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Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the Long Island summer arts day camp whose alumni include Mariah Carey, Natalie Portman and Olivia Thirlby, and once again chosen as a "Best Camp" for 2012 by TimeOutNY/Kids, presents its Festival Concerts lineup for its 45th season. These are a special feature of the Center: private, on-site daily educational performances by distinguished artists for students in Usdan's 1,000-seat McKinley Amphitheater. Many of the artists will also teach workshops and master classes during the season.

The North Carolina Symphony whisks its audience away to the City of Love in a Summerfest finale to remember. Conductor Mischa Santora, vocalists Robb Asklof and Kersten Rodau, guitarist Robert Bell and accordionist Patrick Harison all join the orchestra for a colorful concert event, "A Night in Paris."

Humorist, actor and writer Mo Rocca will host Fire Island Dance Festival 18 on the shores of the Great South Bay July 20-22, 2012.

Theater Latté Da is celebrating its 15th anniversary outdoors with two free cabarets featuring some of the Twin Cities' finest talent.

FPCT has announced first offering from the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Shana Unsettled.

Comedian Ron "Tater Salad" White, best known as the cigar smoking, scotch drinking funnyman from the "Blue Collar Comedy" phenomenon returns to Hershey with his new stand-up show, Moral Compass. He'll bring the laughs on Saturday, October 27 at 7 p.m.

Kokandy Productions will present 'The Great American Trailer Park Musical' ('Trailer Park), Aug. 3 through Aug. 26, 2012 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform with Classical Mystery Tour - a popular Beatles tribute band - at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. Guest conductor Martin Herman, who provided all of the orchestral transcriptions for the Classical Mystery Tour show, will lead the Orchestra in the all-Beatles program.

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe is expanding its organizational capacity with the hiring and promotion of several key staff members. New hires in the development, marketing and programming departments will help the Festival continue to commission, cultivate and present a diverse range of cutting-edge, contemporary performance and visual art works, as well as support the organization's move toward year-round programming.

Stamford Center for the Arts today announced that Earth, Wind & Fire will be making a stop on their "Guiding Lights" summer concert tour 2012 at the Palace Theatre in Stamford on September 20th at 8 PM. Earth, Wind & Fire's celebrated legacy of over four decades has produced 20 Grammy® Award nominations with 8 wins. Their music continues to be among the most played songs in the world. The group's new single, "Guiding Lights" (Sony/Legacy) is currently Top 30 on the Billboard Urban Adult Chart. Tickets go on sale to the public on Monday, June 25th at 12Noon.

Am Samstag, 23. Juni 2012, 11.00 Uhr findet die zehnte * und letzte in dieser Saison * Matinee der Reihe 'Kammermusik der Wiener Philharmoniker' statt: Das Ensemble 'PhilKlang Wien' spielt Werke von Louis Spohr, Jean Françaix und Ernö von Dohnányi. Es musizieren Pavel Kuzmichev (Violine), Gerhard Marschner (Viola), Bernhard Naoki Hedenborg (Violoncello), Wolfgang Breinschmid (Flöte), Daniel Ottensamer (Klarinette), Harald Müller (Fagott), Lars Michael Stransky (Horn) und Maria Radutu (Klavier).

Weezer learned to be rockers in their garage, playing along to their favorite records. Because of their unconventional path to stardom, the band's music is 'infused with a quirky sense of humor and an endearing awkwardness that turns their songs into big modern rock hits.'

Seattle Center Movies at the Mural will feature the entire Harry Potter series as well as the traditional Mural opener, The Princess Bride, at dusk, Saturdays and Sundays (except July 29), July 28 - Aug. 26, at Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center.

The Next Fifty progresses through its second of six months of activities in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Here are a few of the highlights through the end of July.

The Gallery Players will present The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, its fourth annual production of Shakespeare in the Summer.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's DRAGONS is described as 'a once-in-a-millennium event that honors The Year of the Dragon! Circus performers from the farthest reaches of the earth have assembled for Ringling Bros. Presents DRAGONS to showcase their astounding acts of bravery and astonishing athleticism.'

Contra Costa Civic Theatre's West Side Story, opening July 13, boasts the largest orchestra in the company's 52-year history, 26 actors making their CCCT debut, and the first collaboration of Artistic Director Derrick J. Silva (Choreographer), and Managing Director Daren A.C. Carollo (Director).

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will remount the monologue from Mike Daisey (creator and performer) and Jean-Michele Gregory (director), The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs from July 17-August 5, 2012.

For 19 years, Harlem Stage's Fund for New Work Showcase has provided grants for emerging artists of color. Many have gone on to become acclaimed and award winning artists.

The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, will present their Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza at the Dilworth Neighborhood, 911 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, on Saturday, July 14 beginning at 8:00pm.