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Film Preview: OBAMA DREAM (directed by Francesco Paravati)
NEW DOCUMENTARY OBAMA DREAM NOW AVAILABLE AT AMAZON PRIME A road trip through the United States that voted the first African-American President into the White House In 2008, Francesco Paravati, a freelance journalist from Italy, followed Barack Obama during his historic and victorious presidential campaign in the United States. The journey starts in Denver and…
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Film: ADAM SANDLER: FUNNY GUY (Amazon)
FUNNY IS AS FUNNY DOES The feature-length biography Adam Sandler: Funny Guy is now available on Amazon Prime.Critics may not always love Sandler, but fans sure do. The boy from Brooklyn did not need showbiz connections to become a global superstar. Sandler has left his comedic mark on three decades of stage, screen, and song….
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CD Review: LULLABIES (Dave Brubeck on Verve)
THANKS FOR THE LULLABIES…AND THE MEMORIES Not long before the great Mr. Dave Brubeck drifted off to eternal sleep one day before his 92nd birthday, he had left for us a final album of soft jazzy lullabies to guide us into peace. Awesome! We teared up at not just the loveliness of the tunes, but…
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Theater Preview: WHAT IS LEFT, BURNS (Steppenwolf)
STEPPENWOLF BEGINS 2020-21 SEASON Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre begins its NOW virtual stage season with What Is Left, Burns, which “opens” for streaming on November 11, 2020. This world premiere play has been recorded with a spectacular production design, including stunning video and photography by Lowell Thomas and Joel Moorman and an original soundtrack composed by Justin Ellington….
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Theater & Music: 50 YEARS IN THE GROOVE (A Rhythm Revue Salute to Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre)
SALUTING FIVE DECADES OF NEW AMERICAN THEATER WITH GROOVIN’ MUSIC New York’s beloved radio hosts Felix Hernandez (WBGO’s Rhythm Revue Dance Party) and G. Keith Alexander (WBLS from 1973-2017) are teaming up to bring you 50 Years in the Groove, a Rhythm Revue salute to Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre (NFT). It’ll be an…
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Album Review: LOVECRAFT COUNTRY (Official Soundtrack for the HBO Series)
A NEW COUNTRY Lovecraft Country premiered on August 16, 2020, on HBO and consists of ten episodes. Based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he meets up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across…
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Opera Preview: THE ANONYMOUS LOVER (LA Opera/Colburn)
ANONYMOUS NEGLECTED NO MORE L.A.’s Colburn School and LA Opera will stage and stream the company premiere of The Anonymous Lover (L’Amant Anonyme), a charming and unjustly neglected 1780 opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), a contemporary of Mozart who is widely regarded as the first Black classical composer known to history. Performed in…
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Music Preview: DON MCLEAN (Live Free Concert)
Don McLean To Perform Hour-Long Live Stream Concert On Monday, September 28 at 5pm ET / 4pm CT / 2pm PT, Don McLean will take the stage for a virtual concert and perform his classic hits and fan favorites such as “Botanical Gardens,” “And I Love You So,” “Greenback Dollar,” “American Pie,” “Vincent (Starry, Starry…
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Off-Broadway Theater Preview: 2020-2021 VIRTUAL SEASON (Primary Stages)
RE-BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL New York’s Primary Stages is gearing up for the new fall virtual season. Included in the mix are The Tribute Artist by Charles Busch and The Night Watcher by Charlayne Woodard. Also, the Living Room Commissions, which is for artists who are creating new work in this time of evolution: Inda Craig-Galván, Kate Hamill, Chesney Snow…
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Film: FANDANGO AT THE WALL (directed by Varda Bar-Kar)
OVER THE WALL At the heart of the the feature music documentary Fandango at the Wall — which HBO premieres beginning Friday, September 25 — is the “Fandango Fronterizo” music festival that takes place annually on both sides of the Tijuana-San Diego border. In the film, Jorge Francisco Castillo, who founded the festival, invites producer…
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Theater Feature: AN EVENING CONVERSATION WITH JAMES CROMWELL (Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles)
AN EVENING CONVERSATION WITH JAMES CROMWELL NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE The latest installment of The Robey Theatre Company’s online series of Evening Conversations, filmed on September 11, saw celebrated actor and activist James Cromwell discussing the current and future state of the Theatre, the impact of the pandemic on the performing arts, and the response…
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Music Preview: JESSYE NORMAN AT 75: A CELEBRATION LIVE (Black Opera Productions and Brookfield Place)
A NORMAN CONQUEST Get ready for Jessye Norman at 75: A Celebration on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 6 pm ET. The live event will commemorate the legendary singer’s first birthday in memoriam, presented in support of the Estate of Jessye Norman and Jessye Norman School of the Arts, and the forthcoming documentary film Black Opera. The 90-minute…
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Theater Feature: BACKSTAGE LIVE AT THE GEFFEN (Geffen Playhouse annual fundraiser)
DIANE KEATON, GLORIA CALDERí“N KELLETT AND FRANK MANCUSO TO BE HONORED BY GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Being recognized this year at Geffen Playhouse’s 18th annual Backstage LIVE on August 22 are Academy Award winner Diane Keaton, who will receive the Artistic Impact Award, and One Day at a Time co-creator, co-showrunner, executive producer and actor Gloria Calderón…
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Film Preview: MORONI FOR PRESIDENT (directed by Saila Huusko and Jasper Rischen)
PRESIDENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR The documentary Moroni for President offers an eye-opening and humorous look at a political race that runs surprisingly parallel to the current political landscape of the U.S. It will be released in Virtual Cinemas beginning Friday, August 21, 2020,at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater, and then expanding to other arthouse theaters through September…
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Music Extras: WHAT IS A CELLO BOW MADE OF?
WHAT IS A CELLO BOW MADE OF? Unless you’re playing the pizzicato, a cello without a bow is like a bow and an arrow without the arrow. You can use any type or size of an arrow as long as the bow can hold it. It is the same with the cello bow. A bow…
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EXTRAS: Comprehensive Guide to Becoming Amazon AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate with Help of Practice Tests
Comprehensive Guide to Becoming Amazon AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate with Help of Practice Tests The Amazon certification is an essential step that any specialist in IT needs to follow if he/she wants to become a certified Solutions Architect. As AWS technology is becoming more popular these days, corporations need skilled specialists who can architect…
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