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ESPN will exclusively televise the Major League Baseball exhibition game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team today, March 22, at 1:30 p.m. ET at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba.

The legendary CHITA RIVERA has joined the list of honorees being celebrated at TADA!'s 30th Anniversary Gala on May 23, 2016. The Gala is hosted by TADA! Alum, JORDAN PEELE, of Comedy Central's "Key & Peele."

VH1 has signed pop culture icon and music news leader Sway Calloway as an on-air personality and producer. The radio and TV news veteran will appear in VH1's tentpole events, executive produce specials and events and bring new programming ideas to the channel.

ArtsRock has announced that the legendary Broadway star CHITA RIVERA will appear in conversation with Elliott Forrest at The Nyack Center, 58 Depew Avenue, on Friday, May 13 at 8:00 PM.  For more information or to purchase tickets, go to http://www.artsrock.org or call 855-ArtsRock.

Northrop at the University of Minnesota presents Miami City Ballet with a full live orchestra on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m, marking the finale to the 2015//16 season. The sizzling company returns to Northrop for the first time since 2010 with a program as vibrant and intoxicating as their namesake city featuring a Balanchine-based repertory that Le Monde says, 'gives goose bumps to fans of dance,' and Heatscape, by wunderkind choreographer Justin Peck. Northrop's 2016//17 Dance season announcement and an audience reception will follow the performance.

Barack Obama exclusively filled out his bracket predictions for the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship with ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo

ESPN will exclusively televise the Major League Baseball exhibition game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team on Tuesday, March 22, at 1:30 p.m. ET at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba.

His column for the Spanish-language El Nuevo Dia calls for legislation to address the U.S. territory's declining economy.

The all-new season of IFC's original comedy series MARON picks up where the season three cliffhanger left off, with comedian and pioneer podcaster Marc Maron's fictional alter ego falling off the wagon and quickly descending the ladder of success.

Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew says HAMILTON fans will be 'very happy.'

President Barack Obama discusses his 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament bracket during an ESPN interview with Andy Katz in the Map Room of the White House, March 15, 2016.

The Broadway star and author capped off his trip to Washington D.C. with a speech urging congress to help the island's economic growth.

MirandaMania has hit D.C. hard and a reporter asks the musical theatre scribe for his opinion on how Aaron Burr would feel about Donald Trump.

Earlier today, First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed the Broadway cast of HAMILTON to the White House to host a student workshop, Q&A, and a performance. And as if that weren't enough excitement for Capitol Hill, the musical's creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda also took part in a freestyling challenge outside the White House, with help from President Barack Obama.

The San Francisco Symphony returns to Carnegie Hall with Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas for two concerts on Wednesday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m. and Thursday, April 14 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. For the first performance, Mr. Tilson Thomas - widely considered the world's premier interpreter of the works of Aaron Copland - conducts music by the American master, including his Orchestral Variations and Inscape. The dynamic pianist Inon Barnatan joins the orchestra for a performance of Copland's Piano Concerto. The program concludes with Schumann's Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61. This season, Mr. Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony are performing and recording the complete Schumann symphonies for future release on SFS Media.

Take a journey through the rich history of New Orleans with Grammy Award-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra at the Holland Performing Arts Center, 12th and Douglas streets, tonight, March 12, 2016, at 8 p.m.

South by Southwest (SXSW) is honored to announce President Barack Obama will appear as part of a Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive today, March 11 and First Lady Michelle Obama will be the opening Keynote at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 16.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Soul R&B singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton announced their partnership to debut a deluxe version of the singer's upcoming album, What I'm Feelin'

The Chicago Philharmonic continues its series exploring turning points in the lives of composers with Triumph and Transendence, taking place April 3, 7:00 P.M. at Pick-Staiger Hall. The program will include performances of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, Ludwig van Beethoven's Triple Concerto for solo violin, cello, and piano, and John David Earnest Chasing the Sun.

In perfect timing with the political headlines of the 2016 Presidential Race, Washington D.C.'s infamously funny comedy troupe The Capitol Steps brings an all-new stage show based on their album "Mock the Vote" to the Palace Theater in Waterbury on Thursday, April 7, at 7:30p.m.  Tickets for the politically charged comedy extravaganza, which is presented in part with WSHU Public Radio, range in price from $30 to $48 and can be purchased online at www.palacetheaterct.org, by phone at 203-346-2000, or in person at the Box Office, 100 East Main St. in Waterbury.