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On Wednesday, July 21, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene at a Borough Hall press conference to kick off the 2010 'Lighten Up Brooklyn' campaign. The anti-obesity and healthy lifestyle initiative was launched by BP Markowitz nine years ago, long before the The Biggest Loser, Celebrity Fit Club and other TV weight loss programs.

An 11:11 Experiment is thrilled to bring back, straight from its wildly successful run as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, the world premiere of ELEVATOR, with original music by Mario Marchetti, written and directed by Michael Leoni (The Playground) and produced by Michelle Kaufer and Schoen Smith. ELEVATOR will open on Thursday, July 29 and perform through Sunday, August 22 at the Hudson Guild Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

If you have never seen Dick Fontaine's groundbreaking film paring John Cage and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, run, don't walk, to this screening. In addtionl, we'll be showing examples of experimental film and experimental jazz including shorts by Shirley Clark and Rudy Burckhardt and a reception with Manny Kircheimer's Stations of the Elevated playing.

Antoinette Montague Summer Performance Schedule

A free outdoor event in celebration of Haiti and its relief efforts. The scope of the performances will range from the traditional to the contemporary and popular and not cover only Haitian music but linked traditions from Africa and the Caribbean from Los Terrys. It will also feature special dance performances and a tribute to Benji Jolicoeur.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly witty theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, celebrated its 100th performance at the Westside Theatre, 407 West 43rd Street, New York and announced that it is now an open run.

Boogie Woogie Wednesdays Belly Dancing with Anna Pipoyan Kids will learn to express freedom of dance. Learn techniques, some stretching and controlled movements in a fun and unique way. Performance at 7 p.m. Free admission 5 - 8 p.m.

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Conductor and pianist Donald Pippin (Oliver!, A Chorus Line, Mane, Walt Disney's Snow White) with stage and television star, Ron Raines (Guiding Light, Chicago, Showboat) will take the main stage at the Carrollwood Cultural Center in the concert of the year!

A visual arts show in celebration of life and healing. Artists from the Tampa Bay area will present ethereal and spiritual art, in the high key value range. The show commemorates Mary Ann Scialdo, the Center's artistic director, who passed away from cancer this summer, and all whose lives have been touched by illness. As a symbol of hope, the Center will be decorated with strings of origami cranes.

Featuring noted Tampa jazz musician Jim Burge and the Jazz Directions, with Jim Burge on saxophone, Ron Delp on keyboard, Jeff Henson on percussion and Mike Ruvin on double bass.

The Ivoryton Playhouse continues the tradition of Friday morning Children's shows with some familiar stories and some new.

Part of the Arts and Ideas series of performances, lectures and conversations, The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) today announced details of its comprehensive Performing Arts programming for 2010/11. The eclectic array of performances in the intimacy of Kanbar Hall will include a tribute to Stephen Sondheim on the occasion of his 80th birthday by Broadway star Liz Callaway; performances of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman's Tectonic Theater Project; Viva Cuba! With Carlos Reyes; and the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company. Returning favorites include the Harlem Gospel Choir, the Great Broadway Sing-Along: the comedy of The Capitol Steps; and The Jewish Theatre with a production of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers.

Stephen Zinnato, who played Nolan opposite Joan Collins on Guiding Light for three years, will join the Off Broadway cast of Perfect Crime for two weeks only, July 19 through August 1, 2010, in the role of Inspector James Ascher.

Marin Theatre Company announces the world premiere of 9 Circles, the newest play by Equivocation playwright Bill Cain. 9 Circles is the riveting story of a young American soldier on trial for his life. San Francisco favorite Kent Nicholson returns to the Bay Area to direct 9 Circles in MTC's intimate 99-seat Lieberman Theatre. 9 Circles runs October 14 through November 7, 2010. Opening night is October 19.

ANNOUNCING: New ACTING DAY CAMP !!

The Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts will end their 2010 Summer Stage Series with a production of Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr.

Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America) will present a staged reading of the provocative new play, A Perfect Future, by David Hay (The Maddening Truth) with direction by Tony Award-nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore). Prior developmental readings of the play were presented by Naked Angels Theater Company (Next Fall).

Now in its 15th year, Festival Latino returns to downtown Columbus' riverfront on Saturday, August 14, and Sunday, August 15. Produced by CAPA, the festival will offer a variety of local and national Latin-American music acts including Saturday night headliner, Our Latin Thing: A Tribute to the Fania All-Stars, and Sunday night headliner, Jerry Rivera.