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Are you ready, Gleeks? It's Regionals time! Which team are you on? The Warblers? New Directions!? Regionals - here we come! Blaine bursts into the middle of a study session with his version of Maroon 5's 'Misery' - which Blaine proclaims to be the new opening number for Regionals. Kurt, sick of playing second fiddle, speaks up on the issue of he feels he hasn't had the chance to shine solo. Rachel attempts to write an original song for Regionals, but ends up with yet another stinker. Finn attempts to get Rachel to understand how good she can be, while Quinn plots how she can keep Rachel close while attempting to get Finn to be hers, so she can be prom queen. Pavarotti, the Warbler mascot dies, and prompts Kurt to burst into a Warbler meeting to perform the Beatles's 'Blackbird'.

Gleeks, are you ready to get a little sexy? Because, it's about to get a little hot and sexy up in here. Emma takes over chairing the Celibacy Club, which has dropped in membership to just Rachel and Quinn, but soon Emma realizes her innocent attempts to spread celibacy have failed. Holly Holiday, the substitute teacher who covered for Mr. Schuester when he was ill, returns to cover the sex-education classes - thus causing a debate between herself, Will, and Emma about how much (or how little) the students of McKinley know about sex. After Brittany - in her own way - thinks she's pregnant, Will turns to Holly to help teach the kids about sex, in the best way they both know how - song. Holly introduces the class to sex via a performance of 'You Want To Touch Me' by Joan Jett, which gets the Glee Clubbers all worked up.

..Things are about to get funky and drunky, Gleeks. Basically, be ready to blame it on the al-al-alcohol. Principal Figgins calls Mr. Schuester into his office to school wide issue of teenage drinking, deciding to allow the Glee club to perform at an Alcohol Awareness Week assembly. Puck attempts to get Rachel to have a party while her dads are on the Rosie O' Donnell Cruise, but she politely tells him it's a no go. Rachel, in an attempt to write an anthem for Regionals, she penns an ode to her headband, which Finn immediately tells her is not that great. Deciding she needs to live more, Rachel invites the Glee Club to her house for a party - which the Glee kids only agree to attend if there's alcohol. The party, which includes all the Glee Club members, plus Kurt and Blaine, goes from floundering to full swing very quickly, when Rachel throws caution to the wind and allows the real alcohol to flow.

Hola, Gleeks! Are you ready for another week of Gleeky fun?! The idea of a comeback strikes the hearts of Mr. Schuester and Rachel, both trying to get their lives back into order after some serious life changes. When Sue leaves what Emma thinks to be a suicide note, she and Will rush to Sue's bedside, only to find Sue hasn't parted this world at all. Sam, eager to win back Quinn, decides to channel the image of the one and only, Justin Beiber - creating a one man band called The Justin Beiber Experience. Emma encourages Will to allow Sue to sit in on Glee Club for a week, to which she reluctantly agrees. Will reveals that the theme of Regionals will be anthems, thus Sam brings his Justin Bieber Experience to Glee Club by performing Bieber's 'anthem' - Baby.

Valentine's Day has come early to us in the form of Gleeky goodness! Love is on the mind of many of the minds of the Glee clubbers: Puck realizes he's falling for Lauren, Finn, still enjoying the fruits of the success of the football team's win at Championships, has become big man on campus again. Meanwhile, Kurt's crush on Blaine grows, as Blaine asks Kurt's advice on a crush of his own, leading Kurt, formerly sour on the sweet day of Valentine's, to perk up. At Glee Club rehearsal, Santana finally gets a taste of her own medicine - realizing she can dish it out, but not take it. Finn, wanting in no small to flaunt his recovered stud status, proposes the idea of a kissing booth to raise money for the glee club.

Grab a slushie and wear your McKinley colors with pride, Gleeks! Glee is back and bigger than ever! Bored with her current routines, Sue decides to spice it up by launching Brittany from a cannon. However, once Principal Figgins finds out, Sue goes berserk and goes on the war path - her targets being the usual Glee Club, and now the football team. The McKinley Titans and The New Directions animosity reaches a boiling point, thus forcing Coach Bieste and Mr. Schuester to force their teams to work together for a week. Rachel and Puck perform Lady Antbellum's'Need You Now' to show the Titans how New Directions works, with less than stellar results. After Sue, still on the war path gets the Regional Cheerleading competition switched to the same day as the Championship Football game, thus resulting in some sticky moments for New Directions and The Titians. However, Coach Bieste and Mr. Schuester form a plan around the idea of performing Michael Jackson's Thriller mashed with The Yeah, Yeah's 'Heads Will Roll'.

Get ready to deck the halls, Gleeks! It's a VERY Glee Christmas, and Santa is checking his list twice to find out which Glee Clubbers have been naughty and which have been nice! Emma confronts Will for the first time since telling him about getting married to Carl, coming to find Will plans to spend Christmas alone. Despite Emma's invitation to the big Christmas eve party she and Carl are throwing, Will declines to keep his Christmas 'small and quiet'. Coach Bieste gathers the staff of McKinley for a Secret Santa, which leaves Will with the task of purchasing a present for Sue.

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to present an Elvis Weekend! LEGENDS: ELVIS & FRIENDS will be presented on Friday, January 7 at 8 pm. After the film, there will be a dance concert with GENE CASEY & THE LONE SHARKS. Tickets are $20. The classic Elvis film BLUE HAWAII will be presented on Saturday, January 8 at 8 pm. Tickets for BLUE HAWAII are $5 at the door. The weekend is in commemoration of Elvis Presley's 75th birthday on January 8. LEGENDS series creator Joe Lauro will present a tribute program of rare and exciting performance clips and early interviews of Elvis and some of his 'Million Dollar Quartet' pals. JERRY LEE LEWIS, CARL PERKINS, JOHNNY CASH and others will be rockin' and shakin' again in the company of 'The King.' Following the film, GENE CASEY & THE LONE SHARKS will hit the Bay Street stage for a live dance concert. Come watch, listen and dance! Long live Elvis! To purchase tickets log on to baystreet.org or call the Box Office Wednesday - Saturday from 11 am - 5 pm at 631-725-9500.

The New Classics series begins its second season on Sunday, December 12th at 7:30 p.m. with Jason Hall's play The Tulip Brothers, directed by Melissa Hill Grande and performed in the Henry Heymann Theatre at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Oakland. New Classics is a cooperative program presented by the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Theatre Arts and Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre. The series is intended to highlight new works and showcase up-and-coming early-career playwrights. The reading is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a talk-back with the cast and audience. The moderators will be series coordinators Grande and David Peterson, a graduate student in the Ph.D. program of the Department of Theatre Arts.

It is a rare occasion that a singer can move you to the point of tears, but Kildare born Jack L is surely that singer. With a velvety voice that can go from soft and tender to beltingly brilliant in a matter of seconds, Jack L is one if Ireland's greatest hidden musical gems. He returns for his now annual trip to Roscommon Arts Centre this Friday 10th December for what will be a not-to-be-missed night featuring all his hits in his ‘Essential Collection Show'. Accompanied by his band, this promises to be a very special night to uplift the spirits for the coming year. What a year 2010 has been for Jack: He's had success with a Top 5 album, a bestselling novel was built around his song lyrics by writer Anna McPartland, called 'So What If I'm Not Broken', and he's enjoyed a critically acclaimed performance with the Brooklyn Philharmonic in Manhattan, in front of 15,000 people last summer. And to top all this off his had a nomination for 'Male Vocalist Of The Year' at The Meteor Awards. There are a very limited number of seats left for this concert so call the box office now on 090 6625824. Don't miss surely the greatest contemporary voice in Ireland today with his Essential Collection Show!

TEATRON Toronto Jewish Theatre presents the Canadian Première of HARD LOVE a romantic drama by award winning Israeli playwright Motti Lerner at the Toronto Centre for the Arts - Studio Theatre 5040 Yonge St., Toronto January 5-16, 2011. HARD LOVE stars two-time Dora Award nominee Tara Nicodemo and Masques Award Winner Howard Rosenstein In this fiercely romantic drama, Hannah (Tara Nicodemo) and Zvi (Howard Rosenstein) are reunited after divorcing twenty years earlier. Raised in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim, the couple ended their marriage when Zvi turned his back on Judaism and Hannah did not. Now the teenage children from their second marriages have become romantically involved, forcing Hannah and Zvi back into each other's lives.

Usher in 2011 with some of the most exciting programs ever offered in Brooklyn. As always, all events are free and open to the public; because times are subject to change, we recommend calling ahead or checking the website when planning your next visit.

New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY 2010) - returns from an extra-long summer break for an extra-hot winter treat: their second annual reading of Charles Dickens' holiday classic A Christmas Carol. On Thursday, December 16 at 8:00pm host Nasty Canasta (declared by the New York Times to be 'perhaps the loveliest and certainly the nudest Scrooge in history') leads an all-star cast of exhibitionists in an in-the-buff reading of this special version of A Christmas Carol, just as Dickens himself originally performed it - although perhaps a bit more naked.

It's everyone's favorite time of the year, Gleeks! Sectionals are here, and they are full of surprises! Will invites Emma to join him and New Directions at Sectionals, calling her their 'good luck charm', only to have Emma pick apart his typical choices for Sectionals, claiming there's more talent there than he's letting shine. Upon Emma's comments, Mr. Schue takes Emma's words to heart and gives the big couple duet to Sam and Quinn, much to Finn and Rachel's dismay. By the end of rehearsal, Santana and Rachel get into an argument, ending with Santana revealing how she and Finn had sex the previous year, shocking Rachel and stunning Finn.

We're going to the chapel, and someone's getting married, Gleeks! After dating for quite some time, Burt and Carole announce to Kurt and Finn, they are now engaged, leaving Kurt overjoyed and Finn unsure how to feel. After her sleazy anchorman ex-boyfriend proposes to his co-anchor, Sue decides to turn to internet dating to find someone, before realizing: She's perfect for... herself! So, Sue is marrying herself. In the midst of planning for the wedding, Kurt has yet another terrifying run in with Kraofsky that leaves him shaken, so much so that Mr. Schuester and Principal Slyvester attempt to step in.

Uptown Open is a monthly open mic series for teens held once each month. It is is a safe, uncensored space for poets, spoken word artists, emcees, scholars and activists to share their powerful and important voices. These events are run by youth for youth, with youth DJs, youth hosts and a monthly featured poet. *Arrive early to sign up for the open mic list.Get there early to get on the list. Hosted by the Word Wide Leadership Board. *Tickets for this event are available at the door on a first come, first served basis.

AN UNEXPECTED EVENING OF SHAKESPEARE: December 1, 2010 at 8 p.m at Heliconian Hall; 35 Hazelton Ave. Against the Grain Theatre performs its inaugural presentation, An Unexpected Evening of Shakespeare, on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. at Heliconian Hall. Under the direction of Joel Ivany, opera singers Miriam Khalil, Keith Klassen, Adam Luther, and Gene Wu, actor Rick Jon Egan, visual artist Andrew Sookrah, and pianist Christopher Mokrzewski collaborate to turn the classics sideways.

The Princeton Triangle Club is the largest student performing arts group at Princeton University and the only student group that performs on the Matthews stage of McCarter Theatre HOT DAMSEL: THE BOYS OF TRIANGLE ARE BACK! Lower the drawbridge and raise the moat for a night of Knights at Castle McCarter! Princeton's famous Triangle Club presents Family Feudalism for two performances at Princeton's McCarter Theatre on Friday, November 19 at 8pm and Saturday, November 20 at 8pm. Full of riotous original songs, swinging dance moves and more knights in shining armor than you can imagine, Family Feudalism is sure to be a sidesplitting romp through the age of knights, knaves and damsels in distress. For tickets, call (609) 258-2787 or visit www.mccarter.org.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Milwaukee in January 2011. Performances begin on January 4 and run through January 9 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. This Milwaukee engagement is presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. Tickets go on sale this Sunday at NOON!