Sesame Street News

Shira Kline, left, and Sonia Manzano By Dianne Matus The Huntington Summer Arts Festival begins its sixth week tonight, and Friday's feature is a special night of literature in performance from Symphony Space, ...

Shira Kline, left, and Sonia Manzano By Dianne Matus The Huntington Summer Arts Festival begins its sixth week tonight, and Friday's feature is a special night of literature in performance from Symphony Space, ...

JUST what is it, exactly, about goofing around with those furry monsters on Sesame Street that musicians seem to love so much? Leaked recently on YouTube was Feist's appearance on the show, in which she keeps ...

One, two, three, four, get ready to hear that song some more. Canadian singer Leslie Feist will appear on the Aug.

Miri Ben-Ari plays classical and contemporary, parties with Kanye West and supports Holocaust education.

Harold Mabern performed with his piano trio three nights at Smoke, on New York's Upper West Side, the weekend before Christmas, 2007.

SONNENBERG, passionate solo violinist of international repute, chewer of the fat with Big Bird of "Sesame Street," subject of an Academy Award-nominated documentary on her musical life and occasional traveler ...

"Sunny day ... sweepin' the clouds away ... on my way to where the air is sweet ... Can you tell me how to get ... How to get to Sesame Street? ... " The kids' high-pitched voices are so familiar.

“I mean, c'mon please, it's the Muppets we're talking about”

Winning Junos is one thing, but appearing on Sesame Street is something else entirely. via Winnipeg Sun

Let the Feist Juno sweep begin. The Calgary-raised, Toronto-based singer-songwriter picked up best artist and best songwriter honours at last night's non-televised Junos during a gala dinner held at the Calgary ... via Ottawa Sun

“We are just trying to mix up all of this and make something new or different.”

In some bizarre parallel universe Jim Henson decided that he didn't want to produce educational fare like Sesame Street . via Charleston City Paper

“Flight of the Conchords"? Drum circles? Bongo symphonies? Jam band guest spots? I've played non-bongo drums for a while, but not particularly well. And my bongo skills are even more lacking, but perhaps that made my role on "Flight of the Conchords”

Todd Barry is funny. He's also a comedian. As anyone who's ventured out to a comedy club more than once or even just watched enough late night TV can tell you, those two don't always go together. via Arkansas Times

On Saturday, March 29, the Smith College Orchestra invites families and audiences young and old to a special concert featuring Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and songs from Sesame Street . via Smith College

“How is it humanly possible to lock yourself out of the house two times in less than an hour?”

I'm not hip anymore, and I don't care. I have company; my husband is right here beside me in Squaresville, and we've never been happier. via GoTriad

“Oh, the matinee price? Or the children's price?”

Sheltering your kids from images in the media is tough, especially when children's movies are questionable. via Reno Gazette-Journal

“ETO"). Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization that changed television forever with the legendary "Sesame Street.”

You can't keep a good frog down -- or keep him from singing! The beloved songs from perennial pre-school hit, "Sesame Street," and its band of lovable Muppets that have entertained, educated and enchanted more ... via Market Wire

English and Chinese hosts guide viewers through a celebration of classical arts, with music, dance, acrobatics and more. via Detroit Free Press

“He is the jazz world's most visible Renaissance man-- a full time practicing psychiatrist, a medical school teacher, and a world class jazz musician.”

IAJE: Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist-composer-psychiatrist Denny Zeitlin will perform solo at the International Association for Jazz Education Convention in Toronto, in the Concert Hall of the Fairmont ... via All About Jazz