Connections
In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, April 25, 2024, we talk with members of the local theater community about the recent boom of reboots.
From CITY Magazine
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The company adds modern dance to the monthly arts lineup on May 3. -
A sobering world premiere based on the 2012 school shooting runs at Geva Theatre Center through May 12. -
JCC CenterStage presents a political play based on a true story — sort of — through April 21. -
Show us the 'Photo City' through your lens — and it could be our June 2024 cover. -
Eastman Opera Theatre's cerebral production runs through April 7 at Kodak Hall. -
The show also inspired a student refugee art exhibit, on display during an event with JCC Krakow CEO Jonathan Ornstein April 10 at Temple B'rith Kodesh.
Local and national arts from NPR
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While excavating the cellar of President Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Va., an archaeologist found two glass jars poking out of the dirt. They hold 250-year-old preserved cherries.
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The Panorama Challenge is one of the fiercest trivia competition in New York and requires encyclopedic knowledge of the city. It's where tour guides can shine.
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Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor star in Luca Guadagnino's Challengers, a romantic, tennis-centered screwball dramedy.
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Billie Eilish, Fall Out Boy, Nile Rodgers, Cyndi Lauper, Lorde, Sia, Diplo and Chappell Roan are among the signatories of an open letter urging a Senate committee to support the Fans First Act. -
The New York State Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the former movie mogul had not received a fair trial in 2020 that led to a 23-year sentence, and ordered a new trial. -
NPR's Juana Summers talks with game designer Abubakar Salim about the long journey of creating a game to process the grief of losing his father to cancer.
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Taylor Swift, whose latest album is now the first to surpass one billion Spotify streams in a single week, has smashed another record as well. -
Walters was the first woman to co-anchor a national news show on prime time television. "The path she cut is one that many of us have followed," says biographer Susan Page, author of The Rulebreaker. -
When state and federal legislation is slow, if at all, a Michigan church in East Lansing is gathering money and making plans to distribute funds.
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Columbia University's student radio station WKCR has been transformed into a bustling newsroom by the protests that have roiled campus for the past week.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Emily Henry about her new book FUNNY STORY and the difficulty of writing a genuinely nice person while also creating obstacles in getting two people together.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Judi Dench and director Brendan O'Hea about their new book Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent and a career and friendship forged by the Bard.
