Billy Balloon Book Review – Quality Early Reader Launches Series
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- Category: Books
- Published on Saturday, 20 May 2023 11:42
- Written by Janet Walker
Billy Balloon, from Page Publishing and author Jack Payton, a quality early reader for young children, presents a unique story about friendship, the larger world, and will inspire curiosity for both parents and young readers alike.






Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov will embark on a special headline tour next year, featuring Isakov and his band performing with full symphony orchestras in each city.
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The Huntington announces its annual Spotlight Gala on Monday, April 28, 2025 at the SoWa Power Station (550 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118). The event will celebrate honorees as well as the achievement of this transformational season.
Continuing the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tom Petty's all-time classic Wildflowers, the critically acclaimed documentary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers is now available to stream on Peacock, watch
Penned by renowned Civil Rights attorney David M. Weitzman, Living A Life That Matters will not jump off the shelf for the causal bookstore window shopper. The title, the image all suggest an intellectual read reserved for professors, scholars, politicians and the like.
ZAGROS, the first feature film from Belgian-Kurdish director Sahim Omar Kalifa, will be presented in the prestigious Muhr Feature Competition at this year's Dubai International Film Festival which opens December 5 through December 14, 2017.
The 2024 Hope in the Hills' annual "Healing Appalachia" a three-day benefit concert will return to Lewisburg's State Fairgrounds in West Virginia September 19-21. Proceeds will fund addiction prevention, recovery and wellness programs around Appalachia and beyond. 
A tribute to his love of the Blues, SLASH the iconic GRAMMY®-winning guitarist and songwriter, has announced the release of 
In anticipation of the soon to be released children's book, "Truth and Honor: The President Ford Story," the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation is releasing an exclusive virtual storytelling experience through the eyes of award-winning children's book author and illustrator Matt Faulkner.
The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center (OHMTEC) announced a major gift from the Miranda Family Fund to support the nonprofit's effort to purchase, restore and preserve Oscar Hammerstein II's former home and Highland Farm creative epicenter.
Baryshnikov Arts announces this summer, from June 10–16, 2024, it will present its first annual Bloodlines Interwoven Festival, to take place at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY, supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
Chris Stapleton will extend his "All-American Road Show" into 2026 with two-night stands in Las Vegas, NV, Thackerville, OK and Uncasville, CT. The six new "Evening with Chris Stapleton" shows will feature Stapleton alongside his full band with no opener.

It was a celebratory summer evening as theatre-lovers gathered in Buckingham, Pennsylvania to support the nonprofit Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center (OHMTEC) in its fundraising quest to purchase Oscar Hammerstein II's historic Pennsylvania home, Highland Farm.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) is heading to North Macedonia to perform in the Skopje Dance Festival April 12, 2023. DBDT will present five works, including pieces choreographed by Darrell Grand Moultrie, Gregory Dolbashian, and My'Kal Stromile.
Morrison Hotel Gallery is expanding their storied archive of rock n' roll imagery into a new era of fine art photography presenting a carefully curated collection of breathtaking oceanic imagery inspired by the Emmy winning documentary 100 Foot Wave.
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AUDREY, a touching romantic comedy, from Manchego Pictures, is slated to open early 2013 and already has buzz for its charming take on the emotional roller coaster of contemporary dating as boy meets girl suffering from relationship neurosis.
Elvis Presley, George H. W. Bush, Patsy Cline, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Burt Reynolds and Jerry Lee Lewis are just a few of the names represented in the upcoming auction which opens for bidding on August 7th.
President Joseph R. Biden presented the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) with the National Medal of Arts. IABD President and CEO Denise Saunders Thompson accepted the award during a ceremony at The White House. 
Bono and The Edge, the groundbreaking Irish band, known for its passionate commitment to justice and equality will accept the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2 on October 21 in Tulsa at Cain's Ballroom.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is pleased to announce numerous iconic movie costumes it has acquired through generous donations, partial gifts, and purchase. Costume design will be one of the many motion-picture arts explored in the Museum’s inaugural exhibitions.
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Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is proud to announce its 2023-24 season, featuring a season-opening, world premiere opera based on a little-known true story of the Civil War, Intelligence and the company's first presentation of Wagner's Parsifal since 1992.
Blue Note Entertainment Group has teamed up with Mastercard® for an exclusive partnership at their much-anticipated Los Angeles club—giving cardholders special access to the brand-new location, 6372 Sunset Boulevard (at Ivar Avenue) in Hollywood.
UNDER FIRE: JOURNALISTS IN COMBAT, a brutally accurate documentary from novelist and Director Martyn Burke, chronicles the aftermath of War Correspondents as they cope with psychological trauma sustained on the front lines. 
Polished-casual restaurant Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, an Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) partner since fall 2012, surpassed $1 million in donations to the national childhood cancer foundation dedicated to raising funds for research into new treatments and cures for childhood cancers.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is pleased to announce that Kimberly Camuel Bryan is joining the Museum's senior leadership team as Chief Philanthropy Officer. where she will oversee all aspects of institutional fundraising initiatives.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre's (DBDT) professional training company DBDT: Encore! Rising Excellence performance draws on the heritage and memories of Japanese, Polish, and African American choreographers with in-person, live-stream, and On-
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Lukas Nelson shares the scenic new music video for his song "Montana" today, directed by Miles Reickert and Kehana Rose and filmed in Emigrant, MT. Watch/share 
French director Olivier Dahan’s "Grace of Monaco" is to open the next Festival de Cannes. The world preview will take place on Wednesday 14 May, 2014, in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, in the Official Selection category, Out of Competition.
The Catalina Island Conservancy will be hosting an Artist Salon on Sunday, May 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Castillo del Mar in Avalon. This event is a precursor to the Conservancy's Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale, which will be held in October.
Julia “Lady J” Gerard the original rebel with a cause couture designer who has dressed the hottest celebrities from Cher to Rihanna, is opening the doors of her Melrose Studio Gallery for Project Divine, a four day super sale benefiting Project Angel Food.
The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst have announced details of the upcoming 2017-18 calendar. The season will be the ensemble's 100th year of concerts and marks the launch of its Second Century. It is also the 16th year of the Orchestra's acclaimed partnership with Franz Welser-Möst.
Billy Blake, 71, in a flash, a moment, woke up to a raging fire rising up over the Malibu hillside and marching down the canyons engulfing his home, thirty years of work and almost everything, including his wherewithal, his hope, all lost.
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted a private luncheon and viewing of the current exhibition,
This September, Pacific Opera Project (POP) continues its successful run of presenting engaging productions in unique venues across Los Angeles with
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest returns to Plaza de César Chávez for its 35th Anniversary festival from Friday, August 8 - Sunday, August 10, 2025, turning the heart of downtown San Jose into an immersive cultural mecca.

Internationally known French artist Cyrille Margarit's newest collection of work premiered to an invitation-only group of art collectors, media representatives, and artists at a cocktail reception held at the Bruno Jamais Supper Club on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
California Philharmonic and the incomparable Maestro Victor Vener are turning the heat up on summer entertainment with a spectacular series of concerts featuring his world-class orchestra and a sizzling slate of special guests. The highly-anticipated season kicks off the last weekend in June.
The Rough Guide Madrid, from APA Publications, brings to the pages a vibrant traveler's guide to Spain's capital city with world class art museums, stunning architecture, shopping, pulsating nightlife, café culture, tapas bars, and alfresco dining.
Once in a generation comes a pianist who embodies the legends who have come before him while simultaneously breaking through to new thruways for the evolution of music, and life itself, Jahari Stampley personifies this brilliance.

Where God Left His Shoes, directed by Salvatore Stabile, a realistic portrayal of a down on his luck Gulf War Vet who attempts to integrate himself back into a society that has no place for him.
April 4, 2014, Arcadia – There is a buzz that begins around this time of year; a buzz that grows steadily, accompanying the anticipation of another unforgettable summer season of concerts by Maestro Victor Vener and his California Philharmonic.
Legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has announced the upcoming release of "
Derek Hough joins Cal Phil for Dance Fever where he will make his symphonic signing debut as well as will dance!
Following vast protests and the toppling of dozens of statues across the nation, the American Museum of Natural History announced this weekend that they would be taking down the statue of Teddy Roosevelt in the name of social justice.
The Photographing Tourist, from D. F. Noyes Studios, brings to the pages an inviting, informative and international journey for the novice photographer and armchair traveler to the trekker ready with bags packed and camera in hand.
For Sale, from Gravitas Ventures, presents a comedic horror film as an unemployed career salesman is hired to sell the impossible dream house, without disclosing the house is haunted, and develops a conscious along the way.
Paramount+ today announced Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party will premiere exclusively on the service on Tuesday, March 11th in the U.S. and Canada and on Wednesday, March 12th in the UK, Australia, Latin America, France, Italy and Germany.


