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The 57th summer season marks the first under the leadership of new Executive Director Tiffani Gavin.

I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more. Rick Koster I’ve covered ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Porthouse Theatre will return for live, in-person performances starting June 18, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out its entire 2020 calendar. Kent State University’s summer professional theatre, located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, will stage three musicals this season: “Quilters,” “BKLYN,” and “Altar Boyz.” With statewide capacity ...

A Strange Loop, The Danish Girl), and Alex Newell ( Once on This Island). The event will also feature Blake Hammond, Brad Bradley, Christine Dwyer, Claybourne Elder, Eric Ulloa, Harvey Fierstein, J. Cameron Barnett, Jenn Colella, Jerry Mitchell, Kathryn Gallagher, Mars Rucker, Nathan Lee Graham, and Vishal Vaidya. Heritage of Pride team members David Correa (Interim Executive Director), Sue Doster (Co-Chair), and Kazz Alexander (Community Relations Director) will also appear. The event will al...

Now, his job might be in question. A screenshot posted to Twitter on Monday by Dianne Morales, an Afro Puerto Rican woman who is running for mayor of New York City, showed a private Facebook message she received from John McDaniel, whose profile indicated he lives in Gallatin, Tennessee. "Dumbass (racist slur) b----," McDaniel wrote, according to the screenshot. In the message, he did not censor the words. The message was sent April 18. A since-deleted LinkedIn account belonging to Tennessee st...

Kristin Chenoweth to Bring Broadway Bootcamp Online This years Broadway Bootcamp will feature agents, producers, childrens casting directors, special guests and more!by BWW News Desk KTUL has reported that Kristin Chenoweths Broadway Bootcamp is going virtual! Chenoweths Broadway Bootcamp will be held June 6-13. Kids completing 8th to 12th grade in the 2020-21 school year can send in their audition tapes, and all materials must be received by 5 p.m. CT on Friday, March 19. The event, which was...

February 25, 2021 242 Today is Friday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2021. There are 308 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. (The bomb failed to topple the North Tower into the South Tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both structures were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years lat...

Norman area farmers are fighting frozen water tanks and cold shelters as they do what they can to keep livestock from freezing to death.

1 of 3 A wise chicken perches near a heat lamp inside a coop at Billy Davison’s small farm in Norman’s Ward 5. Photo Provided Goats stay close together next to a heat source inside a barn at Billy Davison’s farm east of town. (Photo provided) Submitted Farmers fight frozen water tanks to keep livestock hydrated such as this one kept in a barn with a heater nearby. (Photo provided) Submitted Farmers lose livestock in winter storm By Mindy Ragan ...

Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples will be transformed into a New York-style cabaret club for the month of February with a series of Broadway Cabaret performances featuring comedienne, singer and Ethel Merman enthusiast Klea Blackhurst; multi-award winning cabaret performer and actor Natalie Douglas; and Naples native and Broadway star Lora Lee Gayer!