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MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced its annual FreshPlay Festival of new plays by members of the youth company. The FreshPlay Festival merges the voices and creativity of urban youth with the experience of professionals, creating provocative, innovative and fresh theater. This year, the FreshPlay Festival will focus on the workshop process with ten original plays penned by MCC Theater Youth Company playwrights. These young writers will work with a roster of professional directors, actors and peers from the Youth Company's Acting Lab.

MotorCity Casino Hotel announced that they will present Nephew Tommy Live Comedy at Sound Board on Friday, October 8 at 8:00pm.

The Brick Theater, Inc., presenter of the first festival of Clown Theatre in New York in over 20 years in 2006, brings the festival back this fall as the 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival, performing September 3-26 at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This year's festival will feature diverse clown theatre artists from the Ukraine, Israel, Wales, Mexico, Canada, and across the United States from California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, Chicago and New York City.

Fort Greene Park gets 'Bird Brained,' Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 11a.m. Discover what kind of birds call Fort Greene Park home and make your own fun, feathery craft. Ages 3 and up. FREE.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts presents a diverse week of folk, jazz, Motown, celtic, and country-blues, August 17th-22nd.

'The March of Time: 75th Anniversary' will be presented September 1-10, 2010 at The Museum of Modern Art in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters.

Gorillaz world tour 'Escape To Plastic Beach' will go on sale today at noon. The North American tour will play at Detroit's Fox Theatre on Wednesday, October 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Hint Mint's 'Art For Awareness' Series fuses art, philanthropy and confection. The inaugural tins in this new series will feature original artwork by two of LA's most sought after artists, Josh 'Shag' Agle and Lola. 100% of Hint Mint's estimated profits (or $0.35 cents per tin) from this series will be donated to Avon Walk For Breast Cancer. Both new tins will be available in limited quantities starting October 1st to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Seattle announces the first year line up of the Heineken City Arts Festival happening October 20th through the 23rd. Held in 18 iconic clubs, halls, and venues across the city, the festival is four days of performances and cross-genre collaborations within the city's core as Seattle heads indoors for the winter.

San Francisco Opera announced plans to return to KQED Public Television 9, a Northern California public broadcast station, with four grand operas recorded live in high definition at the historic War Memorial Opera House. The four opera series for television will be distinguished by program host Rita Moreno, artist and recipient of the four most coveted awards in the entertainment industry: the Oscar, Tony, Emmy, and Grammy.

Mainstreet Theater's Theater for Youth fall and winter offerings include BUSYTOWN and MADELINE'S CHRISTMAS.

White Mystery adds dates to their US tour supporting their most recent self-titled full length.

Each year the Arts & Business Council of Sacramento invites citizens to nominate artists, leaders, volunteers, organizations or businesses that deserve to be recognized for outstanding contributions to the region's art and culture.

The annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (CEA's) hosted by Know Theatre are August 29th. Doors open at 6p.m. and the awards begin at 7p.m.

This September, TheatreWorks New Milford will present the absurdist comedy-drama, EXIT THE KING, by Eugene Ionesco.

Four countries, fourteen companies, twenty productions and programs, thirty-seven days, 342 artists and the U.S. debut of Cuba's Teatro Buendía defined the 5th Biennial Latino Theatre Festival, and marked an unprecedented success for Goodman Theatre. Resident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez curated the ambitious Festival that appeared June 19 - July 25 for an audience of more than 50,000 on both of the Goodman's stages: the 856-seat Albert and the 400-seat flexible Owen, as well as the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and Chase Promenade in Millennium Park. Highlights of this year's Festival included the U.S. debut of Cuba's acclaimed Teatro Buendía-hailed as 'highly arresting' (Chicago Tribune), 'astonishingly vivid' (Chicago Sun-Times) and 'deeply inspiring' (Time Out Chicago); the centerpiece production of The Sins of Sor Juana by Karen Zacarías, directed by Godinez and featuring screen stars Malaya Rivera Drew and Tony Plana; a weekend of bold new works in collaboration with New York's Lark Play Development Center and featuring five of Chicago's leading storefront theaters, and partnerships with the Latino Music Festival, Grant Park Music Festival, Millennium Park and Mexico 2010 presented by the Consulate General of Mexico.

Guild Hall's Summer Gala celebrates Barbara Kruger Friday, August 13th at 6 p.m.

New Museum Collaborates with Bidoun Magazine for 'Museum as Hub: Bidoun Library Project.'

Central Piedmont Community College announces their season for Fall and Spring 2010-2011.

The Emelin Theatre has announced their 2010/2011 Folk series with subscriptions availble at a 15% discount.