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MTV News kicks off the biggest night in music with the first-ever televised solo performance from Young Money's first lady, Nicki Minaj at the '2010 VMA Pre-Show' on Sunday, September 12 at 8pm (Live ET/Tape Delayed PT.) Nicki Minaj, one of hip-hop's most innovative artists today known for her playful lyrics and fashion forward style, will set the carpet on fire with a live performance of her hit single 'Your Love.' Beginning Tuesday, September 7th, MTV & Nicki Minaj will launch a Twitter contest in which ten lucky fans will win a front row spot to watch her performance. For detailed information on the contest, follow both @NickiMinaj and @MTVTJ. Winners will be announced on Friday, September 10th.

In celebration of the series' momentous 10th anniversary and in an effort to give tens of thousands of hopefuls the opportunity to audition, AMERICAN IDOL will host auditions in Los Angeles beginning Wednesday, Sept. 22. The 10th season of AMERICAN IDOL premieres January 2011 on FOX.

Mixed Blood Theatre opens its 35th season on September 17 with the regional premiere of A COOL DRINK A WATER by Broadway-bound playwright Thomas W. Jones II, who also stars in the comedy. The critically acclaimed play, in only its second production after a successful 2009 debut in Atlanta, runs at Mixed Blood through October 10.

Kansa Citta Pueblita is an exhibition of new work by Kansas City-based artist Maria Calderon in which she melds Kansas City's modern culture together with Peruvian folk traditions. In this solo show, opening at the Urban Culture Project Space on Friday, September 17, 2010, 6pm, Calderon presents the community of Kansas City as a pueblo or tight knit community, 'where the people, the places, and the atmosphere exist in a unique balance,' writes Calderon.

Registration for Theater classes at the Prescott Fine Arts Association is now underway. Full information is available online at www.pfaa.net under the 'Education' tab, or by calling (928) 541-0209. A Fall Education Brochure is being printed. To request a copy, call (928) 445-3286 or pick one up at PFAA, 208 N. Marina St.

Quite frequently the twin cities sees lovers, spouses and siblings on stage together, but less often do they see parent and child. Proof marks Kurt Schweickhardt and Amy Schweickhardt's second stage appearance together portraying these close-to-home roles, father and daughter, after Minnesota Shakespeare Project's 2007 production of King Lear.

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed repertory theatre company, launches 2010-11 season, its 19th, with Shakespeare's stirring classic Measure for Measure directed by Michael Murray, which opens Saturday, September 25 and closes Sunday, December 5, 2010 (previews begin Saturday, September 18).

The Vampire Weekend show originally scheduled for Sunday, August 29th at Marymoor Park has been rescheduled for September 22nd and 23rd at The Paramount Theatre. ALL TICKETS HELD FOR THE MARYMOOR SHOW CAN BE EXCHANGED at NO COST for the new shows, and current ticketholders will have their choice of days. Patrons that purchased tickets for the original show through Ticketmaster either online or by phone must call 1-800-745-3000 to arrange an exchange for tickets to one of the new dates. Patrons that purchased tickets for the original show through a Ticketmaster outlet should return to the outlet to perform the exchange. Patrons who purchased directly at The Marymoor Park Box Office can exchange their tickets at The Paramount Theatre Box Office during regular business hours.

The Napa Valley Opera House has announced a spectacular array of 23 items to be auctioned off at its annual Gala on Sunday, September 19. This year there are several 'pizzazzy' parties for party lovers - including one with Tyler Florence. For travelers, trips laced with adventure, luxury, cuisine, and culture are offered. To call them 'tantalizing' is an understatement - Turkey, Cuba, Italy, Jackson Hole, Chicago, LA and a Lakers' game. Below is an overview of the lots currently up for bid. Please visit NVOH.org/gala for more detailed information. Individuals not attending the Gala can submit a proxy bid using the forms on the site. Questions can be directed to Mary Ann Moffitt at 707-603-2333 or maryann@nvoh.org.

As reported previously, the Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Center, a longtime staple of Lincoln Triangle at 66th and Broadway, will close at the end of January, 2011 due to high rent. According to NBC New York, it will soon be replaced by the designer-discount store Century 21. This will be the second New York location for the store, the first being near the World Trade Center for the past 50 years. The new store is expected to open by fall of 2011.

With GLEE coming back to television in a matter of weeks, check out the very first promo video for the new season!

On Friday, October 8, Kirkland Arts Center hosts its second annual fundraiser event: REDUX, a one-of-a kind benefit party. Each year, REDUX begins with a blank canvas, taking on a different artistic theme. For this, our second year of REDUX, KAC presents Architecture with a contemporary twist.

Surfside Players, Cocoa Beach, is proud to announce OPEN AUDITIONS for Funny Money, by the master of British farce, Ray Cooney. Mild-manned Henry Perkins accidently picks up the wrong briefcase -- one full of illicit cash -- and decides to keep it, telling his confused wife to leave everything behind and flee the country with him. Arriving at the door is a police detective who thinks Henry was soliciting in the men's room of the pub, followed by another detective who thinks Henry is dead when a corpse holding Henry's briefcase is found in the Thames. Henry's inept attempts to extricate himself from this impossible situation lead to increasingly hysterical situations.

Marking the beginning of its 2010-2011 Family Main Stage Series 'Pure Imagination,' Hartford Children's Theatre (HCT) proudly announces a delicious new production of WILLY WONKA, directed by HCT Artistic Director Ryan Ratelle with musical direction by Louise Fauteux and choreography by Keri Danner. A scrumptious treat for the entire family, WILLY WONKA opens on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Carol Autorino Center for Arts and Humanities on the campus of Saint Joseph College (1678 Asylum Avenue in West Hartford) where the show will run through Sunday, October 3, 2010. Tickets are now on sale.

Advance timed tickets for The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, opening Oct. 15, 2010, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, are now on sale at www.fristcenter.org (additional charges apply), through the advance ticket call center (866-683-4978) and on site at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in downtown Nashville. Tickets to The Birth of Impressionism also include admission to Chihuly at the Frist.

Multi-faceted comedian and actor Eddie Izzard and multiple award-winning actress Frances Conroy will guest star on the SHOWTIME series UNITED STATES OF TARA. Izzard will appear in eight episodes and Conroy in one episode of the third season opposite Toni Collette, last year's Emmy(R) Award winner and this year's Emmy(R) nominee for her role as Tara Gregson, a wife and mother who struggles with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Izzard will play Tara's brilliant psychology professor who is at first a DID skeptic, but becomes fascinated with Tara as a subject, leading him to further explore the condition. Conroy will star as Max Gregson's (John Corbett) mother, a recluse with a compulsive hoarding problem. Production on season three begins mid-September in Los Angeles for a 2011 premiere.

Cabaret St. Louis proudly presents Linda Purl's cabaret show 'Come Rain or Come Shine' for the opening of their Fall 2010 Season. Ms. Purl performs September 8-11, 2010 at 8 pm the Kranzberg Arts Center - 501 North Grand.

After selling out headlining concerts in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville, ACM and CMA Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum will bring their 'Need You Now 2010 Tour' to Detroit's Fox Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 10 with special guest MCA Nashville artist David Nail.

Entrepreneur, director, actress, mime, author and theatre owner CHERYL KING is moving her acclaimed STAGE LEFT STUDIO to Chelsea. The new address of the STUDIO is 214 West 30th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. On the sixth floor.

New sessions begin September 7, 2010 at El Dorado Musical Theatre in dancing, singing, and acting.Classes last through nine Weeks at $126 per class. For schedule, full description of classes, and to download a registration form visit www.edmtpai.info