When Melania Trump stared straight into the camera and said, “My word is my bond,” and those words were stolen--whose bond was it? Were the words binding at all? Did that constitute a public promise? What value do any of our words have, and has that value wavered over time? These are among the questions [...]
It's a feast for body and soul on a summer night: a troupe of young, sexy, international performers begin whirling about the stage, turning somersaults, tossing eggs, telling stories and cooking up their latest recipe for love, laughter, and courage in what Poet Jack Gilbert called "the furnace of this world." The show is called CUISINE & CONFESSIONS performed [...]
WIN complimentary passes to the Fathom Event: MET SUMMER ENCORE SERIES! Enter to win by e-mailing fathomeventsboston@gmail.com with (name of the opera event/JOYCE) in the subject line. Please send your full name and e-mail address! 5 admit 2 winners will be selected for each opera and emailed their complimentary passes. Passes will be valid at Showcase Cinemas in Lowell [...]
The news was nothing short of devastating to me. I cannot tell you HOW MUCH I adored PRINCE. Everything about him. For me, HE was the consummate artist/entertainer/performer/musician. There was NO ONE I would rather see onstage than PRINCE. I was just saying this last week in a conversation about who I'd pay to see. [...]
These young musicians from Japan have arrived in Boston and have made the most beautiful music out of a catastrophe, wringing hope out of disaster through the power of art. LISTEN and WATCH. Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta - Music from Fukushima in Boston - from The Japan Society of Boston on Vimeo. The Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta, [...]
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN free passes to the Fathom Event's documentary "Living with Beethoven" featuring The Berlin Philharmonic! Enter to win by emailing fathomeventsboston@gmail.com with “BEETHOVEN – JOYCE’S CHOICES” in the subject line. 5 admit 2 winners will be selected and emailed their complimentary passes. Passes will be valid for the Showcase Cinema De Lux [...]
Fiddlehead Theatre Company is giving away 5 PAIRS of tickets to the opening night of RENT on Friday, Feb. 5th exclusively through Joyce’s Choices! One lucky winner will also win the chance to meet original RENT cast member Fredi Walker-Browne! The 20th Anniversary Celebration of the iconic musical RENT runs from February 5-21 at the Back Bay Events Center (180 Berkeley Street, [...]
What an intense week. I cannot write anything else before expressing how heartbroken I was to learn that brilliant actor Alan Rickman and musical icon David Bowie died--both Londoners, both at age 69 of cancer. Bowie was an artistic visionary and sonic adventurer who cut an endlessly original and challenging swathe through the musical landscape. We find him [...]
This Saturday night 12/12/15 will be FRANK SINATRA's 100th birthday and it will be celebrated far and wide! If you find yourself anywhere near ATLANTIC CITY this week--tune in as I host ATLANTIC CITY NIGHTS: STRICTLY SINATRA premiering on PBS this WEDNESDAY night 12/9! Here's the whole swingin' story! Photo credit: Don Altobell Just [...]
URBAN NUTCRACKER Boston is pleased to offer Joyce’s Choices followers a chance to WIN one of four Family-4 packs (4 tickets!) to see the Tony Williams Ballet Company production of Urban Nutcracker at John Hancock Hall on Friday December 11 at 7:30pm! The show is SO much fun! More than your usual ballet, URBAN NUTCRACKER celebrates a wildly diverse collage of dance, swinging from from hip hop [...]
