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In celebration of their 25th anniversary, the nation's largest and most fascinating antique store, Architectural Artifacts, Inc., 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave, is staging a 1,500 plus-lot, three-day auction on Friday, April 5, Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7, beginning at 10 a.m. The one-of-a-kind items have been carefully selected from over 10,000 elegant and intriguing treasures in the gallery. The three-day auction extravaganza will include items from carved fireplaces to antique saloon bars to vintage chandeliers to fun, frivolous and funky items, ranging in price from $5 to $100,000. The festive event will also include entertainment, a variety of food and wine.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC)concludes its 2012-2013 Target Storybook Series with Sleeping Beauty on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 2pm. All tickets are $7 and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm), or online at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org. Recommended for ages four and up.

The Detroit return of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, Friday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Detroit Opera House for a limited engagement of four weeks through Sunday, March 10. In Detroit, THE LION KING will play Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m., Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 1:00 p.m.

March is Youth Art Month and the Arts Council is celebrating with its annual spring exhibit of student artwork in Gallery I at the Howard County Center for the Arts.

The spring 2013 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be PUNK: Chaos to Couture. The exhibition, on view from May 9 through August 14, 2013 (preceded on May 6 by The Costume Institute Benefit), will examine punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in the 1970s through its continuing influence today.

During March and April the Brooklyn Museum will present a wide variety of public programs for adults, teens, and kids, including performances by jazz vocalist Antoinette Montague and the Brooklyn-based indie composers Charly & Margaux, conversations with artist Marela Zacarias and John Singer Sargent's great-nephew Richard Ormond, a panel discussion about women artists and the body, a collections course on Sargent's watercolors, and a variety of art-making classes and workshops.

"We've held the Awards in San Francisco for years, and the East Bay is past due," said Theatre Critics Circle President Barry Willis. "Award Galas can get tedious, so Vice President Linda Ayres-Frederick came up with the idea of a dance party," Willis said. "If you draw a line from north to south and east to west through the nine Bay Area counties we serve, the nexus falls in Oakland. And we found this true gem of a venue called the California Ballroom in the safe and accessible downtown business district of Oakland a half block from 19th St. BART with lots of street parking around, so everything fell into place!" Willis commented.

The Great East Japan Tsunami and Earthquake of 2011 has had a profound effect on Japanese society that will be felt for many years to come. To mark the two-year anniversary of the disasters, Japan Society hosts three special evening events to explore the impact and aftermath of 3/11 as seen through the eyes of an award-winning film director, an acclaimed pianist and visual artist, and a leading scholar on Japan.

On Friday, February 22nd, TheatreWorks New Milford will launch its 2013 Season with award-winning playwright Christopher Durang's musical comedy, Adrift In Macao, with book and lyrics by Durang and music by Peter Melnick. The curtain goes up at 8:00 p.m. for a five-weekend run.

Those who have made significant contributions to the arts in a variety of categories will be recognized for their achievements in enriching the communities and citizens of Utah at the 8th Annual Star Awards held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem.

SCA has received the gift of a $20,000 grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation.

Coming in ahead of March Madness, College comedians are taking over ImprovBoston at the end of the month. From Thursday, February 21-Saturday, February 23, college students will be performing on both stages at ImprovBoston for the annual College Comedy Fest and Beanpot Tournament. Tickets for shows cost $12-$18 and are available online at www.improvboston.com. ImprovBoston is located at 40 Prospect Street.

Musical selections from "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon" will come to life in a musical exposition with the Utah Symphony, the Utah Symphony Chorus, and several Broadway stars including Terrence Mann, who performed the role of Inspector Javert in Broadway's original cast of "Les Miserables."

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino hosts "Rock 'n' Shave Benefitting St. Baldrick's Foundation featuring Sin City Sinners," a charity head-shaving event, in Vinyl from 1 - 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 2. The nonprofit funds the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers, giving survivors long and healthy lives.

Adam Kantor (Rent) and Betsy Wolfe (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) will co-star in the highly anticipated revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years at Second Stage Theatre. Hear the duo sing 'The Next Ten Minutes,' accompanied by composer Jason Robert Brown, below!

As a kick off to their upcoming production of how i learned to become a Superhero, Apothecary Theatre Company (Dennis Flanagan, Executive Director; Tom Pelphrey, Artistic Director; Carrie Watt, Artistic Associate), will host a Anti-Valentine's Day Superhero Party at Brother Jimmy's BBQ in Union Square (116 E 16th St) . on Saturday, February 16th, 7 to 10PM. Tickets are $20-$40 and will include trivia, bingo, beer pong, and countless other Superhero worthy tasks.

The Golden Dragon Acrobats hail from Cangzhou, Hebei province, in the People's Republic of China and have toured the United States continuously since 1978. Its members are athletes, actors and artists who have studied and trained for their craft since early childhood. The group averages 200 performances each year and has toured through all 50 states and in over 65 countries across the world. In 2005, their Broadway debut and seven-week run at the New Victory Theater earned two prestigious New York Drama Desk Awards nominations (for Best Choreography and Most Unique Theatrical Experience).

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, has announced the speakers and programming for the Audience (R)Evolution Learning Convening at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, PA, February 20-22. This multiday convening will bring 200 theatre practitioners and cultural workers together to share research and explore models from the cutting edge of audience engagement and community development.

Felice Lesser Dance Theater (FLDT) will perform excerpts from Funding the Arts, Lesser's "living movie," as well as other dances from the company's repertory at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) on March 22, 2013 at 8 pm. This performance will be the culmination of the company's LPAC LAB 201 Residency, a six-week-long artistic residency.

The Schoolhouse Theater and Gallery will offer theatergoers and art enthusiasts alike a rare opportunity to view the works of two artists with studios in Croton Falls who present uniquely differing views of the world through their art. The work of Tom Christopher and Michael Mapes will be on exhibit March 7 through March 30 at The Schoolhouse, in conjunction with the stage production of Jon Robin Baitz' 'Ten Unknowns,' an explosive drama centered on an artist who rages against the commercialization of art.