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Abbey Pub Fall/Winter 2010 Music Schedule - Performances from October 13th through December 17th.

In a world increasingly dominated by texts and tweets, a timely new opera will offer a digital-age take on the time-honored tragic heroine. 'The Empty Hours' (Las Horas Vacias) by acclaimed Spanish composer Ricardo Llorca will have its staged world premiere at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on November 19th. The tale of a lonely woman whose obsession with the internet fuels an extraordinary fantasy world, 'The Empty Hours' will be presented by the New York Opera Society in a special, one-night only performance.

Remember Jenny and Jenni? You don't? Well, you're going to remember them now! Re-introduce yourself to Jenny Fox and Jenni Bishop, the real, original BFFs. They're the girls who invented aerobics and made working out a worldwide sensation. Did you really think it was Jane Fonda? Or those chicks from the 20 Minute Workout videos? No, sir, it was Jenny and Jenni! And this November, the Factory Theater is going to give you their story right from the beginning. Two best friends on a journey through triumph and adversity, embarrassment and ecstasy ... and lots and lots of cardio! C'mon, everybody! On your feet! Jenny and Jenni are gonna make you feel great!

The Charlestown Working Theater will present Bulgaria's Pro Rodopi Art Center's performance Chick with a Trick. Chick with a Trick is a performance with puppets for family audiences. It tells a story about a hen who lays a bonbon instead of an egg. In a deep panic, Hen goes to look for advice and support from her friend the Duck, to the Doctor, and finally to the King, but obsessed by their own troubles, they do not pay attention to her 'problem'. In the end, inspired by the beautiful sunny day, Hen convinces herself that there is nothing wrong if one does something unusual and different, especially if one brings joy to the world.

Every Monday night in November at The Knitting Factory Brooklyn on Metropolitan Avenue, the Williamsburg Theatre Company, a multi-disciplinary arts organization based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, present a collection of New York-based playwright David Ives' one-act comedies.

On Monday, November 1, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Eastman School of Music - one of the nation's premier music institutions, named 'Hottest School for Music' by Newsweek - presents its esteemed contemporary chamber ensemble Eastman BroadBand in concert at Columbia University's Miller Theatre. Principal conductor Juan Trigos will lead the orchestra and special guests soprano Tony Arnold, pianist Cristina Valdes, guitarist Dieter Hennings, harpsichordist Josephine Gaffke, and percussionist Michael Burritt.

InnateVolution Theater Productions announces a revival of Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine directed by Beverle Bloch and Raymond K. Cleveland.

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter joins the New York Philharmonic in the 2010-11 season as The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence. In this role she will perform three concerts with the Orchestra, conducted by Alan Gilbert, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Michael Francis (in his Philharmonic debut); two chamber concerts - with violist Yuri Bashmet and cellist Lynn Harrell in the first - and double bass player Roman Patkoló and Philharmonic musicians in the second; and a recital with her long-time collaborator, pianist Lambert Orkis. Ms. Mutter's programs will reflect a mix of eras, offering established violin repertoire alongside new works.

Logo channel will be showing a special airing of the documentary 'After the Storm' this Saturday, October 9th at 8pm. The documentary features Broadway's own James Lecesne and Gerry McIntyre as they wrangle up locals after Hurricane Katrina to act in a production of Once on this Island.

On Wednesday October 13th at 1pm in New York City Quinn Lemley with her boys Tedd Firt on piano, Karl Spicer on bass, and Tom Pollard on drums will play Sultry, Swingin' Standards at Midtown Jazz at midday, 1:00 PM. The concerts last for approximately one hour. A donation of $7.00 is requested. Concert produced by Ronny Whyte and Joan Uttal Anderson as Production Consultant. Created by the late Edmund Anderson in 1982, these jazz sessions feature artists in the Sanctuary of Saint Peters Church. Visit www.QuinnLemley.com for more information.

Fall Lecture Series at The Frick Collection runs from October 13th until December 1st featuring lectures: A GALLERY OF WORTHIES: THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON, FIZZ AND SPARKLE: THE EFFERVESCENT LIFE OF DEBORAH, THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PLACE IN GOYA'S ART, THE OTHER VERSAILLES: WHERE THE DECORATIVE ARTS BECAME MODERN, BARTOLOMÉ MURILLO: VIRTUOSO DRAFTSMAN with apperances by Anne L. Poulet, Michael Gallagher, Charlotte Mosley, Reva Wolf, Joan DeJean,and Jonathan Brown.

Tisa Chang, Artistic Producing Director announces that Pan Asian Repertory Theatre will launch their 34th season with readings of three new plays by women playwrights representing voices from Vietnam, Chinese America and Hawaii: WE ARE (Oct 16 at 7:00pm) by Nguyen thi Minh Ngoc; FALLING LEAVES (Nov 12 at 7:00pm and 13 at 3:00pm) by Adeline Yen Mah; and AIR AND ANGELS (Dec 2 and 3 at 7:00pm) by Anne Noelani Miyamoto. All readings are open to the public with a suggested $10 donation, and are held at ART/New York spaces, 520 8th Ave, 3rd Floor. Reservations required,contact Pan Asian Rep: 212-868-4030 or info@panasianrep.org.

American Theater Company announces the addition of new performance dates for its hit productions of David Mamet's Oleanna and Speed-the-Plow, directed by Steppenwolf Ensemble Member Rick Snyder. Both productions have been extended through October 31, 2010 and are now playing in repertory at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron in Chicago.

Dumbo Arts Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit public registered charity, supported in part, by public funds from The National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts. This organization receives additional funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, The Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The Dedalus Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and The Cowles Charitable Trust. DAC would also like to gratefully acknowledge the Walentas Family and Two Trees Management Co. LLC for their generous donation of gallery, studio, and office space.

Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' makes its highly anticipated annual return to its favorite haunt - Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre - for a special engagement from October 21 through October 31, and for the first time ever, in 4-D, it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice president of worldwide special events for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Breier said, 'As always, the El Capitan is your ‘Nightmare' headquarters, and this year, our guests will be introduced to the magic of 4-D. The film will be presented in Disney Digital 3-DTM, and there will be exciting sensory effects for our guests to experience at the same time - including wind, snow, fog, and much more. It's a way of seeing 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' like never before for our loyal customers who have made a tradition out of seeing this Disney classic here every year.'

Chart-topping rockers The Association, with hit songs among the most played on the radio in the 20th century, will perform for two nights at the Suncoast Showroom, November 13 and 14, each evening at 7:30 p.m.

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe presents the Poetic Heritage Festival, a retrospective series of poetry, theater and music events during the fall and winter of 2010. The Poetic Heritage Festival celebrates the work of distinguished artists - including Miguel Algarin, Ishmael Reed, Amiri Baraka Sandra Maria Esteves and Ntozake Shange - who are closely associated with the creation and history of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. This festival is made possible in part by the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces Program. All events in the Poetic Heritage Festival will take place at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe's multi-arts performance space at 236 East 3rd Street, between Avenues B and C. For further details and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.nuyorican.org/ or call 212-780-9386.

On Wednesday, October 6, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will launch his ninth annual 'Take Your Man to the Doctor' campaign with a press conference at Brooklyn Borough Hall. 'Take Your Man to the Doctor' is a call to action for men of all ages, ethnicities, and economic levels to regularly visit a doctor, and for the women and men who love them to help make it happen. Participating Brooklyn hospitals, clinics and healthcare professionals will offer free health screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI, cholesterol, diabetes, glucose, glaucoma and HIV, as well as podiatry and free flu shots, and make important health information available onsite from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Borough Hall Plaza. A press conference will be held at 11 a.m.

Modern Mondays is a weekly program that brings contemporary, innovative film and moving-image works to the public and provides a forum for viewers to engage in dialogue and debate with contemporary filmmakers and artists. Modern Mondays presents new-and newly rediscovered-film and media works with the director in attendance, stimulating discourse, dialogue, and interaction in a social setting.

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to release two all-new recordings featuring revered conductor Pierre Boulez (who recently celebrated his 85th birthday and has recorded on DG for 40 years) and the equally acclaimed Cleveland Orchestra in collaboration. In two different programs devoted to Ravel and Mahler respectively, Boulez and the Orchestra reveal their long-standing affinity and complementary styles. The Cleveland Orchestra was the first American orchestra Boulez conducted, and today he is '...still immensely fond of this orchestra because it continues to come very close to my own idea of the way in which a score should be realized in terms of the music and its sonorities.' Both recordings will be available October 5, 2010.