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Between 8 - 9 Million people in the USA protested on 3/28/26 at perhaps 3300 locations in the USA. The population protested, held rallies, and demonstrations! We learned that: two-thirds of all protests happened outside of major urban areas. Americans everywhere are awake, declaring themselves as: 'We the people.'

The script is incredibly flexible. The work can be performed by an actor of any gender, age, or nationality. In fact, when Daniel Radcliffe leaves the cast in late May, Mariska Hargitay is taking over the role.

In 1956, around the time that Elvis Presley was first called the “King of Rock and Roll,” he stepped on the stage of what is now the Sarasota Opera House for four shows that apparently attracted relatively small crowds. Just four years earlier, the theater was packed and the streets outside were crowded for the star-studded premiere of “The Greatest Show on Earth,” Cecil B. DeMille’s look at the circus world that had been partially filmed in Sarasota. It would go on to win the Academy Award for best picture.

In a crazy, mixed-up world, Keith Partridge and Marcia Brady fall star-crossed in love, and a plague of carnage befalls their television houses. Despite the accumulation of body sacks, the farce remains a laugher with a mix of surprisingly listenable music.

Innocence, a twenty-first century masterpiece, has its Metropolitan Opera debut on April 6.  Many of the artists attached to the world premiere in Aix five years ago come with this production,   first and foremost, the composer Kaija Saariaho.  

This summer marks the debut of The Mount’s refreshed visual identity, honoring Edith Wharton’s legacy while embracing the organization’s evolution into a vibrant, multidisciplinary cultural center.

: The French have a fascination with Charles Bukowski, he seems to confirm their deep-seated need to equate creativity and self-destruction.

For more than two decades, hundreds of writers, painters, composers, dancers and others have come to the Hermitage Artist Retreat on Florida's Manasota Key for inspiration to create new work. They stay in historic, waterfront cottages as they develop new exhibits, prepare for premieres of plays and symphonies, share ideas with other creatives on the campus or take time to recharge by walking on the beach and watching sunsets.

Billy Crocker impulsively stows away on a cruise ship crossing to London. Avoiding his boss, who is onboard, and the captain prove a challenge. Pratfalls ensue, but so do amorous couples.

The Wick Theatre and Costume Museum in South Florida presents a youthful and moving "Camelot. The Wick's production of the classic Lerner and Loewe musical runs through April 12 at the company's elegant venue in Boca Raton. The show is especially timely in the wake of the recent "No Kings" protests across the country.

St. Luke’s Orchestra under the baton of Louis Langree  gave a splendid performance of classic American music on March 26.  Starting with Charles Ives’ Unanswered Question (on the solo trumpet that begins  the work   and is answered indefinitely by flutes)  Duke Ellington’s iconic works which had their premieres at Carnegie Hall over a half century ago followed. They still feel fresh.  

The Future Lab (s) Gallery, 43 Eagle Street, in North Adams, Massachusetts, is currently inviting to the closing event of their 'Glow Ocean' exhibition on Friday, March 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. The show will be open one final time on Saturday, 3/28, from 1-3 p.m, so that protesters from North Adams and other visitors can still experience this immersive glow show. The 3rd NO KINGS DAY! is happening in all 50 Sates of the USA on Saturday, March 28, 2026

Miller’s play, set during the time of the Salem witch trials in 17th century Massachusetts, opened more than 70 years ago, but it continues to resonate whenever it is produced, even in an admirable if not fully realized production.

By the time Gem was written, Wilson had established some themes and techniques that are present in almost all the plays: characters have long soliloquies reminiscent of jazz riffs; supernatural elements or characters with mystical gifts are prevalent. The focus is mainly on African American men. In addition, the settings often revolve around real events.

Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts in South Florida has mounted a touching and funny professional production of Neil Simon's hit, "Broadway Bound."

I was very lucky. I have met over my life many painters who are better than I am in all ways, better technically, with a more fertile imagination, hard-working and self-disciplined, and they have had no luck, haven’t made it to square one.

Reverberations showcases the range of Schwartz's treatment of still life within the self-imposed set of subject matter limitations and the confines of her studio. Gradually, the artist shifted away from more traditional compositions of stoneware and fruit toward non-organic forms, illuminated by strong natural light and vibrantly colored liquids or subdued in sepia and monochrome

Years before the #MeToo movement empowered women and began toppling men in power, Paula Vogel won a Pulitzer Prize for exploring the subjects of sexual abuse, pedophilia, incest and grooming in her beautifully and sensitively written play “How I Learned to Drive.”

Indian Ocean cruise ports-of-call recommended for the experienced travelers plus the contrast of Southeast Asia's two most popular destinations.

Carla Munsat (1938-2026) a beloved publisher, editor and friend has passed away. With Stephanie Adelman they co founded Art New England in 1975. They had no prior journalistic or business experience. The publication slowly evolved to have a graphic and editorial identity. At its peak it was widely read and influential. At the time they identified and fulfilled a significant need.

Four high schoolers meet in a summer music program for girls in Berkeley, California. Despite differences in performance preference, classical vs. improv, as well as life styles, the four find an ability to mesh their skills and form friendships.

To understand Bagua (Eight Trigrams), one must first look past the physical movements of the martial art and toward the very architecture of the universe as viewed by the ancient Daoist sages. In the Daoist cosmogony, we move from the Wuji (the Empty Void) to the Taiji (the Supreme Ultimate/Yin and Yang). Bagua represents the next step in this unfolding: the diversification of energy into eight fundamental forces that govern all change in the natural world.

For the bums in the subway, each person could be a heating source for the other. The metro was usually warm when the stations were underground, and that’s why I never took the bus in winter. They weren’t well-heated. I felt for the clochards, les clodos–—the beggars and the outcasts, who spent their days in the metro.

Legendary comedian Jon Stewart has joined Tanglewood’s 2026 Popular Artist Series, further expanding the season’s exciting and varied lineup. The Emmy, Grammy, and Peabody Award winner and Daily Show host will perform at the Tanglewood for the first time on Saturday, June 20 at 7 p.m., presenting this summer’s only solo comedy show in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. He will open the show performing on drums with his band Church and State.

MASS MoCA is pleased to present Spatial Poems, a communal exhibition in three concurrent parts developed by CEI Fellow Marissa Del Toro in collaboration with guest curators Ninabah Winton and Jamillah Hinson. The exhibition features the work of artists Cecilia Vicuña, Lola Ayisha Ogbara, and Sam Frésquez.