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LegendFactory Live presents “The Truth Serum” at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on August 29 at 8 p.m. with headliner India.Arie, a multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning artist who will perform with The Brooklyn Philharmonic.

The Shelbourne Dublin, A Renaissance Hotel is no stranger to VIP guests. Since it opened in 1824, this luxury hotel has been a place where both history is made (the Irish Constitution was drafted here) and the rich and famous come to rest their heads. With her recent stay, America's First Lady, Michelle Obama, joins a list of special guests at this Dublin National Gallery hotel that includes everyone from Charlie Chaplin and Elizabeth Taylor to Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Bono.

Bluewater Productions announced that it will not change plans to publish its “Female Force” biography comic book title featuring the embattled TV personality due out this fall.

TV One, which entertains, informs and inspires Black adult viewers, has announced the creation of News One Now, a live one-hour, weekday morning news program slated to premiere September 2013.

On Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at 1:30 p.m., President Barack Obama will present the National Medal of Arts in conjunction with the National Humanities Medals. The medals will be presented by the President during an East Room ceremony at the White House. First Lady Michelle Obama will also be in attendance. The National Medal of Arts is a White House initiative managed by the National Endowment for the Arts. Each year, the NEA organizes and oversees the National Medal of Arts nomination process and notifies the artists of their selection to receive a medal, the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence.

Yesterday's “Meet the Press with David Gregory” on NBC featured the latest update on the SFO plane crash from NBC's Tom Costello and NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman; a report on the situation in Egypt from NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin and former Egyptian ambassador to the United States Nabil Fahmy.

With its youngest guests in mind and summer travel officially underway, Bonita Springs, Florida's Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa announced today the launch of Hyatt's 'For Kids, By Kids Family Cook-Off' recipe contest. The contest, along with the debut of new and kid-approved menu items, kicks-off the second year of the resort's For Kids, By Kids initiative, and furthers its commitment to delivering healthier options for kids while they travel. The 'For Kids, By Kids Family Cook-Off' invites families to create and share a healthy breakfast recipe, along with a photo via Facebook, for a chance to win a vacation and a place on Hyatt's For Kids, By Kids menu.

Hyatt hotels around the world are celebrating the busy summer travel season with new offerings that the whole family can enjoy. This summer, families can appreciate an array of new amenities, services and promotions that will not only make traveling with the whole family easier, but provide a lifetime of unforgettable vacation memories and experiences. From new offerings for kids, including VIP children services and packages, a revamped kids' menu created for kids by kids and activities for children to explore and learn about their local destinations, to fun social events for parents featuring tasty summer dishes, the opportunities for family fun this summer with Hyatt are endless.

Tonight, July 3, 2013, SummerStage presents 'Forewords', a tribute to Sekou Sundiata: A Conversation and Poetry Reading with members of THE NUYORICAN POETS CAFE. $15 at Central Park, Manhattan. Showtime: 5:00pm - 6:00pm.

Move over Michelle Obama-Mary Todd Lincoln's back. No modern-day fashionista has got anything on Mary Lincoln, who was quite a clothes horse herself, and perhaps the first shopaholic in the White House. As Autumn Stephens says, 'Today, maniacal Mary Lincoln would be the self-dramatizing star of some Beltway twelve-step program, or popping Prozac like miniature petit fours, or holding an Oprah audience in thrall with tales of how an ungrateful nation did her wrong.'

The 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, and former First Lady Laura Bush will sit down with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl for their only broadcast television interview during their trip to Africa.

The 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, and former First Lady Laura Bush will sit down with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl for their only broadcast television interview during their trip to Africa. They will discuss President Bush's post-presidential activities, including what has become a cornerstone of his legacy – his development efforts in Africa, specifically to help fight AIDS and malaria and promote women's health issues. The interview comes just hours after President Bush's joint public appearance with President Obama in Africa.

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Elizabeth Doran, Executive Director), announced that it would present JUSTIN WILLMAN - TRICKED OUT for two performances only on July 19 and 20 as a part of The Playhouse's Cirque-A-Palooza summer festival. Tickets and Cirque-A-Palooza Festival Passes are now on sale.

On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, SummerStage presents 'Forewords', a tribute to Sekou Sundiata: A Conversation and Poetry Reading with members of THE NUYORICAN POETS CAFE. $15 at Central Park, Manhattan. Showtime: 5:00pm - 6:00pm.

With its youngest guests in mind and summer travel officially underway, Hyatt announced today the launch of its 'For Kids, By Kids Family Cook-Off' recipe contest. The contest, along with the release of new and kid-approved menu items, kicks off the second year of Hyatt's For Kids, By Kids initiative and furthers this industry-leading commitment to delivering healthier options for kids while they are traveling. The 'For Kids, By Kids Family Cook-Off' invites families to create and share a healthy breakfast recipe, along with a photo via Facebook, for a chance to win a vacation and a place on Hyatt's For Kids, By Kids menu.

Scott Sanders Productions (lead producer) announced today that After Midnight (a new production of Cotton Club Parade, conceived by Jack Viertel, which played two smash-hit, sold-out engagements at City Center) will open on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th Street) this fall. Director/choreographer Warren Carlyle and superstar fashion duo Isabel and Ruben Toledo will join nine-time Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Wynton Marsalis and The Jazz at Lincoln Center All-Stars to bring the lavish shows of the hip Harlem nightclub to a whole new generation of theatergoers. After Midnight will begin preview performances on Friday, October 18, 2013 with an official opening night set for Sunday, November 3, 2013. Group tickets are now available. Casting, musicians and general on sale date will be announced shortly.

Today we are talking to a spectacularly talented composer/lyricist noted for his incredibly impressive and accomplished oeuvre thus far, having collectively composed more than twenty full-length musicals, operas and specialty performance pieces - Michael John LaChiusa. Discussing his vast array of projects from BUZZSAW BERKELEY to FIRST LADY SUITE, HELLO AGAIN and THE PETRIFIED PRINCE Off-Broadway through to his double-header in the 1999-2000 millennial season with MARIE CHRISTINE and THE WILD PARTY both on Broadway to his Off-Broadway, regional and international successes since, ranging from LITTLE FISH to another two-show-season in 2006 with BERNARDA ALBA and SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE as well as THE HIGHEST YELLOW and the recent Americana-themed epic musical pseudo-trilogy of LOS otros, QUEEN OF THE MIST and GIANT. Additionally, LaChiusa touches upon some of his lesser-known work, such as his musical revue HOTEL C'EST L'AMOUR, various operatic pieces, additional material he provided for pieces such as THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS and his previous and upcoming solo musicals for continuing collaborator Audra McDonald, such as SEND (who are you? i love you) and MARLENE DIETRICH'S ABCs OF LOVE. Most importantly, LaChiusa takes us behind the scenes of the sparkling new deluxe cast album for GIANT, starring Brian D'Arcy James, and discusses the themes, ideas and adaptation of the Edna Ferber novel itself in a fascinating and revealing analysis of the vast, enveloping and vivid score he has composed for GIANT. Also, LaChiusa offers the 411 on this year's Tony Awards specialty song composed for host Neil Patrick Harris and some starry cohorts (Megan Hilty, Laura Benanti and Andrew Rannells), as well as previous Tony show one-offs penned for Hugh Jackman and others. Plus, LaChiusa clues us in on his upcoming projects - including FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE - and much, much more in this career-spanning conversations with one of modern musical theatre's most daring and prolific artists.

New York City Ballet's annual Fall Gala will celebrate dance and fashion with three world premiere ballets, and costumes designed by some of the fashion world's most exciting talents. The one-time-only gala evening will take place on Thursday, September 19, 2013, and this year's participants include choreographers Benjamin Millepied, in collaboration with the Dutch designer Iris van Herpen; Justin Peck, who will create a new ballet featuring costumes by the acclaimed New York-based fashion designer Prabal Gurung; and Angelin Preljocaj, who will work with Olivier Theyskens, the Belgian-born designer who is the Artistic Director of the American fashion house Theory.

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