Ray Adams

Northern Kentucky University's School of the Arts kicks off 2020 with Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta of HMS PINAFORE. This is a first-time mainstage collaboration between the Theatre + Dance and Music Programs since SOTA's inception. The production runs Feb. 21-March 1 at NKU's Corbett Theatre. For more information and tickets, visit nku.edu/pinafore.

On Sunday, March 31 at 2 pm, composer Michael John Trotta will ascend the podium at New York's legendary Carnegie Hall to conduct his own music for the third time. As on the two previous occasions, the performance will be presented by MidAmerica Productions, as part of its 36th annual concert season, continuing its commitment to the music of living composers. This will be MidAmerica's 100th New York premiere.

The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance presents BAAD! ASS WOMEN 2012, its twelfth annual cultural festival celebrating the empowerment of women through art, culture and performance. The festival, which includes twelve evenings of dance, theatre, film, music, poetry and prose, self-defense and dance workshops, opens on Friday, March 16, 2012 with two provocative documentaries celebrating the lives of African American women and culminates on March 31 with the celebrated performance artist Rhodessa Jones.