We are excited to announce that the 4th Annual Athena Film Festival: A Celebration of Women and Leadership will take place at Barnard College in New York City from February 6-9, 2014.   Submissions are now open for the festival and will be accepted until September 15.  You will find our submission overview below, and all the information on how to submit a film here.   We are looking for documentaries, features, and shorts that:   Reveal the diverse narratives of women leaders from all walks of life—narratives of ambition, courage, strength and resilience; Showcase women leaders who help...

Sarasota FL – June 19, 2013 – Area musicians Don Bryn, Bob Lunergan and John Paul Coley will jazz up the Sunday service at the Unitarian Universalist Church on June 30, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. The public is invited.   The Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota is a Welcoming Congregation serving Sarasota and Manatee counties, located at 3975 Fruitville Road in Sarasota. For more information, visit www.uusarasota.org or call 216-371-4974....

GRAPHS.NET NAMES THE GREAT KAT TOP 10 "FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD"!   "There are many fast guitar players in the world but here is a list of the fastest of them all. The Great Kat is the sixth fastest guitar player in the world and her real name is Katherine Thomas. She plays Guitar and Violin." - Graphs.net READ at http://www.graphs.net/201306/fastest-guitar-players-in-the-world-infographic.html   THE GREAT KAT WEB SITE http://www.greatkat.com   For Press Review Copies: For a review copy of the FASTEST GUITAR PLAYER, THE GREAT KAT’S “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD & “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD, featuring “THE FLIGHT OF THE...

      LAS VEGAS’ MOST ICONIC SHOW, DONN ARDEN’S JUBILEE! TO HOLD AUDITIONS JULY 22       Longest-Running Show on Las Vegas Strip Invites Male and Female Singers, Dancers and Showgirls to Audition           WHAT:           Celebrating its 32nd anniversary this summer, Donn Arden’s Jubilee! at Bally’s Las Vegas is seeking new talent for the longest-running show on the famous Las Vegas Strip. The production will hold casting auditions for female and male dancers and singers as well as showgirls.       Conceived, staged and directed by the legendary Donn Arden, the elaborate retro-glam...

        AUDITION FOR LAS VEGAS’ MOST ICONIC SHOW,   DONN ARDEN’S JUBILEE! ON JULY 11 & 12 IN NEW YORK CITY       Longest-Running Show on Las Vegas Strip Invites Male and Female Singers, Dancers and Showgirls to Audition           WHAT:            Celebrating its 32nd anniversary this summer, Donn Arden’sJubilee! atBally’s Las Vegas is seeking new talent for the longest-running show on the famous Las Vegas Strip. The production will hold casting auditions for male and female dancers and singers, as well as showgirls.       Conceived, staged and directed by the...

  AUDITION FOR LAS VEGAS’ MOST ICONIC SHOW,   DONN ARDEN’S JUBILEE! ON JULY 9 IN LOS ANGELES       Longest-Running Show on Las Vegas Strip Invites Male and Female Singers, Dancers and Showgirls to Audition         WHAT: Celebrating its 32nd anniversary this summer, Jubilee! at Bally’s Las Vegas is seeking new talent for the longest-running show on the famous Las Vegas Strip. The production will hold casting auditions for male and female dancers and singers, as well as showgirls.       Conceived, staged and directed by the legendary Donn Arden, the elaborate retro-glam extravaganza features...

  Maria Stuarda Starring Joyce DiDonato as Mary, Queen of Scots Premieres on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Sunday, July 14 at 12 noon on PBS   David McVicar directs the first-ever Met production of Donizetti's opera, the second part of the composer's famous "Tudor trilogy" with South African soprano Elza van den Heever as Elizabeth I, Mary's formidable rival, and Matthew Polenzani as the Earl of Leicester   Joyce DiDonato stars as Mary, Queen of Scots, in the first-ever Met production of Donizetti's intensely dramatic historical opera Maria Stuarda, on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, July 14 at...

June 19, 2013       MEDIA CONTACT   Yen Reed, Director of Marketing   (941) 726-1308 § This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.       Goodwill Manasota Unleashes Power of Seniors   Goodwill Manasota taps into age and experience for mixed-age workplaces.       (Sarasota/Bradenton, FL) Goodwill Manasota is currently putting 117 area seniors back in the workforce while serving the needs of community employers at the same time. According to Bob Rosinsky, president and CEO of Goodwill Manasota, that’s good news—though it shouldn’t be news.   “America’s senior citizens are a vital national resource,” he says. “It’s a vast pool of educated,...

COWBOYS, CYPRIOTS, CONFESSIONS, MAHLER and MORE:Castleton Festival’s Fifth Season: July 3-28, 2013   CASTLETON, VA – The Castleton Festival, held at Castleton Farms in the rolling hills of Rappahannock County, Virginia, will feature more than 20 performances of opera, theater, music and recitals in July. More than120 young artists, students, and mentors arrived at Castleton Farms last week to rehearse and prepare for the program this season, which includes The Girl of the Golden West, Otello, and a new double bill of the opera and play La Voix Humaine, along with concerts of Mahler, Britten, Barber, and Webber, chamber concerts, and song recitals.Fine...

Fathom Events and BY Experience are coming together again to celebrate some of the greatest artists of all time in a series of special one night events. For the first time ever, experience the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch with Munch: Munch 150 (http://www.fathomevents.com/#!munch-munch-150) on screen only on Thursday, June 27th at 7:30 PM (local time) in select cinemas nationwide.     Many know Munch as the man who painted The Scream, but his complete works are remarkable and secure his place as one of the greatest artists to have ever lived. This year, Norway celebrates the 150th...

  June 19, 2013     Mary Larkin   Southwest Florida Symphony   12651 McGregor Blvd. Bld. 4-403   Fort Myers, FL 33919   (239)-418-0996   (239)-418-0725 fax   www.swflso.org       Southwest Florida Symphony   “Evening on the Stage”       The Southwest Florida Symphony musicians and Board of Trustees are planning a special “Evening on the Stage” Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall from 6:30-9:00pm.       This “Evening on the Stage” is a special fundraising event in that the professional musicians of the Southwest Florida Symphony are donating their...

Bortolami Gallery Presents  Disclosures:   On View Through June 22 New Work by Anna Ostoya and Barbara Leoniak     BORTOLAMI | 520 W 20 St | New York, NY 10011 | T: 212 727 2050 Described by The New York Times as an "impressive, conceptually multipronged and curiously self-reflexive exhibition." Click here for the full review.  Anna Ostoya,  Kiss 1, 2011/2013, Oil on canvas. 40 x 46 inches, Courtesy of the artist & Bortolami Gallery Bortolami is pleased to present the exhibition Disclosures, featuring new works by Anna Ostoya and Barbara Leoniak. As the centerpieces of her second show at the gallery, Ostoya presents four...

The Met Celebrates Music Director James Levine’s 70th Birthday With Weekend-Long Special Programming on Sirius XM    New York, NY (June 18, 2013) – The Metropolitan Opera will celebrate its longtime Music Director James Levine’s 70th birthday with two full days of special programming on Met Opera Radio (Sirius XM Channel 74). The weekend-long marathon will feature 14 classic Levine performances, hand-picked by the maestro himself, beginning on Saturday, June 22 and continuing through midnight on Levine’s birthday, Sunday, June 23. The first broadcast, at 6 a.m. Saturday, will be a 1991 performance of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera starring Luciano...

"On a Hot Summer Night..." Black Diamond Burlesque is steaming up the stage at McCurdy's Comedy Theatre Thursday, June 20th, 8 p.m. The dames and dudes of Sarasota's own Black Diamond Burlesque are offering up an all-new show of vaudeville, variety, and vivaciousness, on June 20th at McCurdy's Comedy Theatre. Producer Lady LaLa promises sexy surprises, including special guests. "Black Diamond offers the sexiest show in Sarasota. Elegant and naughty, our classic burlesque performances will make a June night even steamier than usual!" Tickets are available online at mccurdyscomedy.com or by calling 941.925.FUNY. For more information, blackdiamondburlesque.com or Facebook.   And...

Having trouble viewing this email? View email as webpage. Forward to a friend. For Immediate Release: June 18, 2013 Contact: Robin Allen LaPlante 617-437-0707 x103, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Erin Haran MacCurtain 617-437-0707 x117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. From the Top Announces 2013–2014 National Radio Taping Tour Popular NPR Series Hosted by Christopher O’Riley Celebrates Young Musicians in Communities from Chattanooga to Seattle (Boston)…From the Top with host Christopher O’Riley, the preeminent showcase for young musicians, announces its 2013–2014 National Radio Taping Tour for recording its popular NPR radio program. The tour includes live taping events at From the Top’s home at New England Conservatory’s Jordan...

June 18, 2013 Pittsburgh Opera announces Paul’s Case as Second Stage Project   IdealisticPittsburgh boy escapes his oppressive world...for a New York minute     Pittsburgh, PA…Pittsburgh Opera General Director Christopher Hahn has announced that Gregory Spears’s opera Paul’s Case is the Second Stage Project for 2014. The Second Stage Project is an additional showcase for the company’s Resident Artists, some of whom have gone on to sing on the world’s most famous stages. The opera runs February 22 – March 2, 2014 in the George R. White Studio at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters.   Paul’s Case, by 36-year-old Gregory Spears, with...

GSN ANNOUNCES PREMIERE OF “THE CHASE” ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 AT 9:00 P.M.   New Original Series   Stars Global Quiz Champion “The Beast”   in a Trivia 'Battle Of Brains.’   Hosted by Brooke Burns and   Produced by ITV Studios America       June 18, 2013 (Santa Monica, CA) — GSN announced today the premiere date for its original series THE CHASE,a one-hour quiz show in which three contestants battle in a fast-paced quiz competition against an all-knowing opponent, The Beast. THE CHASE will premiere on GSN on Tuesday, August 6, at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT.       At...

                                  DEBUT ALBUM CAST AWAY WILL BE RELEASED OCTOBER 8, 2013; "CLIMBING WALLS" AT RADIO NOW   LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN DIEGO AND SACRAMENTO AUGUST DATES JUST ANNOUNCED;   NEW YORK, BROOKLYN AND DC DATES COMING SOON   "Equal parts Cut Copy and Daft Punk with pinches of Eighties pop, Strange Talk's album is a fizzy cocktail of synths, breathy vocals and tinny drums."   -       Angela Allen, Rolling Stone Magazine (Australia), March 2013       NEW YORK, NY (June 18, 2013) -...

“Springsteen and I” to Make Fans’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams Come True in U.S. Cinemas this Summer   NCM Fathom Events and Arts Alliance Media Present Inspiring Documentary Celebrating Bruce Springsteen in Select Movie Theaters Nationwide on July 22 & 30   Centennial, Colo. – June 17, 2013 – With more than 120 million albums sold worldwide and numerous awards, including a staggering 20 Grammy Awards®, Bruce Springsteen’s music defines a generation. In celebration of 40 years of iconic music, NCM Fathom Events and Arts Alliance Media present “Springsteen and I” in select U.S. movie theaters on Monday, July 22 and Tuesday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m....

CONTACT US   PRESS CONTACT: Bernadette Horgan, bhorgan@bso.org617-638-9280 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:DATE: June 18, 2013 ANDRIS NELSONS TO VISIT BOSTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, FOR HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCES IN BOSTON SINCE HIS RECENT APPOINTMENT AS MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANDRIS NELSONS TO HOLD PRESS AND AUDIENCE Q&A EVENT IN SYMPHONY HALL (11 A.M.), AT WHICH HE WILL FORMALLY SIGN HIS CONTRACT AS THE 15TH MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE BSO; MR. NELSONS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS 2-3 P.M. CITY OF BOSTON TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME ANDRIS NELSONS WITH CEREMONY AT FANEUIL HALL AND...

June 18, 2013   MEDIA CONTACTMichelle Tabnick, (646) 765-4773, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   John Chatterton presents     The Fourteenth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival Midtown International Theatre Festival   2013 Season   The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF)'s fourteenth season will include a slate of full-length plays and musicals, as well as Short Subjects. The Festival will run from July 15 to August 4, 2013, at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 1st floor; the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 1st floor; the Main Stage Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 4th floor; and the Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street,...

MUSIC BOX THEATREAND LA SCALA OPERA HOUSE ANNOUNCE MUSICEMOTION: SYMPHONY IN CINEMA MATINEE WITH MUSIC OF GIUSEPPE VERDI Sunday, June 23 11:30 a.m.   The Music Box shows off the full power of its newly remodeled, state-of-the-art second screening room (“The Mini-Music Box”) with MusicEmotion: Syphony in Cinema, a series of captured live musical matinees broadcast from Milan’s renowned La Scala opera house for an Old World musical experience in high definition. First up: an open-air Verdi concert, including his first hit opera Nabucco, staged at Austria’s St. Margarethen Opera Festival.  MusicEmotion’s Verdi program Verdi premieres this Sunday, June 23, 11:30...

MICE IN A “BIG BROTHER” SETUP DEVELOP SOCIAL STRUCTURES   Weizmann Institute research into mouse social behavior finds signs of leadership   and reveals “autistic” mouse society       REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 17, 2013—How does a social animal – mouse or human – gain dominance over his or her fellow creatures? A unique experiment conducted by Dr. Tali Kimchi and her team in the Weizmann Institute’s Department of Neurobiology provides some unusual insight into the social behavior that enables a social hierarchy, complete with a head honcho, to form.   Dr. Kimchi and her research team, Aharon Weissbrod, Genady Wasserman, and...

June 18, 2013   MEDIA CONTACT   Su Byron § This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. § 941-922-7274     The 4th Annual Sarasota Craft Show Returns to Robarts Arena   December 6-8, 2013   This celebrated juried show features works in clay, wood, glass, fiber, mixed-media, jewelry and more by more than 125 of the nation’s top artists.       (Sarasota, FL) The Sarasota Craft Show returns to Sarasota, December 6-8, 2013, at Robarts Arena, 3000 Ringling Blvd., in Sarasota. The event, now in its 21st year, features outstanding works in ceramics, decorative fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed-media, paper, wearable art, wood, painting,...

SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE PRESENTS WORLD-FAMOUS TRUMPET SOLOIST ALISON BALSOM IN AN UNPRECEDENTED THEATRICAL EVENT SHOWCASING THE MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD   18 June 2013   Shakespeare’s Globe presents the first new write of the 2013 ‘Season of Plenty’ – Samuel Adamson’s hugely ambitious Gabriel, written in collaboration with two-time classical Brit Award-winner Alison Balsom, directed by Dominic Dromgoole and featuring The English Concert with their fifteen-piece orchestra. Intersecting plays, instrumentals and songs bring to life the music of Purcell and the rich pageant of court, tavern and theatre in late seventeenth-century London. As creative producer and star, Alison Balsom will...

June 18, 2013 MEDIA CONTACT Yen Reed, Director of Marketing (941) 726-1308§ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  GOODWILL MANASOTA OFFERS FREE GED CLASSES June 24-August 8 The eight-week session will provide the next steps toward college or a new career   (Sarasota/Bradenton, FL) Goodwill Manasota is offering free general education development (GED) classes at the Goodwill North Trail Community Room, 5150 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. The free classes start on June 24 and run through August 8, Monday to Thursday, 5-7 p.m. The eight-week session is available to anyone who is ready to commit time and energy in preparation for the GED test completion. Successful...

JOHN MAYER'S LATEST SINGLE "PAPER DOLL" AVAILABLE NOW   FIRST SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM PARADISE VALLEY     New York City, June 18, 2013... Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer released "Paper Doll" today, the first single from his forthcoming Paradise Valley. Mayer first shared news of a new album through his tumblr blog on May 2.  John is currently in the studio finishing the album, which he and longtime collaborator Don Was are producing. Was has worked on albums for acts such as the Rolling Stones, B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt.    Columbia Records previously announced that...

Cat Days of Summer are Upon Us and It’s Raining Kittens!! County-wide Kitten Adopt - A - Thon This Weekend Bradenton, FL – Who can resist the most adorable babies in the world – kittens?  Not many, and if anyone is looking to adopt a kitten, this weekend is the time to do it.  Friday June 21st through Sunday, June 23rd, animal shelters and rescue organizations throughout the County are collaborating on a Kitten Adopt-A-Thon.  All are offering reduced prices and great choices at all locations.  All kittens will be only $25.00 instead of the usual $60 - $80 price.  All...

NCM Fathom Events and Arts Alliance Media invite you to celebrate a musical legend through the eyes of his fans when Springsteen & I arrives in select cinema locations nationwide for a special two night event on Mon., July 22 and Tues., July 30 at 7:30pm (local time).       With songs that say more in a few verses than most artists say in an entire career, Bruce Springsteen has been able to embody the highs and lows of the American Dream. Moreover, his music has created a deeply personal bond between fan and the artist. Springsteen & I was a call out to the fans worldwide to make a documentary...

Contact: Carol Kaye Kayos Productions, Inc.      (212) 366.9970       CASEY PATRICK TEBO DIRECTS FIRST AEROSMITH MOVIE IN NINE YEARS, ROCK FOR THE RISING SUN   “It’s very hard to get films made nowadays, so I thought, the one way to have a film made, is to just make it, and ask questions later.” -Casey Patrick Tebo     New York, NY (June 17, 2013)—Aerosmith's latest concert film, Rock for the Rising Sun, will be released via Eagle Rock Entertainment on July 23rd. The group's connection with Japan began in 1977, when the band first played to capacity crowds in...