Kristin Salaky

Don't you…forget Saturday, Aug. 24 as The Elks Theatre presents a 35mm screening of John Hughes' 1985 coming-of-age film, The Breakfast Club. This feature, part of the Theatre's Cult Corner Series, will be shown at 9:30 p.m. There will be a prize giveaway just before the start of the feature.

The movie, A Cry for Justice, tells the powerful story of how Jackie Carpenter's idyllic life turned into a living nightmare when her son went on trial for felony murder after he accidentally shot a man stealing from his worksite. At that time, Jackie had no way of knowing her son's trial would become a textbook case that would make law history – or that the screenplay for the movie (from her two books) would win First Place in the Alaska International Film Festival!

Did you miss the shocking cliff-hanger from USA Network's new provocative original series, Graceland? Get caught up on all of the Season 1 drama online or On Demand before this week's episode airs Thursday @ 10/9! From executive producer and “White Collar” creator Jeff Eastin; Graceland delves into the lives of an elusive group of undercover agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and U.S. Customs, whose worlds collide at a repossessed Southern California beachfront mansion called “Graceland”.

Music Box Theatre announces a program of Alfred Hitchcock's silent films, jointly presented by the British Film Institute, Park Circus/ITV and Rialto Pictures. The Hitchcock 9, comprising all of Alfred Hitchcock's surviving silent films from the 1920s, will be shown August 9-13 at Chicago's Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport with newly composed scores performed live by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra on opening weekend. Additional screenings will be accompanied by Dennis Scott on the Music Box organ.

The Fox Theatre has added three movies to the 2013 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival line up: the current summer blockbuster Iron Man 3, the action comedy The Heat and the zombie comedy film Zombieland, which was filmed in Georgia and is being presented in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

As Nicely 'Taxman' Jean of and Annya Bright (of Burt Renolds Film Institute) both residents Boynton Beach prepare for the Hollywood style premiere of '2057 RETURN TO ZOMBIE ISLAND' a sequel which is he stars in, Palm Beach County's skies will envy the shinning star! The sci-fi film is set in a post apocalyptic future after The Asian Powers dropped weapons of mass destruction on the world in 2045, payback for the bombs dropped in Japan in 1945. As the war nearly destroyed everything, people are living like they did “back in the past”. Some including the Corporal (Nicely 'TaxMan' Jean) still maintain their military outfits even though there's no more real armies or countries.

Florida trained actress and now Los Angeles resident Joanna Theobalds returns to her Palm Beach County roots this summer in preparation for shooting her film, The Exposed. William Butland, who co-wrote the script with Theobalds based on her short play of the same name, will direct the film. A dark thriller, The Exposed reveals the long hidden secrets of one family and provides a window into how choices made affect not only the individual but everyone in their lives. Main character, Catherine, and her two sons are on the run, desperate to escape a manipulative family determined to take control in the aftermath of a loved one's suicide. To complicate matters further, events from Catherine's past unexpectedly become her present, forcing her to face a truth she thought she had hidden even from herself. Both controversial and informative in subject matter, The Exposed is sure to keep the audience talking long after the screen goes to black.

Whether it be a modern-day western set in a Chilean desert, a documentary about two Chinese women thrust into the worldwide economic downturn, or a drama about a forced marriage in a Senegalese village, the Rural Route Film Festival screens work about people and cultures normally overlooked by the mainstream media.Museum of the Moving Image will continue its partnership with Rural Route Films, to present the ninth edition of their annual film festival, from August 2 through 4, with screenings of 28 films from 13 countries, including five feature films and a program devoted to the late American documentarian Les Blank. This year, the festival will also have an outdoor component at the Museum, with free live music and local food for purchase in the Museum's new George S. Kaufman Courtyard.

MOM ENOUGH FOR YA?!”, which was created by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Debra Kirschner (THE TOLLBOOTH) has begun releasing episodes on YouTube. The series follows two sisters – Sophie, a stay-at-home mom, and Lisa, a working mom – as they grapple with their choices, their limitations and the unsolicited opinions of strangers; and can be seen on the dedicated channel, youtube.com/momenoughforya?.

With the release of Wah-Wah, Torben's 4th CD on New York based ArtistShare, the groundbreaking company where also Maria Schneider and Jim Hall releases music, Torben Waldorff has found a new sound. Guitar based quartet, very interactive, with intricate and lyrical melodic lines, lush harmonies, staggering virtuoso interplay and excitement.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Music Director Marin Alsop leads the BSO in a performance of the film score from Bernstein's legendary West Side Story tonight, June 13 at 8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore, Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 16 at 3 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Bernstein's brilliant score will accompany a screening of the 10-time Academy Award-winning motion picture. Watch the webumentary here.

EMMY, TONY, and Golden Globe-nominated star Matthew Morrison previously announced that he is partnering with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in support of LGBT equality. Partial proceeds from the pre-sale of his new studio album, Where It All Began, will benefit HRC. The album, which will be released today, June 4, 2013, features an assortment of classic standards, many of which were first made famous in Broadway musicals.

Merit School of Music invites the public to enjoy Stringtacular, a free concert today, June 2 at 2 p.m. at Harrison Park Fieldhouse, 1824 S. Wood Street in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. This awe-inspiring celebration of string instruments brings together over 200 young players from throughout Chicago, all enrolled in Merit's Suzuki-Alegre Strings music education program. For more information, visit meritmusic.org or call 312.786.9428.

The 34th Kritzerland show is a tribute to a unique, one-of-a-kind original - Noel Coward. Coward did it all -he wrote plays (Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, Present Laughter, Private Lives), musicals (The Girl Who Came to Supper, Sail Away and others), divertissements (Tonight at 8:30 - a cycle of nine short plays performed over three nights), he starred in and directed most of his shows, and he was posessed of an incredible "talent to amuse" - a brilliant wit with a brilliant way with words and music, a romantic who could melt the heart, and someone who was the very epitome of sophistication and style.

Don Bender and Vincent Lonergan make their side project debuts under the direction of Adam Webster in the world premiere of National Book Award finalist Sherod Santos' Lives of the Pigeons, opening tonight, June 1. With shades of Pinter and Becket, and splashes of Mamet and Albee, Santos weaves a tale in which Gus and Max spend a day in the park, like every other day, on a day that, with the arrival of a mysterious man with a cane, is like no other. Santos' 70-minute, 3-character play is a poetic and darkly comic take on individual identity and purpose in life and the nature of absolution, if and when it exists.

Death and the Maiden, written by Argentine-Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman, and directed by Olivia Blocker will run from tonight, May 29th - 31st.

The Theatrical Management Association (TMA), the UK's largest and longest established theatre trade association, announced today that the results of the elections to its ruling council mean that for the first time it will be governed by a female majority. The organisation President Rachel Tackley begins a second three-year term as President. Anna Williams succeeds John Stalker as elected Vice President.

It has been a year since Mercury – The Orchestra Redefined rebranded its image in the public, increasing the scope of the orchestra's repertoire and expanding accessibility to music for audiences across Houston.

The Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco) founder Joan Myers Brown will be featured in a student-produced book, "Leading Healthy Change in Our Communities 2013. The book, written and illustrated by Healthy NewsWorks student journalists, profiles a dozen prominent leaders who have something important to say about health and are giving back to the community.

Merit School of Music invites the public to enjoy Stringtacular, a free concert on Sunday, June 2 at 2 p.m. at Harrison Park Fieldhouse, 1824 S. Wood Street in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. This awe-inspiring celebration of string instruments brings together over 200 young players from throughout Chicago, all enrolled in Merit's Suzuki-Alegre Strings music education program. For more information, visit meritmusic.org or call 312.786.9428.