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President Barack Obama will make his eighth and final visit with David Letterman when he appears on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN tonight, May 4 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

A distinguished panel including John Legend, Russell Simmons and LACMA's curator of contemporary art, Franklin Sirmans, has chosen artist/activist, Michael D'Antuono's poignant painting, 'The Talk,' to be featured as part of the large scale pop-up exhibition

Below, check out monologue highlights from last night's Late Night with Seth Meyers'

The Downtown Urban Theater Festival (Reg E. Gaines, Artistic Director) will present its 13th annual season in New York City from May 13th - 30th, 2015.

Flanked by community leaders and activists, American Apparel announced its latest effort to support Los Angeles' immigrant community. The largest clothing manufacturer in North America has unveiled its limited edition Immigration Integration t-shirt with 20 percent of proceeds from sales to support the New Americans Opportunity Fund, established by the California Community Foundation (CCF). The Fund supports nonprofit organizations that serve immigrants eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) programs in L.A. County. Under the auspices of President Obama's administrative relief, these initiatives help keep families together and obtain temporary legal status and freedom from the constant fear of deportation.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival announces today that Andrea Sholler, former Associate Director of The Tow Foundation and Executive Director of Dance Theater Workshop, will join the organization as General Manager. Sholler will assume the position on May 18, 2015, returning to the institution where she began her career from 1983 to 1985 as the Pillow's first Development Associate. Jacob's Pillow, located in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, is a National Historic Landmark, National Medal of Arts recipient, and home to America's longest running dance festival.

Superstar Chinese pianist Lang Lang returns to Jones Hall on Tuesday, May 12, to perform with the Houston Symphony for one night only under the baton of Music Director Andres Orozco-Estrada.

Below, check out monologue quotables from NBC's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, for the week of April 20:

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents An Evening with Itzhak Perlman tonight, April 28, 2015at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Associate Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong leads the orchestra in Brahms's Symphony No. 2, and Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor.

Comedian Cecily Strong hosted the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, and was of course joined by President Obama. Below, watch as Strong tears apart CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, and President Obama is joined by a special surprise comedy guest!

?The Downtown Urban Theater Festival announces that acclaimed playwright/director/actor Danny Hoch will receive the 2015 DUTF Playwright Masters Award at this year's Opening Night event, which will take place on Tuesday, May 12th at 8:00 p.m. at 40/40 Club (6 West 25th Street, NYC). 

On last night's LATE NIGHT, Blake Lively explained to Seth how her husband, Ryan Reynolds prepared her to work with Harrison Ford on her new film.

Below, check out 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' monologue highlights from last night's broadcast

College student Gordon Hirabayashi refused to obey the curfew and evacuation order imposed on Japanese citizens and Americans of Japanese descent during World War II and served time in prison as a result. HOLD THESE TRUTHS, at CVRep, brilliantly describes his ordeal and ultimate legal triumph, more than 40 years later. This is a must-see production.

]Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today announced details on a series of town hall discussions on the My Brother's Keeper initiative. A White House program, My Brother's Keeper seeks to improve the life outcomes of boys and young men of color through public-private partnerships and other measures.

President Obama celebrated National Poetry Month in the State Dining Room at the White House, hailing the art for its contributions to the world.

Groundbreaking, internationally acclaimed modern dance company PHILADANCO will return to their Philadelphia home at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts to mark their 45th Anniversary celebration in Perelman Theater this weekend, April 17-19 (times vary).

Orange County, Calif.—April 14, 2015—Widely considered the greatest cellist alive today, Yo-Yo Ma makes a special Orange County appearance to honor Music Director Carl St.Clair's 25th anniversary season with Pacific Symphony. One of classical music's true superstars and an ambassador for the art form, Ma performs the passionate and ground-breaking Cello Concerto by Antonin Dvo?ák. Filled with dramatic flair and romantic singing lines, the concerto captures the human quality of the solo instrument like none before it. Led by St.Clair, the Symphony shines with another virtuosic masterpiece as Modest Mussorgsky's “Pictures at an Exhibition” opens the concert. Arranged for orchestra by Maurice Ravel, the original 15-part piano work was written both to create a musical evocation of a series of paintings and to memorialize the artist who painted them, Viktor Hartmann. This special concert takes place on Tuesday, May 5, at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. A limited number of tickets are available starting at $200. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (714) 755-5799 or visit PacificSymphony.org.

Widely considered the greatest cellist alive today, Yo-Yo Ma makes a special Orange County appearance to honor Music Director Carl St. Clair's 25th anniversary season with Pacific Symphony.

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