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The SBCC Theatre Arts Department will present A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by Williams Shakespeare in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre, directed by R. Michael Gros and featuring a cast of talented student and community actors.

A Story Runs Through It: Neighborhood Film Celebration and Awards, part of Next 50 Civic Action Month, features winning films and other selected videos, 7 p.m., Oct. 17, SIFF Cinema Uptown. This event concludes Civic Action Month and celebrates a project that captures stories about Seattle's civic fabric through short films that Seattle area residents of all ages submitted.

Dhilanthi Fernando has organized "An Evening of Chamber Music" with Dhilanthi & Friends on Friday, October 26 at 7PM at St. Paul's United Church of Christ (2335 N. Orchard St, Chicago). The program features works by Schubert, Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak, and a CHICAGO PREMIERE by Demetrius Spaneas. Suggested donation is $20 and all proceeds will support the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund (NOMRF). Performers include Charith Premawardhana (founder of the International organization Classical Revolution), Cory Tiffin (co-founder of Chicago's Anaphora), and Masako Hayashi (Japanese Soprano whose 2006 debut album consists of works such as Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen).

Pinchas Steinberg conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall concerts featuring music by three Russian masters. The main work on the program is Sergei Prokofiev's symphonic cantata drawn from his score for the 1938 film Alexander Nevsky. Mezzo-sopranoSasha Cooke makes her Cleveland Orchestra debut as soloist in the cantata. Also performing with the Orchestra in Alexander Nevsky is the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, prepared by Cleveland Orchestra Director of Choruses Robert Porco and Assistant Director of ChorusesLisa Wong. The concerts open with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Suite from Le Coq d'or ("The Golden Cockerel"), followed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini.

The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation has announced the installation of The Glass Sea, a collaborative architectural and video installation by artist Jessica Feldman and designer Steven Gertner. The exhibition will be on view between October 25 and November 25, 2012 in Petrosino Square, a small SoHo park with a rich history in public art at the crossroads of several dynamic New York neighborhoods.

For the millions who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, transitioning back to life at home can often be as challenging as heading off to war. When they return, some find themselves in a place they never thought they could be - in trouble with the law. In Texas, a creative new program offers an alternative to standard justice, which is helping to straighten out lives twisted by the stress of war. Scott Pelley speaks with a judge, a veteran himself, who helped found the vets program, and to some of the returning warriors it is helping, in a 60 MINUTES report to be broadcast Sunday, Oct. 14 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The Playhouse on the Square Costume Shop will hold its annual yard sale on Saturday, October 20th from 7am to 1pm at The Circuit Playhouse at 51 S. Cooper Street. It is a perfect opportunity to peruse Playhouse's costume inventory for a one-of-a-kind Halloween costume or find unique period pieces to spice up a wardrobe.

The Stolen Chair Theatre Company announces extended performances of The Bachelors' Tea Party, a surreal society comedy performed by two actors and four dolls alongside an exquisite 5-course classic tea service, which has been performing to sold out houses every Sunday afternoon at 5pm at Lady Mendl's Tea Salon (56 Irving Place between 17th and 18th Street) since April.

MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, comes to Community Center Theater from Oct. 30 - Nov. 4, the first show in the 2012-13 Broadway Sacramento season.

The Private Theatre (John Gould Rubin, Artistic Director; Lucy DiRosa, Executive Director) and Barbara Ligeti present the world premiere of a new solo show, Turning Page, written and performed by Angelica Page (Gore Vidal's The Best Man) with direction by Tony Award® nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore). Performances begin Thursday, October 11, 2012 for a limited engagement through Sunday, October 28, 2012 at The Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street).

Westport Country Playhouse announces a $100,000 "Theater Worth Supporting" Challenge that asks ticket buyers, subscribers, and others in the community to raise an equivalent sum between now and November 3, coinciding with the run of the current production, "A Raisin in the Sun," the landmark drama written by Lorraine Hansberry and directed by Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad. The Challenge donors, Maureen and Edwin Schloss of Darien, have requested that their call to action be matched specifically by new and increased gifts.

If you saw the blockbuster movie The Amazing Spiderman, you may remember Michael Barra as the thuggish T-Bone; if you saw the blockbuster musical HAIRSPRAY at the Ivoryton Playhouse this summer then you certainly won't forget his performance as the larger than life mother, Edna Turnblad. Well, Edna is back with a few friends for a night of big laughs to support the Ivoryton Village Alliance Holiday Celebration - the Ivoryton Illuminations - on Saturday, October 20th at the Ivoryton Playhouse.

Centenary Stage Company would like to thank the volunteers from Ernst & Young (Corporate Office Secaucus, NJ) for their help in building the set for the main stage production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. Along with CSC's own technical director, Tom Fagerholm, the volunteers also worked under the guidance of Bob Phillips, most well known for his work as set designers for Sesame Street. The volunteers helped with the set painting, construction and took on other jobs that were vital in the final outcome of the set.

Paul Hendrickson, author of the award-winning bestseller "Hemingway's Boat," will read from his work and discuss his craft at 7 p.m., Thursday, November 1, at Fairfield University's Barone Campus Center Oak Room. Free and open to the public, the event is part of the Inspired Writer Series and is presented by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and the Department of English.

aturday, October 20, 2012, Amalgamate Dance Company will present its 7th bi-annual Artist Series, AAS7. Featuring the work of eighteen dynamic choreographers, this is a performance series you won't want to miss. The two performances beginning at 7pm and 9pm will take place at Bridge for Dance, 2726 Broadway, 3rd Floor, NYC.

Mermaid Theatre brings kid favorite A Brown Bear, A Caterpillar and A Moon: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle to The Colonial Theatre on October 28 at 2pm.

It's the Halloween season, and Molotov Theatre Group, America's second-oldest Grand Guignol theatre, has taken theatre fundraising to weird new heights with the latest version of its "iScream" smarphone app for the iPhone and Google Android devices.

Stages Theatre Company (STC) will present the world premiere adaptation of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" which opens Oct. 12 in the Hopkins Jaycees Studio located in the Hopkins Center for the Arts.

Ashley Chico - The 16-year-old Fort Hamilton High School student gained great acclaim as a leading performer in Teen Idol - has been dancing since she was five and singing since eighth grade. With J's New Dance Center, she toured locally in dance productions at festivals and community centers. She even sang solos at these festivals. Her first professional singing came in 2009 when she joined the Young Artists Program of Genesis Repertory. It was with that youth program that she appeared in Alice in Wonderland, Alice through the Looking Glass, and Peter Pan. As an original member of Bay Ridge Voice, Ashley hopes to cultivate her talents even more. She is even discussing recording her music in the near future.

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET) has announced the national release of the CD Cast Recording of Glimpses of the Moon featuring the cast and musicians from the Theatre's 2011 production. The release is being celebrated with a private party on Saturday, October 27th.