Step into a night of exhilarating choral harmony and Broadway brilliance at Voices Unite, a powerful showcase of classical works and beloved Broadway favorites. This extraordinary evening brings together three outstanding ensembles: Iowa State University Singers, the Masterwork Festival Chorus and Broadway Series Junior Company.

Program highlights include the Masterwork Festival Chorus, under the direction of Brian Clissold performing Ad Astra by Jacob Narverud, No Time by Susan Brumfield, and Gloria by John Rutter. The Iowa State University Singers, conducted by Jim Rodde will present Plaudite, Psallite by Kęstutis Daugirdas, Salve Regina by Franco Prinsloo and many more.

The grand finale of the evening features the Broadway Series Junior Company, with Laura Bergquist as Music Director and JoAnn Hunter as Choreographer, joined by soloists Nikki Renée Daniels (Hamilton, The Book of Mormon) and Michael Maliakel (Aladdin) in show-stopping performances of Go the Distance from Hercules, Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas, Speechless from Aladdin, For the First Time from The Little Mermaid (2023) and many more Broadway favorites!

Use code RU$H! to access $5 tickets* today on lincolncenter.org, or mention it in-person at the Box Office at Alice Tully Hall.

* Service fee and facility fee applies

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Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, the groundbreaking podcast that has redefined conversations around design, creativity, and culture.

Host Debbie Millman and wife Roxane Gay will take center stage, leading two special interviews that will be the heart of the evening. First, hear from writer and advocate Suleika Jaouad (Between Two Kingdoms) as she reflects on her powerful journey. Followed by an intimate conversation with Dr. Chelsea Clinton who shares insights on her work and passions.

Plus, a dynamic mix of performances including a spoken word performance by Timothy Goodman, magic by David Kwong, and a special live segment featuring some of the podcast’s most unforgettable guests including Jad Abumrad (Radiolab), On Being host Krista Tippett, New York Times bestselling psychotherapist Esther Perel, Sarah Polley (Women Talking), and more!

Skint readers can get a $15 Tier 2 ticket using code: Design (reg. $32)

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Spelers, unite! Gabe Henry selebrates the release uv his new book, Enough is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell, with a reading, signing, and spelling bee. April 16 at littlefield.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it?

Anyone who has the misfortune to write in English will, from time to time, struggle with its spelling. So why do we continue to use it? If our system of writing words is so tragically inconsistent, why haven’t we standardized it, phoneticized it, brought it into line? How many brave linguists have ever had the courage to state, in a declaration of phonetic revolt: “Enough is enuf”?

The answer: many. In the comic annals of linguistic history, legions of rebel wordsmiths have died on the hill of spelling reform, risking their reputations to bring English into the realm of the rational. This book is about them: Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, Eliza Burnz, C. S. Lewis, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Darwin, and the innumerable others on both sides of the Atlantic who, for a time in their life, became fanatically occupied with writing thru instead of through, tho for though, laf for laugh, beleev for believe, and dawter for daughter (and tried futilely to get everyone around them to do it too).

Henry takes his humorous and informative chronicle right up to today as the language seems to naturally be simplifying to fit the needs of our changing world thanks to technology—from texting to Twitter and emojis, the Simplified Spelling Movement may finally be having its day.

Watch the book trailer here

Enough is Enuf Book Release Party
Wednesday, April 16, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm (doors at 7:00 pm)
littlefield – 635 Sackett Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues), Brooklyn
FREE admission with RSVP here
21+

Books sold on-site by Books Are Magic.

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