Series performers for 2021 named

Music, dance, art and comedy featured at SRU

Grace Kelly is a singer, saxophonist, songwriter, composer and bandleader, who has rocked the jazz world. She will be accompanied by the Slippery Rock University Jazz Ensemble for a performance April 10 as part of SRU’s Performing Arts and Lecture Series for 2021.

Slippery Rock University announced the Performing Arts and Lecture Series’ 2021 season schedule that will include an expanded variety of shows and performances in the renovated Miller Auditorium.

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Broadway shutdown extended to Jan.

Ticket refunds, exchanges slated

NEW YORK — The shutdown on Broadway has been extended again — until at least early January.

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Netflix series will show Kaepernick’s path to activism

LOS ANGELES — Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player’s activism.

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Prince’s ‘Sign o’ the Times’ to get deluxe reissue

The treasures continue from Prince’s vault with the upcoming release of expanded editions of 1987’s “Sign o’ the Times,” arguably his best album.

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‘The Young and the Restless’ wins Emmy for best drama

LOS ANGELES — “The Young and the Restless” won best drama at the first virtual Daytime Emmys along with three acting trophies on Friday night, with some winners speaking out about racial injustice.

6/29/2020 Arts & Ent. Features 0 comments

Ferrell spins a warm-hearted spoof in ‘Eurovision’

“Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,” Will Ferrell’s goofy and highly quotable parody of the long-running European spectacle, is the first great comedy of 2020 and it couldn’t have come soon enough. There hasn’t been much to laugh about lately.

6/27/2020 Arts & Ent. Features 0 comments

In ‘Irresistible,’ Stewart aims at familiar enemy

Steve Carell, right, and Rose Byrne appear in a scene from “Irresistible.” Jon Stewart’s new political satire pokes fun at the way America elects its leaders, from the big city to a small town in the heartland.

At one point in “Irresistible,” Jon Stewart’s new political satire, a cable news anchor tosses a question to an absurdly overstuffed panel of 12 analysts, each in their own little “Brady Bunch” square. Immediately they start shouting at once, drowning each other out.

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People

NEW YORK — “The Magic School Bus” has traveled everywhere from Pluto to inside the human body. Now it's going somewhere new: the big screen.

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Jupiter, Saturn jump into the July evening sky

July stargazing is always wonderful, with the great constellations of summer climbing higher in the heavens.

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Entertainment

Free family concert series set at park

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Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed

NEW YORK — As protests erupted across the country following the death of George Floyd, every major entertainment company in Hollywood issued statements of support for the black community.

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‘Babyteeth’ is a sick teen in love flick with a bite

Eliza Scanlen, left, and Toby Wallace appear in a scene from “Babyteeth.”

“Babyteeth” is guaranteed to get under your skin. This refreshingly original Australian indie about a terminally ill teen who falls in love with the wrong guy is designed to push all the buttons: It’ll frustrate, delight, annoy and devastate.

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People

LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry wrote “we must never give up” in a heartfelt first-person essay in People magazine detailing his thoughts on racial injustice and police brutality against unarmed black people in America.