The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will present a special multimedia presentation “Here to Stay: The Gerswin Experience,” which hails the lives of the two Gershwin brothers – composer George and lyricist Ira – this Saturday night at the Mahalia Jackson Theater...
TRANI, Italy (JTA) — Francesco Lotoro resurrects the music of the dead. Since 1991 the Italian pianist has traveled the globe to seek out and bring to light symphonies, songs, sonatas, operas, lullabies and even jazz riffs...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has selected the award-winning film “Fill the Void” as its submission to the best foreign language film category of the Oscars. The Israeli Academy of Film and Television chose “Fill the Void” as Film of the Year...
The Komedy Kickoff fundraiser event for Baton Rouge’s Congregation B’nai Israel will now be held October 10 at the Baton Rouge Little Theater. The event originally scheduled for August 29 had to be rescheduled due to Hurricane Issac’s landfall on...
NEW YORK (JTA) — As he researched the complex life of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach for a new musical, playwright Daniel Wise found a surprisingly candid source. Neshama Carlebach, a successful recording artist and popular performer of her...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — David Rakoff, a humorist who often wrote about American Jewish culture, has died. Rakoff, 47, died Thursday in Manhattan of cancer, a disease he has battled since he was 22, according to media reports. A frequent contributor to...
Justin Robinson Smith, a mixed-media artist, opens his new show tonight at the Second Story Gallery of the New Orleans Healing Center. Smith, a self-described tribal and abstract artist, has over 30 pieces that will focus and define his unusual...
Editor’s note: In October of 2006, prior to a fundraiser performance in Cleveland, I was fortunate to conduct a interview with Marvin Hamlisch. Through the courtesy of the Cleveland Jewish News, most of that article appears here.
NEW YORK (JTA) — Film critic Judith Crist, a one-time mainstay of the “Today” show and TV Guide, has died at 90. Crist died Tuesday in Manhattan following a long illness, according to reports.. She was born Judith Klein to...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Marvin Hamlisch, the acclaimed composer and arranger of dozens of Broadway plays and films, has died at 68. Hamlisch died Monday in Los Angeles following a brief illness. He perhaps was best known for his work on the...
