Jazz means different things to different people, but to Ralph Rasmussen, it means elation. Rasmusson, better known as “Razz,” was trying to come up with a name and he and a few other members were throwing around words, and as an homage to Jamestown, Pear City Jazz was born. While ...
You crossed the finish line. Congratulations. You are ready for publishing. So what does that mean exactly? Well it means that your writing can be distributed to as many people as you want to see it. You have options. You could send your work to an agent, hoping that the agent will want to represent you and get you a contract and published with well-known publishing houses like Hachette, HarperCollins, MacMillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster. These publishing houses all have guidelines when authors submit material to be published. This is known as the traditional ...
The Reg Lenna Center for The Arts will continue its tradition of presenting live holiday music concerts in December with its presentation of “Windham Hill: Winter Solstice” on Sunday at 4 p.m. The concert marks the fourth year in a row of seasonal music on The Reg Lenna Theater stage, ...
LONDON (AP) — “Antony and Cleopatra,” currently running at London’s National Theatre, has tragic romance, two top-flight actors and a live snake. No wonder it’s a hit. Sophie Okonedo and Ralph Fiennes play the lovers sundered by war and empire in William Shakespeare’s tragedy, which is being broadcast live to movie theaters in Britain and internationally on Thursday as part of the NT Live series. Okonedo and Fiennes won acting trophies at last month’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards for the roles, immortalized onscreen by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and ...
NEW YORK (AP) — You might have heard of the three blind mice or the itsy-bitsy spider who went up the water spout. But have you ever heard of the little cold and hungry chicks? If you grew up speaking Spanish, the answer is probably yes. But Susie Jaramillo wants everyone to know “Los Pollitos,” a bedtime song about a hen taking care of her hatchlings that’s as familiar in the Spanish-speaking world as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” is to English speakers. The song is the heart of Canticos, a series of bilingual books, companion apps and singalong videos that the ...
She’s gone from growing up with the sounds of classical music, and learning the violin to entertaining thousands of people at a time with her own blend of music. As she prepared to embark on her Christmas tour, Wanderland, she is playing music from her Warmer in the Winter album. Stirling ...
