This Season, Gold Coast Jazz Society of South Florida invites you to join us for one of many fabulous evenings of jazz this season, with music featuring fresh new orchestrations by Grammy® award-winning arranger Steven Feifke; and performed by Ashley Pezzotti alongside The South Florida Jazz Orchestra.
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Richard Roundtree, the legendary actor known as the film industry’s first Black superhero, has passed at 81. Roundtree’s transition came after he briefly battled pancreatic cancer.
Pompano Beach Arts was delighted to kick off a brand-new event, The Living Room Concert Series, in front of an appreciative crowd on October 12, 2023, with the soul-stirring, emotion-provoking, sonically pleasing fusion of jazz, funk, and soul sounds of The Harden Project, the core of which is singer/composer/author Ja’Nia Harden and musician/composer/arranger John Harden.
Tyler Perry is going above and beyond his offer to help an elderly South Carolina woman save a plot of land she has called home for decades from being poached by property developers.
Beverly Page, Educator, Published Author, Executive Producer, Entrepreneur of Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker, enjoys finding creative ways during a recent Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker rehearsal to provide cast members with the tools to enhance their mental and physical wellbeing. The Master Class is presented by a former Jones High School graduate (2020) and Senior on the UF Gators Women’s Gymnastics Team. This year they will feature 80 youth participants on stage with the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on November 25th. Michala Magee spent the Saturday morning rehearsal teaching the cast proper techniques to warm up, preparing for the stage, and powerful interactive group discussions.
The American Pickers are excited to return to Florida! They plan to film episodes of The History Channel hit television series throughout your area in January 2024.
After years of dedicated contributions to the music industry, the band’s drummer and leader, James “Diamond” Williams, is openly questioning why the Ohio Players have yet to secure their spot in the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
One of his most famous cases involved a white funeral home operator for whom he won $500 million. “The Burial,’’ a new movie starring Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, is based on that high-profile case.
Orlando Community Arts, Inc. (OCA) will return to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (DPAC), at Walt Disney Theater, with an exciting anticipated holiday production, Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker. On November 25, 2023 at 7 pm this production comes alive with scenes filled with dazzling costumes and exciting dance moves, performed in a wide variety of dance genres reflecting Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, India, Spain and many other cultures.
As a child, Nile Price spent more time in the hospital than out as he received treatment for sickle cell anemia. He was given an endless supply of movies to watch while in the hospital, which sparked his interest in filmmaking. His film “For the Moon” will be shown during the Afrikana Film Festival on Sept. 16. Nile Price uncovered his passion for film from a hospital bed.