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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that Pratt Fine Arts Center is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Pratt Fine Arts Center is recommended for a $20,000 grant to support the Master Artist and Artist-in-Residence programs.

Happiness, song and food are part of any holiday, and fifty local children and teenagers bring them together for EAT UP! A LIP-SMACKING MUSICAL TREAT, the second annual holiday entertainment that will be performed at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater.

Redefining what it means to "work" in Lower Manhattan, 26 emerging artists and writers have been awarded studio residencies in LMCC's Workspace program, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) announced today. Each artist will be granted free studio space in minimally adapted, temporarily vacant office space donated by Goldman Sachs, Co in Lower Manhattan at One Liberty Plaza, and will have access to talks and seminars, public programs, access to a network of peers and new audiences, a financial stipend and other professional development opportunities.

The American Museum of Natural History will extend its highly popular Spiders Alive! exhibition through the holiday season.

Pride Films and Plays has announced the Chicago 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey's acclaimed Beautiful Thing, theheartwarming story of two teenaged boys coming to grips with their sexuality. Director John Nasca directs a cast that includes Robert Hilliard, Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, Kiah McKirnan, Patrick Rybarczyk, and Charlie Wein.

A Norway Passage: The Most Beautiful Voyage is a film that takes viewers on an 1,100-mile odyssey, showing off Norway's spectacularly scenic west coast and describing the country's 120-year history of coastal ferry service, vital to the people living along the 34-port route. And it is being showcased at The Explorers Club's inaugural Polar Film Festival in NY from today, Nov. 30 through Dec. 2.

R. Erin Craig presents staged readings of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (written by Ed Schmidt) on Thursday, November 29th and Friday, November 30th in New York City. The industry-only staged readings are open by invitation only.

Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, the first national tour of the high-flying Broadway musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN will land in Milwaukee at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts for a limited engagement on April 23-28, 2013.

KALEIDOSCOPE, ONCE UPON A TIME… is a group of four unique theatrical performances that celebrate the voice and creative expression of people with disabilities within our community. Borrowing from Asolo Rep's mainstage theme of "The American Character," this season's Kaleidoscope artists investigate the art of storytelling with an emphasis on creating characters. Each performance begins with the opening line, "Once upon a time…," and a delightful storytelling journey takes flight.

The Open Stage of Harrisburg Studio/School has begun registration for its Winter classes in acting and theatre for adults. Classes are held in street level of the Walnut Street Parking Garage.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) Music Director Jeffrey Kahane takes on dual roles as conductor and pianist in LACO's orchestral concert 'Rhapsody in Blue,' showcasing his considerable jazz chops on piano in Gershwin's original version of Rhapsody in Blue (1924) on Saturday, December 8, 8 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, and Sunday, December 9, 7 pm, at UCLA's Royce Hall. The distinctive program also features two other works that embrace diverse influences of American culture and smash barriers among orchestral, jazz and folk music - Son of Chamber Symphony written in 2007 by John Adams, who "may be the most vital and eloquent composer in America" (The New Yorker), and the original 1944 version of Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite - as well as Dvo?ak's distinctly Czech-influenced Serenade for Winds, Op. 44, which spotlights LACO's standout wind section.

Z2 Entertainment will present Great American Taxi & Poor Man's Whiskey at the Fox Theatre on Friday, January 25th. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 30th for $12.00 in advance and $15.00 day of show.

The Junior Council continues its 2012-2013 season on Wednesday, December 5, with a private viewing of the Museum's new exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture, remarks by Curator Mark Norell, and a cocktail reception in the newly reopened Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall.

Shakespeare with Benefits (http://shakespearewithbenefits.org/) presents Sandy Relief: A Bard-Based Variety Show, a special performance to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims via New York Cares. This one-time benefit performance will take place at The West End Theatre, Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, 263 West 86th Street at West End Avenue, 2nd floor on Monday, December 17th at 7:30 pm (Doors open at 7:00).

The Museum of Modern Art presents Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store, from April 14 to August 5, 2013. Claes Oldenburg's humorous and profound depictions of everyday objects have earned him a reputation as one of the most important artists of his generation. This exhibition explores the beginnings of Oldenburg's extraordinary career with an extensive and in-depth look at his artistic production from the first half of the 1960s. Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store is organized by Achim Hochdörfer, Curator, the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien; and The Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition at MoMA is organized by Ann Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator, and Paulina Pobocha, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture.

The Atlanta Opera is proud to present the third annual 24-Hour Opera Project, Friday, January 25, 2013 and Saturday, January 26, 2013. Composers, lyricists, stage directors and opera singers from all over may apply to compete in the project. The deadline is December 14, 2012.

An exhibition of some thirty-five exceptional American and European quilt masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum's renowned decorative arts holdings will examine the impact of feminist scholarship on the ways in which historical quilts have been and are currently viewed, contextualized, and interpreted. Only one of these rare quilts has been on public display in the past thirty years.'Workt by Hand': Hidden Labor and Historical Quiltswill be on view in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art from March 15 through September 15, 2013.

Austin's own rising star, rock 'n' soul phenomenon Gary Clark Jr. makes his highly-anticipated return to Austin City Limits (ACL) this week, and ACL announces the taping will be live-streamed in the U.S. on Friday, November 30th at 8pm Central Time. Fans can log-on to ACL's YouTube http://www.youtube.com/AustinCityLimitsTV Channel and will have the opportunity to watch Gary Clark Jr. perform live direct from The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. The live-stream will webcast the taping in its entirety and the broadcast episode will air February 16th, 2013 on PBS stations as part of ACL's Season 38.

Performances for the West Coast premiere of two-time Obie Award-winning actor/director/playwright Matthew Maguire's new solo show, Wild Man in Rome, begin tonight at the Son of Semele Ensemble (3301 Beverly Boulevard). Wild Man in Rome will run for three performances only through December 1, and will be a special benefit production for the Son of Semele Ensemble. Wild Man in Rome is a follow-up to Maguire's smash hit solo show, Wild Man, which premiered at The Wild Project in 2010.

Goodman Theatre announces Jimmy McDermott, former associate artistic director at Writers' Theatre, as the recipient of the 2012/2013 Season Michael Maggio Directing Fellow for Chicago-based directors. As a fellow, McDermott will receive a stipend and the opportunity to assist on a Goodman production-from early research and design through the casting and rehearsal process to the opening-and become involved in the Goodman's artistic team. Previous Maggio Fellows include Lynn Ann Bernatowicz (2002/2003), Mignon McPherson Nance (2003/2004), Ann Filmer (2005/2006), Dado (2006/2007), Anthony Moseley (2007/2008), Joanie Schultz (2009/2010) and Anna Bahow (2011/2012).