25, 2018, at the Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, in Victoria, B...
PBS To Present Special Earth Day Themed Programming This April
by Macon Prickett - March 12, 2018 In conjunction with Earth Day on April 22, PBS stations will offer a selection of themed programming with topics ranging from agriculture to meteorology to climate change. Kicking off on Monday, April 16, at 10:00 p.m. ET, INDEPENDENT LENS investigates the disturbing chemical spill in West Virginia...
New PBS Documentary on Native American Judges Focuses on Rehabilitative Justice
by Caryn Robbins - July 12, 2017 Tribal Justice has its national broadcast premiere on the PBS documentary series POV (Point of View) on Monday, August 21, 2017. POV is American television's longest-running independent documentary series, now in its 30th season....
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Honoured in Chamber Opera MISSING
by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2017 City Opera Vancouver with Pacific Opera Victoria presents the world premiere of Missing, a profoundly moving and pivotal opera that sheds new light on a national crisis, November 3,7,9 & 11 at 8pm, and November 5 at 2pm at The York Theatre. Written by distinguished Canadian M tis playwright Marie Cl...
Family, Race, Class and the Triumph of the Human Spirit Examined in QUEST, Airing June 18 on POV
by Macon Prickett - May 17, 2018 For his debut documentary, QUEST, director Jonathan Olshefski spent nearly a decade chronicling the daily triumphs and tragedies of the Raineys, a working class African-American family in North Philadelphia. The father, Christopher “Quest” Rainey, is a local music producer and promoter who hosts a p...
VIDEO: Will Smith Celebrates 1 Million YouTube Subscribers on Jimmy Fallon
by Robert Diamond - March 24, 2018 The new video gives fans a unique behind-the-scenes look at the Fallon studio and captures the hilarity from all angles. In this video fans also see Will Smith receive his YouTube Gold Award from Jimmy Fallon....
Hero Syrian Volunteers Documented in LAST MEN IN ALEPPO on PBS 7/10
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017 Captured with incredible intimacy and urgency, LAST MEN IN ALEPPO shows the White Helmets at work in the wake of bombing raids....
BWW Review: NOT IN THE SCRIPT by Amy Finnegan
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - August 31, 2017 If Emma Watson was to star in a Freeform (Formerly ABC Family) TV series after growing up making movies, I would very much expect her life to be similar to what Emma Taylor goes through in NOT IN THE SCRIPT by Amy Finnegan....
PBS Series POV Announces 31st Season Including BILL NYE: SCIENCE GUY, DARK MONEY, & More
by Macon Prickett - April 11, 2018 The creative, fighting spirit is alive and well in 2018. The newest slate of documentary films from PBS television series POV arrives this June with a lineup of empowering and moving stories about the strength of art and activism. From scientists setting out to save the planet to hip-hop artists car...
Broadway's Marybeth Abel & Christy Ney Will Hold Stage Management Workshop In June!
by Nicole Rosky - March 05, 2018 Broadway Basics is recruiting high school and college students and young professionals for their Stage Management Workshop- a two day intensive June 4-5, 2018 from 10am-3pm for an in-depth day with two Professional Broadway Stage Managers. Upon attending the workshop, students will learn first-hand ...
Award-Winning Documentary Series AMERICA REFRAMED Announces its 2018 Black History Month National TV Premieres
by Tori Hartshorn - January 25, 2018 America ReFramed, an award-winning documentary series co-produced by partners WGBH/Boston and American Documentary (producers of the acclaimed POV series), explores America's ever-changing socio-cultural landscape. Following each TV premiere, FREE streaming will be offered via worldchannel.org and a...
BWW Review: GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS by Melissa Bashardoust
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - September 07, 2017 GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS, Melissa Bashardoust's debut novel, came out this past week, and it is wonderful. It's very different from many tales out there in that readers are treated to both the stepmother's POV and the stepdaughter's POV--albeit when both are teenagers. So one tale is told in fla...
Philip Glass Ensemble Presents KOYAANISQATSI LIVE
by Julie Musbach - January 25, 2018 Considered to be one of the most influential composers ever to work in film, Philip Glass has reinvented the relationship between music and the moving image. Glass turns 80 in 2017, and to celebrate Texas Performing Arts presents a unique musical and cinematic experience!...
Pacific Opera Victoria Announces Its 2018/19 Season
by Alan Henry - February 16, 2018 Pacific Opera Victoria's 2018/19 season includes two well-known masterworks by major composers as well as a delightful work from the classical operetta repertoire....
STARSET Releases Augmented Reality App at Live Shows During US Tour
by Macon Prickett - February 21, 2018 Visionary sci-fi rock band STARSET recently unveiled their Augmented reality app while on their current headline tour across the US and Canada. The new mixed reality app developed by the firm Juniper Jones includes space inspired visuals that fans can access using the app throughout the interactive ...
Bill Nye Fights for Science Documentary of TV Personality and Climate Advocate Coming to POV 4/18
by Tori Hartshorn - January 10, 2018 Bill Nye Fights for Science Documentary of TV Personality and Climate Advocate Coming to POV 4/18...
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Honoured in Chamber Opera MISSING
by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2017 City Opera Vancouver with Pacific Opera Victoria presents the world premiere of Missing, a profoundly moving and pivotal opera that sheds new light on a national crisis, November 3,7,9 & 11 at 8pm, and November 5 at 2pm at The York Theatre. Written by distinguished Canadian M tis playwright Marie Cl...
BEST OF PICK OF THE VINE to Showcase Best Short Plays from 15 Seasons at Little Fish Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2017 In commemoration of its 15th anniversary, Little Fish Theatre will present Best of Pick of the Vine as the crown jewel in its already sparkling 2017 season....
Xenobia Bailey and Maria Hupfield to Create New Work Live In MAD's Galleries
by A.A. Cristi - October 24, 2017 The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is pleased to announce the second cycle of Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field, a micro-residency/exhibition hybrid featuring alumni of MAD's Artist Studios Program. Working in the Museum's third-floor galleries to allow visitors a rare look into the...
TechCrunch Premieres Nigel Stanford's Next Mini-Movie 'Automatica - Robots vs. Music'
by Emily Bruno - September 15, 2017 Automatica is the title-track from Stanford's forthcoming Sony Music Masterworks debut album. 'Automatica - Robots vs. Music' is a follow up to 2015's viral video, 'Cymatics - Science vs. Music' which visualized a brand-new synthesis of music, art and physics. Stanford's latest brainchild raises the...
VIDEO: Bonnie McKee Debuts Voyeuristic Music Video for 'Thorns' Shot Entirely on VHS
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2017 The video for Thorns is a sultry, voyeuristic adventure with a slightly unhinged Bonnie Mckee at the helm....
Neal Morse Releases New Solo Album LIFE & TIMES Today
by Macon Prickett - February 16, 2018 NEAL MORSE released his latest solo album, LIFE & TIMES, today on Radiant Records via Metal Blade Records/SONY on all digital outlets, including Radiant Records' website, as well as CD and vinyl....
Roadtrip Nation and University of Maryland University College to Premiere Cybersecurity Documentary “Life Hackers”
by Caryn Robbins - June 01, 2017 Roadtrip Nation, renowned for its New York Times best-selling career guide and award-winning documentary television series, announced today that its new one-hour cybersecurity documentary 'Life Hackers' will air on American Public Television stations nationally starting on June 15, 2017. Distributed...
Pacific Opera Victoria Announces Its 2018/19 Season
by Alan Henry - February 16, 2018 Pacific Opera Victoria's 2018/19 season includes two well-known masterworks by major composers as well as a delightful work from the classical operetta repertoire....
BWW Review: ATLAS FALLEN by Jessica Pierce
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - April 17, 2018 I've never been a huge sci-fi reader, but books like ATLAS FALLEN by Jessica Pierce make me want to go out and read all the sci-fi. Pierce's debut novel is like CINDER meets Big Hero 6. You have illegal bot fighting and a prince who must choose a bride in three days and a girl who is great at creati... |