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The Cornelia Street Cafe is owned and operated by founder Robin Hirsch, together with Judith Kallas and Bob Siegler. It is open seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch--and more than three hundred cultural events a year. The Cornelia Street Cafe is located at 29 Cornelia Street in NYC between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village. For more information contact 212-989-9319 or visit http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com.

DANCING WITH ABANDON, a Rock 'n' Opera Musical Comedy, receives its world premiere at the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

DANCING WITH ABANDON, a Rock 'n' Opera Musical Comedy, receives its world premiere at the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

DANCING WITH ABANDON, a Rock 'n' Opera Musical Comedy, receives its world premiere at the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

Celebrating 50 years of presenting 'the music and magic of Broadway,' the Diablo Theatre Company, formerly known as DLOC (Diablo Light Opera Company), is honoring repeated patron requests for a full-scale, eye-popping production of the classic Broadway musical 'Hello, Dolly!' The show opens June 5 for 14 performances through June 28 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.

The members of the Chambersburg Polka Charities Committee are planning an evening of delicious homemade ethnic food and a band renowned for its polka repertoire. Preparations are under way for its 23rd annual Polka Party, April 25, 2009 at the Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Department's Social Hall in Fayetteville, PA.

The Johns Hopkins University Theatre will present Sam Shepard's 'Simpatico' over two weekends, Fridays and Saturdays, and Sundays Feb. 27 and 28, and March 1, 6, 7 and 8, in the historic Merrick Barn on the University's Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.

Stars from the worlds of Broadway, television, R & B, cabaret, comedy, jazz, and country convened at The Town Hall on Monday, January 28 at 7PM to celebrate The 2008 Nightlife Awards.