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Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presents the final production of their 2010 Spring Festival Season - Jake Heggie's, THREE DECEMBERS on May 8, 12, 14, and 16 at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park. COT will also be presenting a one-night only concert with Frederica von Stade and Jake Heggie on May 10, also at the Harris Theater.

The Seventh Annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, running April 17 thru April 25, will feature a full schedule of events including the Genie Award-winning film, 'Nurse.Fighter.Boy', appearances by filmmakers including Altrick Brown, Ava DuVernay, Charles Officer, and Morgan Stiff, the Seattle Premiere of 'Soundtrack for a Revolution' and 'Mississippi Damned', a Family Friday, and a filmmaking workshop. The film festival is expected to draw over 2,500 people who are passionate about creating and appreciating films for the Black community. The Festival is run by community volunteers under the Direction of Jacqueline Moscou, Langston Hughes' Artistic Director.

The Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center (KVPAC) in Katy, Texas presents ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. Running April 23-25, The musical comedy is set in medieval times when Knights sat at round tables and Ladies-in-Waiting paraded through castle courtyards. KVPAC's ONCE UPON A MATTRESS is Directed by Gregory Magyar, Choreographed and Assistant Directed by Adam Turner and Lisa Burt. The cast start KVPAC's Senior Company. Set Design by Warren Cochran, and costumes are graciously on loan from Seven Lakes High School. Musical director, Adam Stout adds live music to the production--a first for the KVPAC Company!

On Friday, May 14, the Utah Cultural Celebration Center presents the Western Federation of Watercolor Society's 35th Annual Exhibit entitled, High Desert Splash. The exhibit's opening reception will be from 7-9 pm. Drawing from 4,000 members and representing 11 states, High Desert Splash presents 101 pieces of art in the West. Running thru June 28, the exhibit will be open from 9 am to 6 pm. High Desert Splash is open to everyone and is free of charge.

The visual arts as a form of adolescent expression will be on display April 20-25, 2010 at the the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, WI. As part of a program that promotes self-esteem in young women, the organization, Project Girl, is using LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL as a vehicle for self-discovery. Together, Project Girl and The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center are recognizing LEGALLY BLONDE'S leading lady, Elle Woods, as a potential case study for girls. The two organization have formed a collaborative effort to raise awareness about the negative effects of media messaging on the self-esteem and body image of young women. Materials for the program were used from Project Girl, and were facilitated by women leaders from the Fox Cities. The participants include 20 adolescent girls who range in age from 10-15, along with their mentors from Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fox Valley Region.

LA TRAVIATA, currently playing at The Metropolitan Opera, will feature Hei-Kyung Hong as Violetta in this evening's performance, replacing Angela Gheorghiu, who is ill.

The Artist Series presents CELTIC WOMAN: SONGS FROM THE HEART, Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 8:00 pm. Returning to Jacksonville with an all new show, CELTIC WOMAN will be performed for one night only at the Moron Theater in Times Union Center.

In a return engagement, Shimberg Playhouse in Tampa, FL presents LOVE LETTERS for one night only--Tuesday, April 20. Staring Shari Mezrah and Scott Shimberg, this production of LOVE LETTERS will benefit Stageworks' fund for their Channel District Theatre.

Boulder Colorado's Fox Theatre presents jamtronica band, Papadosio on Friday, June 11. The band features Tony Thogmartin on Guitar, Samples, Synthesizer and Vocals; Billy Brouse on Keyboards, Synths and Vocals; Michael Healy on Acoustic/Electronic Drums; and Rob McConnell on Bass Guitar and Vocals. Opening for Papadosio is the electro funk band, Juno What?!

On Saturday, May 29, Statewide Emergency (featuring a special guest) will perform a CD release show at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado. Statewide Emergency is a rock and roll quartet that plays honest original music with complex melodies and quality musicianship. Although much of the vocals and guitar are rooted in blues and alternative music (The Black Keys, Queens of the Stone Age), the rhythm section is inspired by more straight ahead rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and The Dead Weather leaving more intrigue than doubt about what genre the band plays. One music writer described it as "balls-to-the-wall rock laced with blues and an alternative touch." www.statewideemergency.com

Northrop Performing Arts at the University of Minnesota presents a performance featuring three Zimbabwean artists. Headlining the event is Nora Chipaumire on Thursday, April 29 at 7:30 pm. Nora Chipaumire is dedicated to the visual, aural, and kinesthetic equivalent of Africa's great cities. Self-exiled artist and Bessie Award winner, Chipaumire is known for her brave, transnational work that investigates contemporary African life. Chipaumire teams up with dancer Souleymane Badolo and master musician and poet Thomas Mapfumo with his band The Blacks Unlimited. In conjunction with the April 29 performance, screenings of the African films 'Nora', 'St. Louis Blues', and '1X2' will be presented April 27-28 and May 1.

Conejo Players Theatre in Thousand Oaks, CA has announced a full calendar events for April until late June. Theatre Workshops, auditions, and the the upcoming plays, HEAVEN CAN WAIT & STALAG 17, are all included in the Spring/Early Summer lineup. For more information on listed events, visit www.conejoplayers.org.

Photographer Martha Swope, recipient of the 2004 Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre, will be honored by The Humane Society of New York on Tuesday, April 27 at a Benefit Photography Auction at the DVF Studio, 440 West 14th Street, from 6-9 pm. Swope will be honored with an exhibit of her work taken while she was official photographer for the New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Broadway. Her images include legends such as Baryshnikov, Jerome Robbins, Balanchine, Suzanne Farrell, and Liza Minnelli.

Starting tomorrow, April 14, Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) opens THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Shakespeare's comedy, running thru June 6, is staged by London's Bush Theatre Artistic Director Josie Rourke, and incorporates new scenes written by one of America's leading dramatists, Neil LaBute.

On Monday, April 19th at 7 pm, Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan will present their seventh fundraiser, "Habeas Theatre: an…and Associates Affair". This fundraiser is one of fifteen for Performance Network's, 'Taste of the Season (Party for the Arty)'. Five actors who previously shared the stage in the theatre's old space (408 West Washington), Judie & Jerry Lax, Ed Stein, Pat McCune and Ann Coopewill, will reunite to revamp their roles in selected scenes from Jerry Lax and Ed Stein's ...AND ASSOCIATES.

Vocalfest, presented by JazzMobile, kicks off its second weekend this Friday, April 16 and Saturday April 17 at Showman's. Vocalfest, Jazzmobile's month-long celebration, is held in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month. Gregory Generet, a Showman's performer, will frontline Friday's show. Lezlie Harrison will showcase her unique style--70's soul combined with jazz, for Vocalfest's Saturday night performance.

Primetime Theatre Company presents LOVE ON THE BRINK (for adults ONLY), Sunday, April 13 at 6:30 pm. Playing for one night only at Mumbai's National Centre of Performing Arts' Tata Theatre, LOVE ON THE BRINK is adapted by Sandhya Divecha and Produced/Directed by Lillete Dubey. The cast stars Joy Sengupta, Kumud Mishra and Neha Dubey.

UNSEEN ACADEMICALS, a play based on the novel by Sir Terry Pratchett, is running now thru April 24 at The Bakehouse Theatre. The play stars David Dyte, Mark Ormsby, Philip Lineton and Trudy Pavlovsky. Presented by the Unseen Theatre Company, UNSEEN ACADEMICALS is about an unlikely group of wizard football players.

IT TAKES TWO will be performed Tuesday, April 27 at On Broadway in Cape Town, Ireleand. The show will run Tuesdays thru Saturdays. Starring Francois Lliam and Caely-Jo Levy, the pair will take you through the decades of duos and duets in their own way. Francois Lliam is back at On Broadway for the first time since 2008, performing alongside someone who might just upstage him!

Russian composer, Sofia Gubaidulina will bring her contemporary music to the Drogheda Arts Festival on the evening May 1, 2010 at 5 pm. Her unique music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations and tunings and shows her interest in folk and ritual instruments from Russia, the Caucasus region and Asia.