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A new half-hour musical tribute will be added to follow each performance of LINCOLN: Upon the Altar of Freedom.

Rice, water, fermentation and the skills of the brew master are touted as the most important elements in sake brewing. However, there are several important steps at the end of the process, including filtration, pasteurization, bottling and maturation, which together have profound influence on the final flavor. In Amazing Leverage: The Final Steps of Sake-Brewing, international sake expert John Gauntner explains how these simple-sounding yet vital processes affect the distinctive flavors of sake. Co-sponsored by the Sake Export Association, and featuring 11 brewers and 32 kinds of sake to taste, Amazing Leverage: The Final Steps of Sake-Brewing takes place Wednesday, May 19, at 6:30 pm.

One of the most celebrated concert performances of recent years, a one-time only event witnessed by little more than one hundred lottery-selected Barbra Streisand fans, is now a #1 seller. One Night Only - Barbra Streisand And Quartet At The Village Vanguard -September 26, 2009 was released on DVD and DVD/CD Combo Pack as well as Blu-ray disc on May 4th. It's just been announced that the DVD is in first place on the Music DVD Billboard Chart.

Riding high from their last two wildly successful productions of Happy In The Poorhouse and The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, The Amoralists presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of Amerissiah, written and directed by Derek Ahonen. Amerissiah runs from June 3 to 28, 2010 in a limited engagement at Theatre 80 St. Marks, located at 80 St. Marks Place between 1st and 2nd Avenues in NYC. Previews begin June 3 for a June 5 opening.

Many talented performers from the worlds of stage and screen are coming together to perform on Monday evening, June 7, in support of their friend and colleague Ana Adame, who has been fighting late-stage lymphoma since February of this year. The curtain will rise at 8pm at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena, with doors opening at 7:00 for a silent auction. Angels 4 Ana is a visiting presentation at Boston Court Performing Arts Center.

Minnesota Dance Theatre concluded the 2009-'10 season at the Lab Theater with its usual trademark of multifaceted repertory. The season offered three world premieres by Caroline Beach, Mariusz Olszewski and company member Justin Leaf, as well as treasured gems created for Minnesota Dance Theatre by choreographers Danny Buraczeski and Wynn Fricke, and work by New York dance icons George Balanchine and Eliot Feld.

Grammy Award winning vocalist Maya Azucena has made a name for herself as a riveting performer with a sound that spans alternative R&B, jazz and adventurous pop music. After the success of her first two recordings, the self-released Maya Who?! and the all-acoustic Junkyard Jewel, Maya is currently completing a new recording, Cry Love, that features her powerful voice and soulful songwriting skills. For her Blue Note performance, Maya will be premiering new music with her stellar band which features several high profile musicians.

The Strand Theater will mark its second anniversary with Open House: Celebrating Community on Saturday, May 29, 2010 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. During its short tenure, the Strand has seen great success, producing eight full-length season plays, all of which were Baltimore premieres. With a focus on community, the Strand has made its mark by providing affordable theater space to over 15 organizations, serving more than 5,000 patrons, and playing an integral role in the revitalization of the Station North Arts & Entertainment District.

Carly Ozard, voted 'Best Cabaret Performer 2009', presents six diverse showcases and will co-host four evenings of open mics featuring talented performers from professional Bay Area musical theatres and groups including 42nd Street Moon, Lamplighters, The SF Gay Men's Chorus and vocal artists from the local cabaret and performance oeuvre. This is part of the SOMETHING C.O.O.L. - THE SUMMER CABARET FESTIVAL, which runs MAY 27 - JUNE 27, 2010. All shows are at the Eureka Theatre - 215 Jackson St. in SF 94102.

The Motet plays Earth Wind & Fire at the Fox Theatre 10/31

Following a sold-out reading as part of Portland's annual Fertile Ground Festival, the Nomadic Theatre Company's Michael O'Neill directs this highly physical, spectacular retelling of the tale utilizing masks, stilts, and the human body, with puppets courtesy of Michael Curry.

Comedian Paula Poundstone to Take the NVOH Stage This Summer

NVOH Partners with the Napa Valley Film Festival for a screening of The Most Dangerous Man in America

Legendary Singer Songwriter Jimmy Webb to Entertain the Opera House

Lula Washington, who has just been nominated for a Fred and Adele Astaire Award for choreographing the motion picture, 'AVATAR', will present her dance company in a 30th anniversary concert at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 8 pm. The concert will involve a world premiere - 'Reign' by hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris, winner of the 2010 Guggenheim Prize for Dance - as well as several recent new works and favorites from the last three decades.

Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard are attached to star in David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis,' according to a report on Variety.com. The film is an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel of the same name.

Chuchito Valdes Plays The Boulder Theater 8/5

The perfect fit for Seattle's only 1-act company, 2010's festival (formerly Outside the Box) brings 16 short, original scripts to the DownStage, including Perspectives by former Seattle Weekly critic John Longenbaugh, & the eyebrow-raising Clothing Optional by James Lyle. From epic absurdity to the comically criminal & just about everything in between, audiences will experience themes ranging from destruction & plagiarism to nudity & second chances.

Audience reports from this Saturday night's WEST SIDE STORY noted that Karen Olivo fell during the show's late in ACT 2 'drugstore scene' and limped off stage at the conclusion of the scene, not to return for the curtain call.

Disney's award-winning Broadway phenomenon THE LION KING will celebrate its first anniversary on the Las Vegas Strip at Mandalay Bay on Saturday, May 15. More than 500,000 people have seen the world-renowned show in its debut year.