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The Iridium Jazz Club presents 'Blues for Tony', a jazz-fusion super-group celebrating musician Tony 'Lifetime' Williams. The group is led by Allan Holdsworth on guitar and includes Alan Pasqua on keyboards, Jimmy Haslip on bass guitar, and Chad Wackerman on drums.

Minneapolis' State, Orpheum, Pantages and Hennepin Theatres have announced their upcoming events for Spring 2010.

Upcoming events at the Lawrence Arts Center include 40 Dance Company: Transformations, Fast Johnny Ricker and Friends, Paul Mesner Puppets: Anansi the Spider, Souper Bowl Saturday, Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula, and dont u luv me?

JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical, will begin performances in Memphis tomorrow, Wednesday, January 27. In advance of the engagement, the Commercial Appeal's Christopher Blank sat down with original Four Season member Bob Gaudio who revealed some stories behind some of their most famous songs.

Elena Bennett and Fred Barton will recreate their legendary song salon at the Iridium on January 26, 2010 at 6:30pm. Also appearing tonight at the Iridium is Terese Genecco and Her Little Big Band at 8pm and 10pm.

Rob Mosher's band Storytime - whose new album, The Tortoise, is a lushly scored musical odyssey that contains echoes of Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, Kurt Weill, Darius Milhaud, Debussy and Bach - reflects Mosher's embrace of a wide range of influences which have coalesced to create his singularly independent compositional voice.

From March 12 to June 13, 2010, the Japan Society Gallery will be showcasing the work of Japan's Utagawa Kuniyoshi in several different family-friendly exhibits, lessons, and tours.

In March 2010, The New York Philharmonic This Week - the two-hour, national, weekly radio program of concerts by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-Winner Alec Baldwin - features five programs led by guest conductors.

Tintypes, a patriotic musical revue, will be presented by the Maltz Jupiter Theatre from Feb. 9-28, 2010.

Souvenir, presented by Vermont Stage Company at Town Hall Theater February 11-13, tells the story of one such artist: Florence Foster Jenkins, a singer of such overwhelming confidence and yet so utterly lacking in musical ability that she became an absolute sensation in New York City in the 1930s - for all the wrong reasons.

Laura Linney and Alicia Silverstone, currently appearing in Manhattan Theatre Club's production of TIME STANDS STILL, will appear on tomorrow's episode of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.'

To best-selling author Michael Pollan, good health begins with good food. If you want to change your diet, improve your health and fight a 'Nutritional Industrial Complex' that fosters chronic diseases such as diabetes, Pollan says, 'eat food, not edible food-like substances.' Pollan will appear at IU Auditorium Friday, Feb. 26, in a signature event of Indiana University's 26th annual ArtsWeek.

What can crawl like a caterpillar, do a backbend like a gymnast, bark on cue, and dive down to 600 feet in the ocean? Find out at the Wildlife Conservation Society New York Aquarium's Aquatheater. This Valentine's Day and all winter long, catch a training demonstration starring our outgoing and talented California sea lions. Each performance features cool facts about sea lions and their role in the web of life, in addition to music, humor, and lots of mischief.

The New School for Drama has announced that the award-winning director Doug Hughes will be teaching this spring semester. Working with professionals, like Hughes in the New York theater world is a cornerstone of Drama students' experience at The New School. In the intimate setting of the classroom, Hughes will be teaching Directing Chekov and Beckett to second-year students earning an MFA in directing.

Packing an open and curious mind, a strong stomach and a healthy appetite for travel, internationally renowned chef and food writer, Andrew Zimmern knows all about the global pantry and is prepared to share that knowledge with a live audience at the State Theatre on Saturday, March 20th.

Route 66, a jukebox musical featuring hit songs from the late 1950s and early 1960s, opens on Friday, January 29 at the Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center.

Fisher Landau Center for Art has announced it's upcoming exhibitions through March. They include FIVE DECADES OF PASSION Part Two: The Founding of the Center and WE ARE THE WORLD: Figures & Portraits through 3/29/2010.

The Greenville City Council has passed a resolution awarding the Peace Center with a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) grant of $2.5 million for a facilities and site development project.

Hilarious and award-winning, The Foreigner by Larry Shue, which opened Beef & Boards' 2010 season, plays its final performance on February 7.

The Hartt School, the performing arts conservatory at the University of Hartford, is hosting a myriad of diverse entertainments for the remainder of January and February including: Senior Vocal Recital, Concert for Haiti, Dance With Full Force Dance Theatre, and Amiri Baraka and Blue Ark.