A Los Angeles-based artist, writer, poet and actor whose art is full of vibrant texture and layers, exploring the depth and beauty of imperfection. 

A nuclear engineer, environmentalist and entrepreneur who sees a bright future in clean nuclear energy, is focused on making  reactors safer and reducing the amount of waste they produce.  

An accomplished Electronic Dance Music DJ, producer and songwriter that plays world-wide at festivals, clubs and appears in Las Vegas as a part of his Wynn Nightlife residency. 

As the Co-Artistic Director of Streb Extreme Action she ziplined across the Park Avenue Armory, scaled the walls of the Bergdorf building and danced on the spokes of the London Eye.

A touring singer, custom songwriter & music arranger who perfoms as the high tenor for the R&B/Soul/Pop a cappella group Ball in the House which as been featured on America’s Got Talent and in Cool Whip Commercials. 

A renowned improviser and alumnus of Toronto’s Second City Troupe who is best recognized from his 20 seasons on the long-running comedy show Whose Line is it Anyway?

An award-winning playwright, screenwriter, writing coach and ghostwriter who specializes in memoir. She created Write Out Front, an installation of 200 playwrights writing plays in the storefront window of The Drama Book Shop in NYC.

A two-time Grammy Award winning American Roots musician and an 8th generation Louisiana Creole performer who leads the Zydeco Experience Band as they take their audience on a multi-cultural tour of the world. 

Spotlighting women in magic: Leah Orleans introduces us to Carisa Hendrix, Nicole Cardoza, Alexandra Duvivier, Alyx Hilshey & Rachel Wax.

An independent filmmaker and Hollywood trailblazer who made his mark by writing, directing, producing and starring in films like Hollywood Shuffle, The Five Heartbeats and Meteor Man. Robert returns to his theater roots in his one man show Living the Shuffle.

The co-founder and executive director of The Austin Film Festival, as well as an independent documentary filmmaker and the producer of the TV series On Story.

The Grammy-nominated musical duo known as Trout Fishing In America. A genre-defying band with undeniable musicianship made up of a guitar, a bass and two vocalist with 25 albums to their name.

The president and founder of Potter & Potter Auctions specializing in the sale of rare books, paper Americana, vintage posters, gambling memorabilia and magic antiques and collectibles.

A member of Laura Nyro’s celebrated Harmony Group who also recorded with Billy Joel, Carly Simon and George Benson. Diane provided background vocals on Paul Simon’s Grammy-winning Graceland album and toured internationally with Steely Dan. 

Our creative seasonal jam with musical showcases from: The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra, Nicole Henry, Sons of Serendip, Maia Sharp, Trout Fishing in America, Larry Miller, Martin Burke, Middleman Burr & Aubrey Logan.

Alexander Duvivier is a finger-flicking French magician who successfully fooled Penn & Teller on their TV show, Fool Us and the founder of a conjuring school in Paris that offers a diploma in magic recognized by the Ministry of Labor in France. 

Matt Kent and Renee Jaworsk are the artistic directors of Pilobolus, a rebellious dance company that tests the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies.

Claire Keane is an author, an illustrator and a visual development artist who contributes to the Disney films Enchanted, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen.

John Brown is a Grammy and Emmy nominated bassist, composer & educator who serves as Vice Provost for the Arts, Director of the Jazz Program and Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke University.

Jena Stanfield is a multi-platinum singer/songwriter who combines humor, wisdom and inspiration with soaring vocals and acoustic arrangements to give her audiences a “faith-lift.”