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For Jeremy Cowart creative inspiration is everywhere - from humanitarian efforts in Haiti, Africa and Rwanda; the beauty of an individual or family portrait; or even the unique lines and textures of a concrete floor. His creativity knows no bounds.

Ravinia Festival today presented a "sneak peek" at its 2013 classical music concert season, which includes a performance of Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music in celebration of the 25th th anniversary of Ravinia's Steans Music Institute, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and vocalists from the festival's summer conservatory along with Itzhak Perlman on the same program; the return of pianist Lang Lang to the gala stage that launched him to superstardom; a commemoration of Verdi's bicentennial with Ravinia Festival Music Director James Conlon conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a complete concert performance of Aida, this year's One Score, One Chicago selection; and the CSO performing Howard Shore's score to The Lord of the Rings-The Two Towers, while the entire film is broadcast on video screens in the pavilion and on the lawn-this has been the most requested CSO concert at Ravinia in decades, following the popularity of the trilogy's first film in concert here two summers ago.

LIVE at Stonehenge is a new virtual concert series sponsored by Stonehenge, the Manhattan-based real estate company known for its innovative lifestyle programming that builds strong and supportive communities throughout their 3,000 unit portfolio and the neighborhoods they are located in. As part of their initiative to bring people together and to share and celebrate people's unique talents, they've utilized the popular social media platform Google+ Hangouts.

Award-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates host Cristina Fontanelli brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 9th-Annual "Christmas In Italy®" concert at the Peter J. Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space on Saturday, December 1 at 3:00 PM.

Birmingham Hippodrome prides itself on providing the ultimate overall theatre experience for its patrons and this Christmas will be no different as the UK's most popular theatre raises the curtain on a host of additional performers, sculptures and spectacles for the entire family.

Jamie Lidell will embark on a world tour to celebrate the release of his highly-anticipated self-titled album, out February 19 on Warp Records. Kicking off in London on March 8, the tour will include stops in France, Germany and Turkey before making its way to the U.S. Please see tour dates below.

Some gifts just keep on giving. Others are immediately shoved to the back of the closet, only to be rediscovered and hastily rewrapped for someone else, 10 minutes before the party starts.

Fifty years after he started writing it, Quasimodo, a major musical by Oliver! composer Lionel?Bart,will finally get its World Premiere at the King's Head Theatre in London in March 2013.

Extant Arts Company announces the Off-Off Broadway premiere of ANTIGONE/PROGENY, a new translation of Sophocles' classic work paired with an original adaptation for the 21st century to be performed in repertory. The new translation of Antigone and the original play Progeny will run in repertory November 29 - December 9, 2012 at The Connelly Theater.

Virginia Stage Company announced today the cast and creative team has been set for the upcoming World Premiere of Frog Kiss, with book and lyrics by Charles Leipart and music by Eric Schorr, to run January 15-February 3, 2013 at the Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.