Lady Gaga has teased her upcoming album release, a collection of Cole Porter standards featuring iconic vocalist Tony Bennett. The record also marks Bennett’s final recording before his retirement due to Alzheimer’s disease earlier this year. The release also celebrates Bennett’s 95th birthday on Au

This video has been inspired by the work of renown artist Rene Magritte. René François Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images that fall under the umbrella of surrealism. His work challenges observers' preconditioned percepti

Featuring the music of jazz composers including Duke Ellington, Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields and Harold Arlen set against a narrative of Langston Hughes poetry, Broadway's "After Midnight" began as the critically acclaimed Encores! production "Cotton Club Parade." Guest artists Fantasia (Oct. 18 ...

Elton John performs Candle in the Wind/Goodbye England's Rose at Princess Diana's Funeral. - September 6th, 1997. On August 31, 1997, Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris. Elton performed at her funeral. He sang a reworked version of ‘Candle In The Wind’. Elton has remained a friend to

In memory of Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021):
A supercut of the 1961 (Robert Wise/Jerome Robbins) and 2021 (Steven Spielberg) versions of the memorable showstopper "America" from "West Side Story," as made famous by Rita Moreno and George Chakiris in the '61 film and Ariana DeBose and David Alvarez in...

The Creators Project travels to Kabul to meet young feminist graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani, whose work challenges preconceptions about the role of women in Afghan society, and expresses a unique perspective on life in a country recovering from decades of war. We chat with her about identifying a...

On a picturesque waterfront stage overlooking the Great South Bay, this year’s Fire Island Dance Festival welcomed ballet, modern and contemporary dance powerhouses on July 15-17, 2016. The 22nd annual edition of the summer’s most talked-about cultural and charitable event in Fire Island Pines raise

Short-Mood-Documentary by Chris Caliman 2011 Music: Gustavo Santaolalla - Can Light Be Found in the Darkness? Agbogbloshie is a suburb of Accra, Ghana known as a destination for legal and illegal exportation and environmental dumping of electronic waste (e-waste) from industrialized nations. Often

Same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in the Netherlands (2001), Belgium (2003), Spain (2005), Canada (2005), South Africa (2006), Norway (2009), Sweden (2009), Portugal (2010), Iceland (2010), Argentina (2010), Denmark (2012), Brazil (2013), France (2013), Uruguay (2013), New Zealand (2013), th...

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. “Beauty and the Beast” is