Arts News

Cheaza, Nicole "Coco" Austin and Josh Strickland appear onstage after Austin's official opening-night performance of "Peepshow" at Planet Hollywood on Monday, Dec.

A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum -- an act that was caught on cellphone video -- agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

This file photo provided by the Harris County, Texas, Sheriff's Department shows Uriel Landeros.

There's been a lot of talk about the casting of Inherent Vice , Paul Thomas Anderson's cinematic adaptation of reclusive author Thomas Pynchon's latest novel.

Jamestown Public School's Art Department will hold its annual District Art Show Opening Night tonight from 6-7 p.m. at Jefferson Middle School by the Jefferson Auditorium.

Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word -- "Bollywood" -- remains controversial.

The Greater Bothell Chamber of Commerce proudly announced its Member of the Month as Coral Lehtinen with LZL Construction and Sumner Design during its April meeting.

Children at a storytelling workshop wear what they imagine would be the expression on their characters' faces during the most exciting moment of their story, for a picture being taken by Ann Shapiro, director of the Connecticut Storytelling Center at Connecticut College.

If you didn't think Henrik Ibsen's work was sexy and racy, you'll be pleasantly surprised by BAM's production of "The Master Builder," which embraces a whole new interpretation of that classic 1892 tragedy.

Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musical comedy "First Date" by "Gossip Girl" writer Austin Winsberg.

The idea came screeching into director Justin Lin's fuel-injected imagination in 2009: a fiery escape scene featuring a muscle car that crashes out of an airplane during takeoff.

A 1931 Mack firetruck was parked on streets wet from rain Sunday morning outside a building that once housed Victory Theater.

The Worcester Art Museum is offering free admission to anyone who dresses up like Bob Dylan on May 24, which will be the musician's 72nd birthday.

Who needs abstract art when you can buy a rocket instead? Billionaire Paul Allen pocketed more than $43 million selling a painting earlier this week, and now we know what he did with some of the money.

Great American pianist Kevin Cole [fresh from Carnegie Hall , protg of Marvin Hamlisch ], with special guests Brian d'Arcy James [Shrek; Next to Normal], K Lea Black hurst [Everything the Traffic Will Allow], and Ryan VanDenBoom [Annie] will perform a Benefit Concert to support DreamCatcher Entertainment, an independent theatre and film company, ... (more)

On June 2nd, the Bi Writers Association will present Bi Lines VI, a spectacular multi-arts event celebrating bisexual writing, which includes the first Bisexual Book Awards in the world.

Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns 100 this year, is more than just Bollywood.

"Band of Outsiders" , now available via Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, may just be the Jean-Luc Godard movie for people who don't like Jean-Luc Godard movies.

Visual Arts Society of Texas member Tonya Littmann of Denton will exhibit a collection of her fine art quilts at the PointBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St., through July 11.

"This was the first verse that he wrote," he said by way of introduction to Lead Belly's Goodnight Irene .