In Focus News

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present their highly anticipated free screening of the new documentary PS DANCE! THE NEXT GENERATION followed by a talkback with filmmakers Jody Gottfried Arnhold and esteemed guests on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 5pm at Kaufmann Concert Hall.

Partners British Council, Edinburgh International Festival, Scottish Parliament and Scottish and UK Governments are set to welcome artists, Culture Ministers, parliamentarians and global influencers from across the world to the sixth Edinburgh International Culture Summit (Friday 26-Sunday 28 August 2022) at the Scottish Parliament. The Summit aims to inspire positive change in cultural policy and investment.

RISING, a festival three years in the making, has opened today. Victoria's newest major event commences its first uninterrupted, full program of music, art, performance and ceremony that will reawaken and reconnect the city to the world, inviting audiences to get lost, go deep and shake loose.

Starting Memorial Day weekend and running through Labor Day, the Norton of Museum of Art will host a wide array of exhibitions, events, and family activities as part of its second annual Summer at the Norton programming initiative (May 28 – Sept. 5).

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Board Chair Richard Harshman announced today that J. Kevin McMahon, President and CEO, plans to retire at the end of this year. Under McMahon's two decades of dedicated leadership, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust advanced downtown Pittsburgh's cultural and economic transformation and continued to earn international, national, regional, and local recognition for how a non-profit organization can utilize the arts as a catalyst for urban revitalization.

Art at a Time Like This has announced its collaboration with Jamaica Art Society to present 2021 JAS Fellows in this context of an online exhibition.  

If you’ve ever wondered what a drama student’s projects look like during COVID, I’ll tell you: they look a lot like short films. Over the past two years, I have needed to become somewhat skilled at filmmaking, as a non-filmmaker, so I wanted to share some tips that have helped me in learning how to make my own movies.

Last of the Red Hot Lovers at Theatre Kultsa is a text and story orientated play that the actors have set well on stage with a minimalistic approach and good group work.

Graeae aims to address the problem of disabled representation by spotlighting the so-called 'Blind Enchantress' Maria Theresia von Paradis, and also to make the theatre a truly inclusive place for the disabled community.

Japan Society presents Part of the Okinawa in Focus series and the Globus Film Series, Visions of Okinawa: Cinematic Reflections. The screenings of these films are set for May 13th through June 3rd. In-theater screenings are set for May 13th through May 21st. Virtual screenings will run from May 14th through June 3rd. The films will be available to stream in North America or globally. For details, see the individual titles of the films below. 

Tickets for the Gaiety Theatre go on sale tomorrow, Friday 4 March, from 10am for Irish National Opera's new production of Donizetti's magnificently stirring Maria Stuarda.

The summer festival programme features an exciting line up of artists-in-residence, world premieres and legendary performers. Audiences will explore one of the most beautiful areas in the UK as they move from venue to venue, from idyllic small village churches to stunning country houses and stately homes.

Collaboraction's next episode of its live monthly talk show, Becoming, Pay Equity 101 - Case Studies in Fair Pay and Why is it Important, will feature three special guests currently leading the theater industry in implementing pay equity policies.

Aaron Sorkin’s hit Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s seminal 1960 novel has finally reached us, following Covid delays and a few real-life legal dramas. Lee’s estate sued Sorkin for making changes to the characters, while the since publicly disgraced (and removed) Mockingbird producer Scott Rudin bullied every other adaptation of Lee’s book off the stage.

As with all of iamamiwhoami’s previous releases, the 10-track album will be released with a 10-episode video series. “Don’t Wait For Me”, the album's first track and video is out today. Watch the new music video now!

What does 12 Angry Men and The Extremists have in common? Did you guess politics? Because if so, you would be right. On the set of a politics talk show, “Issues in Focus,” Dick Hedgerow brings on a guest, Norman Krieger, to discuss his upcoming book on battling extremism in the world. What was set up to be a dry, lengthy discussion turned into a frantic introspection of who the extremists really are.

John Gilhooly, Artistic and Executive Director of Wigmore Hall, today unveils the full line-up of concerts and artists for the 2022/23 concert season from 1 September 2022 to 31 July 2023. 

New York Stage and Film will welcome Mallom Liggon as the new Director of the Filmmakers’ Workshop. NYSAF is also announcing the 9 early-career film and TV writers who have been selected to participate in the 2022 Filmmakers Workshop.

Tishman Speyer and Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace announced that a new roller skating rink will open at The Rink at Rockefeller Center on April 15, 2022. This latest element of Rockefeller Center’s campus-wide redevelopment is a revival of the Los Angeles-based roller rink and legendary cultural hotspot of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s run by Ian “Flipper” Ross. Find out more here.

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Molly Tuttle’s new song, “Big Backyard,” featuring special guests Old Crow Medicine Show alongside her new bluegrass collective, Golden Highway, is debuting today. “Big Backyard” is the latest song unveiled from Tuttle’s anticipated Nonesuch Records debut, Crooked Tree.