Jane Levere

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Jane Levere

Jazz at Lincoln Center is presenting four concerts this weekend that will reimagine Louis Armstrong’s and Dave Brubeck’s 1962 album, The Real Ambassadors. Theconcerts, part of JALC’s Jazz Appreciation Month celebration, will take place in the Appel Room tonight, April 4, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. ET, and tomorrow, April 5 at 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET. The shows tonight also will be available for streaming at jazzlive.com.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Jane Levere

Top revivals of two classics—Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera and Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard—are being performed in Brooklyn this month. The Threepenny Opera is being presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music by BAM and St. Ann’s Warehouse through April 6, while The Cherry Orchard, a new version of the play by Benedict Andrews that originally ran at the Donmar Warehouse in London, will be offered at St. Ann’s Warehouse through April 27.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jane Levere

2 days agoA ‘giant’ made up two thousand fake bank notes has appeared in Canary WharfA ‘giant’ made up two thousand fake bank notes has appeared in Canary Wharf – in a warning to Brits about ‘sleeping savings’. Made from recycled polystyrene and weighing more than a ton, the installation was created to highlight that more than £1.3 trillion of UK savings is sitting in low interest savings accounts earning less than 50 per cent of the Bank of England base rate.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Jane Levere

The 14th season of the enduringly popular series Call the Midwife, which follows the nurses, midwives and nuns in the East End of London, premieres tonight on PBS’ Masterpiece. Inspired by the “Call the Midwife” trilogy of Jennifer Worth, who was a midwife and nurse in London from 1953 to 1973, the series tells the stories of the expectant, poor mothers of the East End district of Poplar, who receive the best possible medical care.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Jane Levere

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s multi award-winning trilogy, is premiering tonight on PBS’ Masterpiece.