(Opera, National) Just the thought of it is enough to suck the wind out of you, considering how stark the circumstances were: on a March night in 1962, in a boxing ring in Madison Square Garden, Emile Griffith beat Benny “Kid” Paret to death. ...more...

(Jazz, National) The Jazz Education Network is big, and nationwide, and four years old, nearly, and they have spent many, many dollars to increase jazz education and awareness. ...more...

(Jazz, New Orleans) If you’re looking around for someone to be, you could do far, far worse than to be Kermit Ruffins, who is just about the living embodiment of the city of New Orleans. ...more...

(Jazz, New York) She was there in January for a bit, with a trio that included Esperanza Spalding, but this week’s residency is all about Geri Allen, who has been a big, big player in New York jazz for about thirty years now. ...more...

(Jazz, New York) The Blue Note Jazz Festival threw its first party last June – actually, a series of parties. Actually a lot of parties, all over New York (and by “all over” I mean mostly the Blue Note jazz club, B.B. King’s blues club and the Highline Ballroom, but hey), with people like Bootsy and McCoy Tyner and Meshell Ndegeocello playing. ...more...

(Jazz, Chicago) Marsalis takes the Jazz at Lincoln Center to the city by the lake this weekend for three varied concerts and a Q-and-A for young people. ...more...

(Jazz, San Francisco) Reed brings his Ira revue, “The Man That Got Away”, to Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco for the weekend, beginning Friday. ...more...

(Jazz, San Francisco/Oakland) The 2012 Healdsburg Festival, scheduled to start June 1, has customarily packed its lineup with jazz luminaries. ...more...

(Art Museums, Jazz, Dallas/Ft. Worth) April’s “Jazz in the Atrium” Thursdays will be devoted to a chronological look at the development of jazz throughout the Twentieth Century, beginning with the Roaring Twenties. ...more...

(Jazz, Classical Music, Detroit) The DSO’s 2012-13 Paradise Jazz series is remarkably strong, with Cassandra Wilson and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band among the headliners. ...more...

(Jazz, Philadelphia) Rockjazz pianist ELEW pounds the keys into submission this evening at Loews Philadelphia Hotel, starting at eight. ...more...

(Jazz, New Orleans)The event, which benefits a slew of local charities, will take place at the home of New Orleans jazz legend Ronnie Kole the weekend of March 31. ...more...

(Classical Music, Jazz, San Francisco) The Israeli jazz/classical quartet will play twice in the Bay Area in the coming weeks, beginning March 22 at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in Berkeley. ...more...

(Jazz, Providence) This year’s festival has got Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette and the Bad Plus slated to perform, and very little bleedover from mainstream rock and pop. ...more...

(Jazz, New York) The 2012-13 season will offer, among a lot of other goodness, programs focused on some jazz heavyweights. ...more...

(Jazz, Classical Music, Houston) Renowned concert venue Da Camera of Houston has a slew of remarkable offerings planned for this, its 25th season. ...more...

(Jazz, New York) Sax and penny whistle virtuoso Les Lieber is about to turn 100 and still plays the Players Club on Gramercy Park South every Friday. ...more...

(Jazz, Chicago) More than a decade after an initial plan was aborted, a group of Chicago’s cultural and political heavyweights are trying again to establish a jazz museum. ...more...

(Jazz, National) Anyone not feeling the Oscar hype would do well to keep “Cab Calloway: Sketches” in mind for potential Sunday night viewing. (8 ET; check local listings.) ...more...

(Jazz, Columbus) Jazz radio has returned to Columbus in the form of WCRX-LP, Bexley Public Radio. ...more...

(Jazz, Portland) The eminent jazz guitarist is the focus of this year’s Portland Jazz Festival for two days, February 24-25, during which time he will play things “For Portland Only”. ...more...

(Jazz, Oklahoma City) As it heads into its tenth year, the University of Central Oklahoma’s Jazz Lab has become a destination for some serious performers. ...more...

(Jazz, New Orleans) The Mandeville jazz landmark is undergoing some long-awaited renovations at the moment, but the chairman of the Friends of the Dew Drop maintains that the concert schedule will move forward as planned. ...more...

(Jazz, Los Angeles) The nonprofit Jazz Bakery’s been looking for a permanent home for more than three years. They’re closer now than they have been in quite awhile, and Gehry’s on board if they can close the deal. ...more...

(Film, Jazz?, National) The ad hoc “Goat Rodeo Sessions” quartet plays the House of Blues in Boston that night at 7:30. ...more...