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The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, in partnership with the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, invites high school students to compete in the 18th Annual Young Artist Competition. Prizes are awarded in both the preliminary and finalist rounds for a total of $5,000, one of the largest combined prize winnings in the state.

WAR/DANCE was honored as best documentary and best cinematography at the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards ceremony in New York on September 27. Dr. Susan MacLaury, professor in the Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Health at Kean University, served as executive producer for the winning feature documentary.

The Civilians, the New York-based theatre company known for projects investigating real-life topics - including the upcoming IN THE FOOTPRINT about the controversy surrounding the development of the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn - has been awarded a three-year grant in the amount of $700,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for THE GREAT IMMENSITY, a new production about climate change, it has been announced by Steve Cosson, founding Artistic Director of The Civilians.

Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre will present Knock Me a Kiss by Charles Smith at their home at Henry Street Settlement's Abrons Arts Center/Recital Hall (466 Grand Street). Performances begin November 11th with Opening Night set for Sunday, November 21st. Performances continue through December 5th only. Chuck Smith directs a cast that features Erin Cherry, André De Shields, Gillian Glasco, Morocco Omari, Sean Phillips, and Marie Thomas. Knock Me a Kiss will have set design by Anthony Davidson, costume design by Ali Turns, lighting design by Shirley Prendergast, and sound design by Bill Toles.

Check out the October calendar of events on page A21 of today's New York Times featuring well-known writers, celebrities, newsmakers, and musicians.

CYNTHIA-REEVES is pleased to present a series of ancillary exhibitons and projects for the Fall 2010 under the auspicies of the subsidiary, CYNTHIA-REEVES PROJECTS.

The fall season finally kicked off this past week with a pair of period ensemble pieces from Britain, both imported by New York's two big nonprofit companies, and both receiving solid B+ grades from StageGrade: Brief Encounter at the Roundabout's Studio 54 and The Pitmen Painters at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Neither got quite the smash-hit reviews that might have been expected--the Kneehigh's extravagant adaptation of Brief Encounter got raves (and a StageGrade A) when it ran last year at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, but there were a few more dissenting voices on its Broadway transfer. And Lee Hall's miners-as-artists drama, The Pitmen Painters, was not as unanimously adored as its London notices might have promised.

Circle Theatre is getting into the Halloween spirit with its production of Bright Ideas, a dark comedy written by Eric Coble. Preview performances are Thursday, October 21; Friday, October 22; and Saturday, October 23 (matinee). The production officially opens Saturday evening, October 23, at 8:00pm, followed by a post-show party with the cast and crew.

You are invited to the first Fundraising event of the B. Someday season on Friday, October 22, 2010, 5-7:00pm at Chris' Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom Street, Philadelphia. It is a free event to help support B. Someday Productions/Walking Fish Theatre and the upcoming season of shows and programs. Reduced drink prices, free hors d'oeuvres, cool raffle prizes, celebrity bartenders, spontaneous performance and lots of fun.

For over 45 years, Centerstage has been Baltimore's leading professional producing theater company and a pioneer in America's regional theater movement. Their smart, bold interpretations of both classic and contemporary plays and their exceptional production values have earned the theater a reputation for innovation and excellence - as well as a loyal audience - and have helped to keep professional theater alive and thriving in Maryland.

The Un-Common Theatre Company is bringing a variety of productions to the area for the 2010 - 2011 season. Performances include something for everyone - from classic Broadway musicals to hilarious improv to an enchanting fairytale.

For the first time in Ogunquit Playhouse history, the season has been extended past Columbus Day weekend to October 24. Now is the perfect time to see the multi Tony Award winning Broadway musical Chicago, which is receiving rave reviews from the press for its 'stellar casting,' 'sensational staging' and 'killer choreography.' This record-breaking smash hit stars Ogunquit favorite Sally Struthers, as Matron 'Mama' Morton, keeper of the jailhouse keys and George Dvorsky as the slick lawyer, Billy Flynn. Chicago also stars Broadway veteran Angie Schworer as housewife turned murderess Roxie Hart and Broadway's Rachelle Rak as the seductive night club singer and double murderess, Velma Kelly. Tony-Award winner Paul Kreppel also stars as Amos (aka Mr. Cellophane), Roxie's husband who agrees to take the blame for her violent crime.

The Tao Group brings their famed Las Vegas nightlife and dining concept to New York City with the launch of LAVO New York. Inspired by the original LAVO Las Vegas, the New York location will feature a Southern Italian bistro and state-of-the-art nightclub infused with uptown sensibility.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem has announced their schedule for October 1 - 10, featuring three distinct Jazz events. For more information about these events and all upcoming events at the National Jazz Museum, please visit www.jmih.org.

Tickets for each of the seven remaining shows in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2010-2011 Season will go on sale Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. The season includes a hit adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, which runs from October 22 through November 6, 2010; Irving Berlin's White Christmas, based on the 1954 film of the same title, which runs from December 3 through December 24, 2010; the hilarious one act Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer running from January 14 through January 29, 2011; the world premiere of a new drama In by Bess Wohl, the author of last season's Touch(ed), which runs from February 18 through March 5, 2011; The Diary of Anne Frank, a co-production with Indiana Repertory Theatre, which runs from March 18 through April 2, 2011; Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning Sunset Boulevard, which runs from April 29 through May 14, 2011; and the regional premiere of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning landmark pop-rock opera Rent by Jonathan Larson, which runs from June 10 through June 25, 2011.

Before jazz had a name and 'world music' was a concept, a young trumpet player emerged from another hemisphere and landed alongside some of the greatest icons in American music. Louis Armstrong sent him a trumpet. Harry Belafonte arranged for him to come to New York City to study music. Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis took him under their wings. That man, Hugh Masekela, born out of apartheid South Africa, has consistently toured worldwide and his genre-bending dynamism has led to his own icon status. His uncategorizable sound comes to life on his October 2010 North American tour.

WFUV (90.7 FM) and The Alternate Side, two New York City-based radio stations, have packed a full line-up of offerings for the month of October. WFUV is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station, licensed to Fordham University for over 60 years. Serving the New York area as well as an international audience on the web, and a leader in contemporary music radio, WFUV is Rock & Roots Radio, offering an eclectic mix of rock, singer-songwriters, blues, world and other music, plus headlines from National Public Radio and local news. The Alternate Side provides New York City's burgeoning indie music scene with a site packed with music news, exclusive videos and a full-time local radio outlet and connects artists and music lovers in the city and across the globe. Listen live at TheAlternateSide.org or on HD Radio at 90.7 FM HD-3 in the New York City.

The uproarious musical masterpiece, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, by composer and lyricist David Yazbek and librettist Jeffery Lane, makes its Regional premiere at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN, now through October 10. The Tony Award Winning smash hit consistently delivers; Clive Barnes of the New York Post raves DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is 'A knockout punch to Broadway's funny bone! One of the liveliest, funniest, best-performed musicals in years. Super-smart and superior in every way.' This production will be directed by Bill Pullinsi and choreographed by Stacey Flaster.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' a timeless and powerful classic, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman, and directed by Gerald Freedman (Broadway's 'The Robber Bridegroom,' 'The Grand Tour,' the revival of 'West Side Story,' co-directed with Jerome Robbins, the premiere of Arthur Miller's 'The Creation of the World and Other Business' and Shaw's 'Mrs. Warren's Profession') from October 2 through October 30.

Our fall opener continues the tradition of featuring some talented veterans from the summer radio camps sponsored by Right Between the Ears. Joining us again on October 30 will be Henry Cannon, Maggie Hutchison and, making her RBTE debut, Camille O'Leary.