Steve Vai will release The Story of Light, a new solo album of original material, on August 14. The title comes out on Favored Nations Entertainment, the label Vai founded in 1999. Its sprawling and expressive 12-song set continues a conceptual and cosmic narrative arc begun on the artist's acclaimed 2005 album Real Illusions: Reflections (also Vai's

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced the next event in its buzzed-about series, "Upstairs at the Square," held at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in Manhattan (33 East 17th Street at Union Square).

The Weatherspoon Art Museum launches its annual summer film series this week with "The Motorcycle Diaries" at 7 tonight in the museum's auditorium. A post-screening discussion will be led by Jos Villabla, assistant professor in the department of counseling and educational development at UNCG.

'Gently Disturbed' Avishai Cohen Trio (Razdaz) Out of four Bassist Avishai Cohen has the ability to make a trio sound different than it normally does. He does the same thing with jazz itself. Oh, his music is jazz in every way.

When a successful artist leaves a major label, you can almost guarantee that a sampling of that act's best-known wares will surface within a year's time. It's pretty unlikely that the artist will be invited over for tea and tracklist suggestions, either.