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Las Vegas Weekly Publisher Bruce Spotleson presented Paris Las Vegas Headliner Barry Manilow with the 'Best Strip Headliner' and 'Best Bang for your Buck' Awards during his performance on Saturday, May 29. Manilow won the awards for both categories after readers submitted votes for the 2010 Vegas' Best Issue of the Las Vegas Weekly.

Hot on the heels of their Hollywood debut of CAST PARTY, Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch packed THE MAGIC CASTLE on Wednesday, May 26 with a record number of talented guests.

London's Pizza on the Park recently announced that it will remain open until September and has added further bookings.

A near capacity crowd gathered at the Benedum Center as Pittsburgh CLO and the University of Pittsburgh honored Allegheny County's finest high school performers at the 20th Annual Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater on Saturday, May 29, 2010. Named for legendary performer and Pittsburgh native Gene Kelly, the annual celebration emphasizes the importance of arts education and recognizes the time, energy and dedication that local high schools devote to their musical productions each spring.

Signal Ensemble Theatre announces their 2010-2011, 8th anniversary season, including a remount of their hit Rolling Stones' play AFTERMATH, as well as taking up residence in a permanent, leased venue in Chicago's North Center/Lincoln Square district. This 50- to 60-seat adjustable theatre located at 1802 West Berenice Avenue has been Signal's rehearsal space for the past three years (in addition to using offices and storage in the building), and the former Breadline Theatre will be renamed as Signal Ensemble Theatre.

Indie filmmakers Josh Badham and Brian Rider screen their latest short film, 'The Buttercup Project,' at the Anthology Film Archives theatre in New York City (32 Second Avenue @ 2nd Street) on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at 7:15pm. Admission is $6.

Russian playwright Mikhail Shatrov, whose plays focused on historical subjects such as Stalin and Lenin, died on Sunday at his house in Moscow at the age of 78. According to the RIA Novosti news agency, he died of a heart attack.

Michael Rubinoff in association with Daryl Roth is proud to announce that the Canadian premiere of the award-winning, New York smash hit LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by sisters Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron - who together have written some of the most iconic romantic comedies in recent memory including the screenplay You've Got Mail (solo successes include Nora's Julie & Julia and Delia's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) - will play Toronto's Panasonic Theatre, July 16-September 4, 2010. Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, May 29.

Israel Musical will present TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS! Movies and Musicals for the Kids, Too on June 16, June 21, June 23, and June 24.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. will present the Midwest Premiere of CHERRYWOOD: THE MODERN COMPARABLE by Kirk Lynn at Angel Island, 735 W. Sheridan. It will open Thursday, June 24th, 2010 at 8 p.m. and run Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 on Thursday and Sunday, $20 on Friday, and $22 on Saturday. There will be no performance on July 4th and the Sunday July 25th performance will be at 3 p.m. There will be previews on Tuesday and Wednesday June 22nd and 23rd at 8 p.m. Tickets for previews are $5. We will close on Sunday, August 8th, 2010 at 7 p.m. There is parking available in the Mobil Gas Station across from the theater at a fee determined by Mobil Gas. For more information and reservations call (773) 871-0442.

MBS Productions will present the World Premiere of DREAM CAFÉ, a dreamy and sexy comedy by Alejandro de la Costa. DREAM CAFÉ will run from May 27 through June 19.

The 2010 Kaufman Center Honors took place on Tuesday, May 25 at event space 583 Park Avenue. Distinguished honorees for this year's gala were media pioneer and President & CEO of Playlist.com, John Sykes, and Vice President of Kaufman Center's Board of Trustees, Rosalind Devon.

AT&T today announced the launch of an AT&T Wi-Fi 'hotzone' in New York City's bustling Times Square, providing coverage for many AT&T customers visiting and residing in New York who use Wi-Fi enabled smartphones, laptops, netbooks and other devices. The new Wi-Fi coverage zone is a pilot deployment to explore the use of Wi-Fi to provide an additional mobile broadband option in areas with consistently high 3G traffic and mobile data use.

The decadent world of 1930s Berlin comes to life in Kelrik's production of CABARET, the Tony Award-winning musical masterpiece that embodies the issues and events Europe was facing at that time. The story, based loosely on the reminiscences of Christopher Isherwood in Berlin Stories and John Van Druten's play I Am a Camera, centers on an American writer, Clifford Bradshaw (Garrett Marshall), and Sally Bowles (Heather Malcolm), an English singer and dancer at the Kit Kat Klub. Bradshaw and Bowles fall in love and quickly become caught up in Germany's pre-war social and political turmoil.

This summer the Arts Council has something for everyone. Beginning June 24, kids can learn and get excited about the visual, literary, and performing arts at Summer Arts Camp '10. Everyone can enjoy a visit to our galleries for the Resident Visual Artists Exhibit 2010 and Contrast & Symmetry in June and HoCo Open 2010 and No Boundaries in July and August. Local performing artists and painters are invited to participate in one of our Open Mic Nights on June 17 and July 8 or our plein air paint out, Paint It! Ellicott City ! Whether you are a member, a friend of the arts, or a curious newcomer, stop by and let the Arts Council put a little sizzle in your summer.