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The Austin Music Awards announced today that the Townes Van Zandt Songwriting Award will be presented to singer-songwriter JOE ELY by artist-musician TERRY ALLEN and the Margaret Moser Women in Music Award will be presented to LIZ LAMBERT, founder and Creative Director of Bunkhouse Hotels by Grammy Award winner and musician, LUCINDA WILLIAMS.

Lavishly illustrated, this is the first book on the world's most famous Cognac producer. Considered a benchmark of excellence, its blends have become icons of refinement and luxury. In HENNESSY, renowned writer and bon vivant Glenn O'Brien invites the reader to discover the history of Cognac. The highly entertaining text, filled with extraordinary events and O'Brien's irresistible humor, is married with classic cocktail recipes and evocative imagery that conveys the lifestyle of the Hennessy connoisseur through the ages, including the Mad Men of the 1960s and today's stars of hip-hop.

The National YoungArts Foundation today announces a dynamic roster of public programs for its 35th anniversary season encompassing a series of new performances, showcases, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary collaborations across a broad range of art forms-from the organization's first resident dance company Complexions Contemporary Ballet; and "Pairings at Ted's," a new dinner and performance  series; to site-specific installations and public discussions with creative leaders such as Daniel Arsham, Franklin Sirmans and Fab 5 Freddy. The season underscores YoungArts' longstanding commitment to supporting the nation's next generation of artists by providing transformative educational and professional opportunities, including master classes, workshops, and mentorship programs with such renowned arts leaders as Carrie Mae Weems, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Frank Gehry, Wynton Marsalis, Jeff Koons, Kerry Washington, Robert Redford, and Placido Domingo, among others.

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Artist Public Domain's Cinema Conservancy, a New York-based non-profit production and distribution company is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Stations of the Elevated

The Hip Hop Hall of Fame will honor hip hop legends, during Hip Hop Appreciation Week, at their awards show to take place at Stage 48 in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, May 19th, 2014.

Basquiat, a new musical about the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean Michele Basquiat just premiered a special concert version of the show at Joe's Publast night, December 16th. The performers included Eric LaJuan Summers (Motown: The Musical) as well as Lena Hall (Kinky Boots) and Felicia Finley(Mama Mia, The Wedding Singer). Other performers include Ken Robinson (Memphis), Julius Thomas III (Motown: The Musical) Chad Carstarphen (In the Heights), Benjamin Mapp, Jimmy Lambert, Roger DeWitt, Eddie Varley andNikki Kimbrough (A Night with Janis Joplin). Check out photos from the concert below!

Basquiat, a new musical about the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean Michele Basquiat will be premiering a special concert version of the show at Joe's Pub, December 16th and 7:30pm

On December 5th at Miami's South Beach Delano Hotel, Dr. Lee Gause, Smile Design Gallery and WU HA | 20 20 join forces at Art Basel for the official Wu Tang 20th Anniversary Event, hosting works for sale from Liu Bolin, Mr. Brainwash, RETNA, Miya Ando, Lina Viktor and Fab 5 Freddy, generously offered by top art dealers Larry Gagosian and Eli Klein.

Basquiat, a new musical about the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean Michele Basquiat will be given a private industry reading on December 13th at 3pm.

Basquiat, a new musical about the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean Michele Basquiat will be premiering a concert version of the show at Joe's Pub, December 16th and 7:30pm

VH1 will air a 4-part documentary series based on Stoute's best-selling book, 'The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy.'

August 26, 2013 - New York, NY- City Parks Foundation is finishing up the 2013 season of SummerStage presented by AT&T, New York's largest free performing arts festival, bringing over 100 free performances to seventeen parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin and World music to dance, comedy and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City's summer arts festival landscape.

Tonight, Monday August 26, 2013, SummerStage presents the Wild Style 30th Anniversary Celebration with a full-length screening of the seminal hip hop film Wild Style, featuring live performances and appearances by: FAB 5 FREDDY, BUSY BEE, GRAND WIZARD THEODORE, COLD CRUSH BROTHERS, THE ROCK STEADY CREW, LEE / LADY PINK / PATTI ASTOR / LISA LEE / RODNEY C and more.

On Monday August 26, 2013, SummerStage will present the Wild Style 30th Anniversary Celebration with a full-length screening of the seminal hip hop film Wild Style, featuring live performances and appearances by: FAB 5 FREDDY, BUSY BEE, GRAND WIZARD THEODORE, COLD CRUSH BROTHERS, THE ROCK STEADY CREW, LEE / LADY PINK / PATTI ASTOR / LISA LEE / RODNEY C and more.

Basquiat, a new musical based on the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean-Michel Basquiat will get a private reading today, June 24th.

Basquiat, a new musical based on the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean-Michel Basquiat will get a private reading on Monday June 24th.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema in association with Japan Society announce the full schedule today for the 2013 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) which will screen June 28 - July 15. The popular film festival will showcase over 60 feature films with filmmakers and celebrity guests travelling from Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan to attend the festival. Also announced were special focuses for this year's edition of NYAFF including a celebration of the career of Korean star Ryoo Seung-Beom and new works from the Philippines (joining the previously announced focuses on Hong Kong cinema, Taiwan pulp and a salute to Well Go USA).

Fab 5 Freddy is a cultural pioneer who played a key role in bringing hip-hop culture to audiences around the world. Born Fred Brathwaite in Bedford Stuyvesant, he was a graffiti artist who famously paid homage to Andy Warhol by covering a subway car in Campbell's soup cans.