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ClampArt presents 'John Bailly: Place of Mind.' The mixed media works in the 'Place of Mind' series are the result of Bailly's collaboration with critically acclaimed Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco (whom President Barack Obama recently named inaugural poet, following in the footsteps of such luminary writers as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou). The exhibition runs February 21 - April 6, 2013 at ClampArt, with the artist's reception slated for Thursday, February 21, 2013, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Former Army Staff Sergeant Clinton L. Romesha was hosted by the USO on February 17th at SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark on Broadway. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on February 11th, 2013 by President Barack Obama. Romesha was recognized during the curtain call and afterwards was greeted back stage by the cast, and you can check out photos from the event below!

1600 Penn star Josh Gad stopped by last night's TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO and decided to use the appearance to audition for J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Wars installment. Check out the appearance below!

The New-York Historical Society (170 Central Park West, NYC) has announced its exhibitions for April 2013. All exhibitions are presented at the New-York Historical Society unless otherwise noted. Details below!

PlayMakers Repertory Company is unafraid to tackle big issues, issues that are polarizing, issues which make audiences uncomfortable. The magic of PlayMakers is their ability to tackle those issues while showing their respect for the intelligence of the audience and trusting audiences to understand the value of taking risks in the theater. This has never been so true as with Clybourne Park.

A post-show panel discussion featuring Japanese internment historians has been added to the Sunday, February 24 performance of the acclaimed Off-Broadway play HOLD THESE TRUTHS, Jeanne Sakata's one-man show inspired by the true story of second generation Japanese-American Gordon Hirabayashi. HOLD THESE TRUTHS is in Hawaii for a limited engagement of six performances at Honolulu Theatre for Youth's Tenney Theatre, February 21 - March 2, 2013 and features acclaimed actor, Joel de la Fuente.

Beyonce 2013 tour tickets seem to be most demanded right now. Every single seat has been sold for Barclays Center concert within seconds after tickets went on sale Monday morning. As a result, an additional Barclays Center date has been added, and tickets will go on sale today at 10:00 AM.

Chris Mann will play Friday, June 21, 2013 at 8:00pm at The Neptune. Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 16 at 10 a.m.

HarperCollins has just announced a two-book deal with CEO of Zuckerberg Media and former Facebook Marketing Director, Randi Zuckerberg. Mark Tauber, SVP and Publisher of HarperOne in San Francisco, negotiated a two-book deal with WME for North American rights to Zuckerberg's first adult nonfiction book, Dot Complicated, and a HarperCollins Children's picture book. Both titles will be released in Fall 2013.

Tonight, Friday 15 February, The Bodyguard's Heather Headley performs in a Romantic Classics edition of the beloved BBC Radio 2 programme, Friday Night Is Music Night in celebration of St. Valentine's Day. Recorded at London's Mermaid Theatre on 16 January, Ken Bruce presents a night of romantic classics with Tony and Grammy award-winning Heather Headley who performs two numbers including the iconic hit song from The Bodyguard, I Will Always Love You. Headley will be accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by their principal conductor Keith Lockhart.

Anne Hathaway stopped by THE TONIGHT SHOW with JAY LENO last night to chat about her recent win at the BAFTA Awards. Check out clips from her appearance below!

CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley will broadcast live from Washington, D.C., for primetime coverage of President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union address and the Republican Response on Tuesday, Feb. 12 (9:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. He will also anchor the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) live from Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Additionally, Pelley will conduct a broad-ranging interview with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) for the broadcast.

ABC News and Yahoo! News will stream live, anchored coverage of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and the Republican response across ABCNews.com, Yahoo! News, GoodMorningAmerica.com, ABC News' iPad & iPhone apps, ABC affiliate websites, ABC News Mobile properties as well as on the ABC News YouTube channel.

Abingdon Theatre Company is set to participate in the first-ever Wuzhen Theatre Festival in Wuzhen, China. At the invitation of the festival's artistic team, Abingdon will present its upcoming Off-Broadway production, THE LAST WILL by Robert Brustein, who has been named the festival's honorary chairman.

ABC News will broadcast President Barack Obama's State of the Union address live TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013. Coverage will begin at 9:00 p.m., ET (6:00 p.m., PT) and will include the Republican response to be given by Sen. Marco Rubio.

On Friday 15 February, The Bodyguard's Heather Headley performs in a Romantic Classics edition of the beloved BBC Radio 2 programme, Friday Night Is Music Night in celebration of St. Valentine's Day. Recorded at London's Mermaid Theatre on 16 January, Ken Bruce presents a night of romantic classics with Tony and Grammy award-winning Heather Headley who performs two numbers including the iconic hit song from The Bodyguard, I Will Always Love You. Headley will be accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by their principal conductor Keith Lockhart.

TONIGHT SHOW host Jay Leno had a special request for super model Bar Refaeli when she stopped by the NBC late night show last night - he asked if they could recreate the now infamous Super Bowl commercial for GoDaddy in which the beauty made out with a red-faced nerd. Was his wish granted? Check out the clip below!