Arts News

Who needs abstract art when you can buy a rocket instead? Billionaire Paul Allen pocketed more than $43 million selling a painting earlier this week, and now we know what he did with some of the money.

Great American pianist Kevin Cole [fresh from Carnegie Hall , protg of Marvin Hamlisch ], with special guests Brian d'Arcy James [Shrek; Next to Normal], K Lea Black hurst [Everything the Traffic Will Allow], and Ryan VanDenBoom [Annie] will perform a Benefit Concert to support DreamCatcher Entertainment, an independent theatre and film company, ... (more)

On June 2nd, the Bi Writers Association will present Bi Lines VI, a spectacular multi-arts event celebrating bisexual writing, which includes the first Bisexual Book Awards in the world.

Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns 100 this year, is more than just Bollywood.

"Band of Outsiders" , now available via Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, may just be the Jean-Luc Godard movie for people who don't like Jean-Luc Godard movies.

Visual Arts Society of Texas member Tonya Littmann of Denton will exhibit a collection of her fine art quilts at the PointBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St., through July 11.

"This was the first verse that he wrote," he said by way of introduction to Lead Belly's Goodnight Irene .

The internationally known arts festival, founded by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, will open its 37th season Friday with the traditional speeches, brass fanfare and shower of confetti on the steps of Charleston City Hall.

Ever been at the library and wonder about the music spilling from the top floor? About the strains of Vivaldi, Yo-Yo Ma and Tchaikovsky? The throngs of young dancers, in leotards and pointed shoes, five days a week, nine months a year? Come to "A Stone's Throw..." at the Vermilion theatre and discover the wonder of this dance group.

Even with one of the world's most athletic opera singers at her side and plenty of practice, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reckons the latest London production of Gioachino Rossini's "La Donna Del Lago" is the challenge of a lifetime.

See the new movie, 'Star Trek Into Darkness' playing at Acworth's NCG Cinemas . For more theater information, show times and pricing, click here .

Mount Pleasant Performing Arts Company dancers trained at Academy of Dance Arts with instructors Larisa Dahabi and Ann Bebergal started auditioning in January 2013 for various intensive dance programs throughout the country.

It was the first week of my first job, and one of my co-workers was showing me around the building.

The handbag Donna Karan was showing off Friday lacked her signature logo, or any designer's logo.

A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia.

Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes and Wallace Stevens have been among the poets whose work recently became available in electronic format.

The televised extravaganza, with an audience of 125 million worldwide, is now in its 58th year.

The Cannes Film Festival is all about old-school charm and glamour, but it knows the importance of nurturing its younger talent.

Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates.

Fire at Vuhlehirska TPP was caused by a violation of the rules of the coal handling system operation by the duty shift, which led to the accumulation of coal dust in the turbine house and its subsequent ignition, energy and coal industry minister Eduard Stavytsky said during Hour of Questions to the Government in Parliament, ForUm correspondent ... (more)