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Music

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Jazz/Blues/Swing | Opera | Rap | Rock | World/Folk | For Musicians

Concert Information

PollStar

Concert information

All Music Genres

All Music Guide

Billboard Magazine

Listen.com

Ultimate Band List

Classical

Classical Net

ClassicalIsCool

Guide to Classical Music

Country

Country.com

Jazz/Blues/Swing

Jazz

Jazz Online

JazzWeb

Blues

The Blue Highway

Swing

Big Bands Database

Swingmusic.net

Opera

Operabase

OperaGlass

Rap

Rapmusic.com

News and information on the music and artisits in hip-hop, rap and R&B

Rap Station

Includes breaking news, sound files, artist listing and message boards.

Rock

Launch.com

RollingStone.com

World/Folk

Enthnomusicology, Folk Music and World Music

RootsWorld

Online magazine of world roots and folk music

For Musicians

Audio Galaxy

Band promotion

Sonic Spot

Audio recording software and resources

Harmony Central

Software, reviews, resources

MP3.com

Downloadable music service

Movies

The Greatest Films

Collections of lists of best films for different genres and from different sources. Also contains various filmographies.

Internet Movie Database

The database of everything movies. Includes descriptions and casts of thousands of movies, awards lists, and movie news. Movie database is searchable by title, people, characters, plots, and quotes.

Kids-in-Mind: The Parents' Guide to Movies and Video

Provides "objective, non-critical assessments of the potentially objectionable material contained in movies." Movies are listed by release date and can be searched by title. Each movie is given a rating on a scale of 0-10 in three distinct categories- sex and nudity, violence and gore, and profanity.

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Movie Ratings

History and explanation of the MPAA rating system by Jack Valenti along with a database showing the rarings of movies going back to 1968, with the movie titles linkes to the Internet Movie Database.

Movie Review Query Engine

Database of movie reviews on thousands of movies from dozens of sources.

Movie Databases

Databases of what is playing currently in theatres across the country. Searchable by movie, placename and zipcode. May provide opportunities to purchase tickets. As always, we cannot endorse these services:

Fandango

Hollywood.com

Moviefone

Television

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History of Television

The Encyclopedia of Television

This website from the Museum of Broadcast Communication contains 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and other topics.

Epguides.com

This site contains episode lists for over 1500 British and American television shows. The list includes title and airdate.

TV Tome

Information about television series and actors as well as episode lists and guides.


Guides

Beeline TV

A worldwide directory of free broadband Internet television channels. It is arranged by language. It includes annotations that indicate what media player (e.g. Real Player, Windows Media Player) you need to view each channel.

TV Guide

Networks

A&E

Arts & Entertainment Channel

ABC

CBS

CNN

Cable News Network

C-SPAN

Discovery Channel

FOX

MSNBC

NBC

Nickelodeon

PBS

Local Affiliates

Cable 6

Local news network covering Middletown, NY and surrounding communities.

FOX

WABC

WCBS

WNBC

WNET

Channel Thirteen

WPIX

WWOR

Theatre / Events

Internet Broadway Database

"IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today." The League of American Theatres and Producers.

Playbill

The online version of Playbill includes schedules, theatre news and history.

Ticketmaster

See also Local Summer Theatre

Local Entertainment

(See also the Culture, Events and Tourism section of our Local guide.)

Middletown

The Paramount Theatre

You can find a schedule of events, history of the Theater, seating charts as well as general info and directions.

Orange County Community College Calendar of Events

Here you find theater, music, lecture, film and exhibit dates.

Orange County

Bodles Opera House.

This site gives a history of the "club," lists upcoming events, and allows you to purchase tickets

Eisenhower Hall Theatre

Orange County, New York

This Orange County guide includes events, galleries, performing arts,and theaters as well as other entertainment activities.

Times Herald Record Entertainment Page

Once on this site you must register to view entertainment activities. Registration is free. You can find movie show times, NYC shows, concerts, museums and other things to do as well as club listings.

Hudson Valley

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

The Chance Entertainment Complex

Lists club upcoming music groups, allows you to purchase tickets, and get directions. It also links you to the Club Crannell schedule as well as The Loft schedule

Hudson Valley Music

This site lists local bands/artists, music services and a music calendar.

Hudson Valley Net: Arts/Performing Arts Listings

Hudson Valley, NY calendar of Music Events

A calendar of music events for the Hudson Valley area.

Things to Do: Hudson Valley Region

Local Summer Theatre

Forestburgh Playhouse

"The Forestburgh Playhouse is the oldest continuously operating summer theatre in New York State, and has been bringing professional theatre to the Catskill Mountains every summer since 1947."

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Theatre

"The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to producing the plays of Shakespeare with an economy of style that focuses its energy and resources on script, actors, and audience."

New Paltz Summer Repertory Theatre

"The mission of Summer Repertory Theatre is to produce high quality professional theatre that enriches the lives of the community and to provide significant professional training opportunities for developing theatre students."

Shadowland Theatre

"Dedicated to high-quality, professionally produced plays and musicals, Shadowland is located in the charming village of Ellenville, in Ulster County NY."

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